Belgian Greg van Avermaet claimed the overall leader’s yellow jersey when he won the fifth stage of the 2016 Tour de France at the end of a long breakaway as Alberto Contador appeared to suffer from crash-related injuries on Wednesday.
Peter Sagan out-slugged Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx-QuickStep) in a slow-motion uphill sprint in a thrilling conclusion to a wet and undulating second stage of the 2016 Tour de France
Vincenzo Nibali cemented his reputation as one of the great grand tour riders when he claimed his second Giro d’Italia title in vintage fashion on Sunday.
Dutchman Tom Dumoulin mounted a late surge that doubled his slender Vuelta a Espana advantage over closest rival Fabio Aru of Italy to six seconds after the 19th stage
Dutchman Tom Dumoulin comfortably held off a string of attacks from closest rival Fabio Aru to maintain his slender lead in the 2015 Vuelta a Espana after the 18th stage
Dutchman Tom Dumoulin rocketed into the lead at the Tour of Spain when he crushed his main rivals in Wednesday’s 17th stage time trial
Trek Factory Racing’s Frank Schleck dug deep to win a brutally mountainous 16th stage of the Tour of Spain on Monday while Joaquim Rodriguez leapfrogged Fabio Aru at the top of the overall standings.
Spaniard Joaquim Rodriguez closed to within one second of 2015 Vuelta a Espana leader Fabio Aru when he stormed clear on the punishing summit finish to win the 15th stage on Sunday.
Fabio Aru held off a strong challenge from Joaquim Rodriguez to protect his overall lead in the Vuelta as BMC Racing’s Italian Alessandro De Marchi won the 14th stage on Saturday.
Dutchman Danny van Poppel won the 12th stage of the 2015 Vuelta a Espana on Thursday despite suffering a puncture about 10-km from the finish line.