Rafal Majka secures polka dot jersey in 2014 Tour de France
Tinkoff-Saxo’s Rafal Majka took advantage of the last day to secure mountain points to put a lock on his polka dot mountains jersey at the 2014 Tour de France.
Tinkoff-Saxo’s Rafal Majka took advantage of the last day to secure mountain points to put a lock on his polka dot mountains jersey at the 2014 Tour de France.
Shortly after Alessandro Petacchi won the bunch sprint at GP Cerami, Tony Martin won the Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco Stage 6 ITT with a time of 38 minutes and 33 seconds.
For the third consecutive year, a pan-flat team time trial will be the Giro del Trentino (22nd-25th April 2014) launching pad.
BMC Racing Team’s Darwin Atapuma finished third on Thursday’s summit finish at the Tour de San Luis to climb from sixth to fourth overall, while teammate Peter Stetina finished seventh on the day and stands ninth with three stages of the Argentinian race to go.
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.
Searching for vivacity in climbs and for fighting spirit, LAMPRE-MERIDA located the proper cyclist in Spain. The new reinforcement for general manager Guiseppe Saronni will be Rafael Valls Ferri.
BMC Racing Team’s Philippe Gilbert withdrew during Sunday’s stage of the Vuelta a España
Nacer Bouhanni sprinted to victory in the 81st GP de Fourmies on Sunday.
Nine laps on a 27 kilometer long circuit around Plouay in the French one-day race, GP Ouest France was won by Greg Van Avermaet