cycling Drama in the fourth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country. The great tenors Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic all fell and had to give up. Louis Meintjes eventually won the stage. Remco Evenepoel went straight in a bend, just managed to avoid a tree and then crashed. Afterwards, Jonas Vingegaard … Read more
Primoz Roglic won the opening time trial of the Tour of the Basque Country, even though he made a wrong turn by a few meters at the end. The Slovenian followed the distraction for the following cars just before the finish, had to make a U-turn, and lost about ten seconds. Second came the Australian … Read more
The final stage of Paris-Nice was barely 109.3 kilometers long, but fireworks were still expected among the favorites. Brandon McNulty entered the final day as the leader, but his lead over Matteo Jorgenson was only 4 seconds. Remco Evenepoel was fourth in the rankings, 36 seconds behind McNulty and barely 1 second behind the third … Read more
Aleksandr Vlasov (BORA – hansgrohe) won the queen stage, which was shortened to 104 kilometers, in the 82nd Paris-Nice (WorldTour) on Saturday. At La Madone d’Utelle (Alpes-Maritimes), the 27-year-old Russian was eight seconds ahead of Remco Evenepoel, who left the Slovenian Primoz Roglic for second place. Brandon McNulty (UAE Emirates) retained the yellow leader’s jersey. … Read more
Cycling Santiago Buitrago has won the fourth stage in Paris-Nice. The Colombian from Bahrain-Victorious arrived solo on the short but tough final climb ahead of Luke Plapp, who is the new leader. Remco Evenepoel made an excellent impression in the group of favorites. A strong Ilan van Wilder showed himself in the service of Remco … Read more
Cycling No yellow jersey for Remco Evenepoel in Paris-Nice. Soudal Quick-Step had started quickly in the 26.9 kilometer team time trial in Auxerre (with the best split halfway), but things went wrong in the second part – partly due to the temporary rain. UAE Team Emirates won the stage. For Soudal Quick-Step it was only … Read more
Paris-Nice Remco Evenepoel has beaten Primoz Roglic by half a minute in the team time trial of Paris-Nice. Afterwards he criticized a maneuver by ex-teammate Tim Declercq: “That I deliberately hindered him? He should know me better.” The fickle weather in Auxerre played a leading role in the team time trial of Paris-Nice on Tuesday. … Read more
Paris-Nice Together with the Dutchman Olav Kooij, Remco Evenepoel was the winner of the day in the opening stage of Paris-Nice. He grabbed four bonus seconds. Paris-Nice often turns into an exciting game of seconds at the end. Even though Remco Evenepoel is a debutant, he was on his toes in the bonus sprint of … Read more
Cycling Remco Evenepoel has brought the Tour of the Algarve to a successful conclusion. No one could threaten his leader’s jersey in the final stage, which was colored by an attacking Wout van Aert. The day’s win was again for Daniel Martinez. He beat Evenepoel (who was struggling with his acceleration device) in the sprint. … Read more
Colombian Daniel Martinez has won the second stage of the Tour of the Algarve. The Bora-Hansgrohe rider made it just ahead of Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step). Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Lease-A-Bike) finished third, Wout van Aert had to let go in the last kilometer and finished sixteenth at 26 seconds. The tough second stage in the Tour … Read more