Armée and Vanendert involved in a crash
In today’s stage of the Tour de San Luis, there was a crash of about thirty riders, including Lotto Belisol riders Sander Armée and Jelle Vanendert.
In today’s stage of the Tour de San Luis, there was a crash of about thirty riders, including Lotto Belisol riders Sander Armée and Jelle Vanendert.
Lars Bak, Bart De Clercq, André Greipel, Adam Hansen, Greg Henderson and Jürgen Roelandts will represent Lotto in the World Championships ITT.
Mixed emotions for the Belgian squad in its performance in the Spanish Grand Tour
For the second day in a row Lotto Belisol rider Adam Hansen joined an escape in the Vuelta, this time finishing a strong third.
Vincenzo Nibali’s overall lead in the 2013 Vuelta a Espana was cut to just three seconds after race rival Chris Horner dropped the Italian on the Pena Cabarga at the end of Thursday’s stage 18.
Chris Horner’s attack on the Peña Cabarga distanced the race leader and almost put the American rider back in the 2013 Vuelta a Espana red jersey. With two climbing stages to go, Horner needs 3 seconds to take the lead.
Vasil Kiryienka of Belarus broke away before a final grueling ascent to win the 18th stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Thursday, while overall leader Vincenzo Nibali had his advantage over Christopher Horner cut to 3 seconds with three days to go.
With 30 kilometer to go, the Danish squad went to the front in a crosswind section and increased the pace significantly and the peloton exploded instantly