Profile Highlights https://youtu.be/Zju4ixNmCMI Report Primoz Roglic has won the fourth stage of the Tour de France in an impressive way. The Slovenian champion completed fantastic teamwork from his teammates in the first uphill finish. He is now third in the classification with Tom Dumoulin just behind him in seventh place. It is the fifteenth victory of the season for Team Jumbo-Visma. The peloton maintained a tight pace in the stage from Sisteron to Orcières-Merlette, which made the gap with the breakaway never grow larger than five minutes. Team Jumbo-Visma was always at the front of the peloton and kept the…
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Henri Giroud
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World’s best rider for the last three seasons signs two-year deal (2021-22) with Telefónica-backed squad; Dutchwoman adds her polyvalent, unbeatable talent to the organisation managed by Eusebio Unzué The Movistar Team is extremely proud to announce Monday that Annemiek van Vleuten (Wageningen, NED; 1982), the reigning World Road Race Champion, has signed a contract for the next two seasons (2021-22) with the Spanish women’s outfit led by Sebastián Unzué.With Van Vleuten’s signing, the squad sponsored by Telefónica takes a decisive step forward in its goal to become a reference in the UCI Women’s WorldTour peloton, with the same ambition they’ve displayed for the…
Route Highlights Results Stage 1Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal05:17:422Sam Bennett (Irl) Deceuninck-Quickstep3Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) NTT Pro Cycling4Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Israel Start-Up Nation5Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe6Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo7Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb8Matteo Trentin (Ita) CCC Team9Bryan Coquard (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept10Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Total Direct Energie General Classification 1Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-Quickstep13:59:172Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott00:00:043Marc Hirschi (Swi) Team Sunweb00:00:074Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates00:00:175Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates00:00:176Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers00:00:177Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma00:00:178Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Pro Cycling00:00:179Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis00:00:17 Points 1Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe792Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates773Sam Bennett…
Eight-time Grand Tour stage winner and 2017 Tour de France green jersey champion Michael Matthews will return ‘home’ to Mitchelton-SCOTT next season. After four years with Team Sunweb, the recent Bretagne Classic winner has signed a new two-year contract that will see the 29-year-old reunited with the Australian team until 2022. A complete package, ‘Bling’ has 35 individual professional career victories, including 18 during his time in GreenEDGE Cycling colours between 2013 and 2016. A two-time podium placer at Milan-San Remo, including in 2020, Matthews will be a serious contender for monument and one-day Classics success, as well as adding stage winning capabilities to…
Preview Highlights Report A magnificent display helped Julian Alaphilippe continue to build upon his extraordinary legacy, as he took a fifth stage victory at the Tour de France, moving into the race’s overall lead on Nice’s Promenade des Anglais. Just like last year, when a superb attack on the roads of Marne netted him an emphatic win and the iconic yellow jersey, Alaphilippe made his move on the final climb of the day, some 13 kilometers from the finish. Up until that moment, Deceuninck – Quick-Step was prominent with Danish Champion Kasper Asgreen, who spent almost the entire day in…
Preview Highlights Report Alexander Kristoff was the fastest in the first stage of the Tour de France, hitting a fantastic double with a stage victory and sealing the yellow jersey. The 156 km of the inaugural stage of the Gran Boucle were characterized by numerous crashes due to the heavy rain that featured throughout the entire race. The group moved cautiously along the descents of the course, only to put the hammer down again in the final 20 km. In Nice, on the final straight, Kristoff unleashed his power with a perfectly timed sprint, where he overtook Mads Pedersen (Trek…
In a move that’s sure to ruffle the feathers of UK cycling fans, neither Chris Froome nor Geraint Thomas have been selected for the INEOS Grenadiers (yuck) Tour de France squad. Geraint Thomas will instead ride the Giro d’Italia, and Chris Froome will ride the Vuelta a Espana. Froome has previously won the Vuelta in 2017, and retroactively became the first British grand tour winner when the 2011 edition was awarded to him many years later. INEOS will be taking the following riders to the Tour: Andrey Amador Egan BernalRichard Carapaz Jonathan CastroviejoMichal KwiatkowskiLuke RowePavel SivakovDylan van Baarle So, start seething on…
10-rider lineup stays in France after Dauphiné, looking to take all health precautions before travelling to Nice for ‘Grand Depart’ After the end of the Critérium du Dauphiné last Sunday, the Movistar Team is gathering nearly its whole group for the 2020 Tour de France for a final preparation block in the Alps. The Telefónica-backed squad will recon some stages of the upcoming ‘Grande Boucle’ before travelling to Nice in the days leading up to the ‘Grand Dpe’art. The squad managed by Eusebio Unzué aims to take all precautions from a health standpoint, to reach the start of the Tour with all…