Vuelta Asturias 1. Etappe:

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Cangas del Narcea – Pola de Lena – 179Km

1 DEL TORO Isaac MEX UAE Team Emirates 04:46:14
2 MAJKA Rafal POL UAE Team Emirates 01:01
3 FAGUNDEZ Eric URU Burgos-BH 01:04
4 EULALIO Afonso POR ABTF Betão – Feirense 01:04
5 DIAZ Jose Manuel ESP Burgos-BH 01:15
6 BARCELÓ Fernando ESP Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 01:40
7 GUTIÉRREZ Jorge ESP Equipo Kern Pharma 01:54
8 MOLENAAR Alex NED Illes Balears Arabay Cycling 02:00
9 MATE Luis Angel ESP Euskaltel-Euskadi 02:00
10 ARRIETA Igor ESP UAE Team Emirates 02:00
11 SANCHEZ Pelayo ESP Movistar Team 02:00
12 CHUMIL Sergio GUA Burgos-BH 02:00
13 LOPEZ Jordi ESP Equipo Kern Pharma 02:00
14 SAMITIER Sergio ESP Movistar Team 02:04
15 CAMARGO Diego COL Petrolike 02:04
16 PARRA José Félix ESP Equipo Kern Pharma 02:14
17 BIZKARRA Mikel ESP Euskaltel-Euskadi 02:29
18 SERRANO Gonzalo ESP Movistar Team 02:42
19 BOU Joan ESP Euskaltel-Euskadi 02:45
20 BREGNHØJ Mathias DEN Sabgal-Anicolor Cycling Team

Tour de Romandie – Etappe 3 Oron – Oron – ITT – 15 Km

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1 NULTY Brandon USA UAE Team Emirates 00:20:06
2 SHEFFIELD Magnus USA INEOS Grenadiers 00:13
3 GROSSSCHARTNER Felix AUT UAE Team Emirates 00:15
4 AYUSO Juan ESP UAE Team Emirates 00:21
5 ARMIRAIL Bruno FRA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 00:23
6 PRICE-PEJTERSEN Johan DEN Bahrain Victorious 00:24
7 RODRIGUEZ Carlos ESP INEOS Grenadiers 00:28
8 VLASOV Aleksandr RUS BORA-hansgrohe 00:30
9 VAN WILDER Ilan BEL Soudal Quick-Step 00:30
10 THOMAS Benjamin FRA Cofidis 00:32
11 ARENSMAN Thymen NED INEOS Grenadiers 00:37
12 OLIVEIRA Nelson POR Movistar Team 00:41
13 DE BOD Stefan RSA EF Education-EasyPost 00:42
14 DE LA CRUZ David ESP Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:42
15 KEPPLINGER Rainer AUT Bahrain Victorious 00:44
16 MARTINEZ Lenny FRA Groupama-FDJ 00:44
17 TEJADA Harold COL Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:47
18 GUERNALEC Thibault FRA ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 00:49
19 LIPOWITZ Florian GER BORA-hansgrohe 00:50
20 GARCÍA Raúl ESP ARKEA-B&B HOTELS

Gesamt:


Juan Ayuso (Plomi Foto)

1 AYUSO Juan ESP UAE Team Emirates 08:16:26
2 VAN WILDER Ilan BEL Soudal Quick-Step 00:07
3 VLASOV Aleksandr RUS BORA-hansgrohe 00:10
4 RODRIGUEZ Carlos ESP INEOS Grenadiers 00:11
5 MARTINEZ Lenny FRA Groupama-FDJ 00:23
6 LIPOWITZ Florian GER BORA-hansgrohe 00:32
7 PLAPP Lucas AUS Team Jayco-AlUla 00:33
8 ARMIRAIL Bruno FRA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 00:36
9 VOISARD Yannis SUI Tudor Pro Cycling Team 00:36
10 CARUSO Damiano ITA Bahrain Victorious 00:36
11 GEOGHEGAN HART Tao GBR Lidl-Trek 00:39
12 MAS Enric ESP Movistar Team 00:41
13 ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA Soudal Quick-Step 00:47
14 NYS Thibau BEL Lidl-Trek 00:50
15 VENDRAME Andrea ITA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 00:51
16 DE LA CRUZ David ESP Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:51
17 YATES Adam GBR UAE Team Emirates 00:51
18 TEJADA Harold COL Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:52
19 BRENNER Marco GER Tudor Pro Cycling Team 00:55
20 YATES Simon GBR Team Jayco-AlUla 01:03
21 HINDLEY Jai AUS BORA-hansgrohe 01:07
22 HOWSON Damien AUS Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 01:11
23 BOUWMAN Koen NED Team Visma | Lease a Bike 01:11
24 ARENSMAN Thymen NED INEOS Grenadiers 01:11
25 RODRIGUEZ Cristian ESP ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 01:12
26 BERNAL Egan COL INEOS Grenadiers 01:13
27 CARAPAZ Richard ECU EF Education-EasyPost 01:16
28 CHRISTEN Jan SUI UAE Team Emirates 01:16
29 MARTIN Guillaume FRA Cofidis 01:18
30 STAUNE-MITTET Johannes NOR Team Visma | Lease a Bike

Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey Etappe 6

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Kuşadası – Manisa – 160 Km

1 VAN DEN BROEK Frank NED Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 04:10:00
2 KUDUS Merhawi ERI Terengganu Cycling Team 00:00
3 DOUBLE Paul GBR Team Polti Kometa 00:03
4 EYOB Metkel ERI Terengganu Cycling Team 00:14
5 LÓPEZ Martin ECU Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:14
6 APARICIO Mario ESP Burgos-BH 00:16
7 LOOCKX Lander BEL TdT-Unibet 00:16
8 HAGEN Carl Fredrik NOR Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:16
9 HAJEK Alexander AUT BORA-hansgrohe 00:16
10 PRONSKIY Vadim KAZ Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:34
11 LANGELLOTTI Victor MON Burgos-BH 00:34
12 CONTI Valerio ITA Team corratec – Vini Fantini 00:36
13 WANDAHL Frederik DEN BORA-hansgrohe 00:36
14 TEUGELS Lennert BEL Bingoal WB

Gesamt:

1 VAN DEN BROEK Frank NED Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 23:02:11
2 KUDUS Merhawi ERI Terengganu Cycling Team 00:00
3 DOUBLE Paul GBR Team Polti Kometa 00:03
4 EYOB Metkel ERI Terengganu Cycling Team 00:14
5 LÓPEZ Martin ECU Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:14
6 LOOCKX Lander BEL TdT-Unibet 00:16
7 HAJEK Alexander AUT BORA-hansgrohe 00:16
8 APARICIO Mario ESP Burgos-BH 00:16
9 HAGEN Carl Fredrik NOR Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:16
10 LANGELLOTTI Victor MON Burgos-BH 00:34
11 PRONSKIY Vadim KAZ Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:34
12 TAROZZI Manuele ITA VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè 00:36
13 BUDZINSKI Marcin POL Mazowsze Serce Polski 00:36
14 TEUGELS Lennert BEL Bingoal WB 00:36
15 YEMANE Dawit ERI BIKE AID 00:36
16 WANDAHL Frederik DEN BORA-hansgrohe 00:36

Le Tour de Bretagne Cycliste – 2. Etappe:

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Milizac-Guipronvel – Pontivy – 206 Km

1 GUÉRIN Alexis FRA Philippe Wagner-Bazin 04:39:39
2 DEL GROSSO Tibor NED Alpecin-Deceuninck Dev. Team 00:10
3 VAN MECHELEN Vlad BEL Dev. Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:10
4 ARTZ Huub NED Wanty-ReUz-Technord 00:10
5 BOWER Lewis NZL Groupama-FDJ Conti 00:10
6 TEUTENBERG Tim Torn GER Lidl-Trek Future Racing 00:10
7 VERSTRYNGE Emiel BEL Alpecin-Deceuninck Dev. Team 00:10
8 CORKERY Dillon IRL St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 00:10
9 DAUPHIN Florian FRA ARKEA-B&B HOTELS Dev. 00:10
10 VANICEK Simon CZE ATT Investments 00:10
11 SÖDERQVIST Jakob SWE Lidl-Trek Future Racing 00:10
12 SIMMONS Colby USA Team Visma | Lease a Bike Dev. 00:10
13 RACCAGNI NOVIERO Andrea ITA Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team 00:10
14 LØLAND Sakarias Koller NOR Uno-X Mobility DT 00:10
15 LAPTEV Savelii RUS Astana

Gesamt:

1 GUÉRIN Alexis FRA Philippe Wagner-Bazin 07:56:01
2 TEUTENBERG Tim Torn GER Lidl-Trek Future Racing 00:07
3 VAN BYLEN Liam BEL Lotto Dstny Dev. 00:14
4 DEL GROSSO Tibor NED Alpecin-Deceuninck Dev. Team 00:14
5 VAN MECHELEN Vlad BEL Dev. Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:16
6 HANSEN Martin Solhaug NOR Uno-X Mobility DT 00:16
7 DAUPHIN Florian FRA ARKEA-B&B HOTELS Dev. 00:18
8 KRAMER Jesse NED Team Visma | Lease a Bike Dev. 00:18
9 REMKHE Andrey KAZ Astana Qazaqstan Dev. 00:18
10 BAGUELIN Jocelyn FRA Morbihan Adris Gwendal Oliveux 00:19
11 VERSTRYNGE Emiel BEL Alpecin-Deceuninck Dev. Team 00:19
12 ARTZ Huub NED Wanty-ReUz-Technord 00:20
13 CORKERY Dillon IRL St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 00:20
14 RACCAGNI NOVIERO Andrea ITA Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team 00:20
15 DONALDSON Robert GBR Trinity Racing 00:20

Thomas leads Grenadiers’ charge at the Giro

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Former Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas will once again lead the INEOS Grenadiers’ challenge at the 2024 Giro d’Italia.


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Supported by an experienced, exciting team, the Welshman, who dramatically finished as runner-up in 2023, returns to the Italian Grand Tour looking to ‘take the race on’ when it gets underway in the first week of May.
Thomas, 37, will headline a squad packed with Grand Tour experience for the 21-stage event that spans 3400 km of racing. It starts in Turin on Saturday, 4 May and finishes in Rome on Sunday, 26 May.

Dutchman Thymen Arensman, who was sixth overall in 2023 and second in the youth classification, returns to play a crucial support role once again for Thomas in the high mountains.
Highly experienced Ben Swift assumes the crucial role of ‘road captain’, charged with executing the Team’s ambitions to race aggressively and seize any opportunities.
Italian fans favourite, Filippo Ganna, will be firmly eyeing up the individual time trials on stages seven and 14 as he looks to add to his running tally of six Giro stage wins – all for the INEOS Grenadiers.
Jhonatan Narváez, who was a stage-winner in 2020 and has shown excellent early season form, makes his fifth Giro d’Italia start.
Newcomer to the Team, Tobias Foss, a recent winner of the opening stage of the Tour of the Alps and a former top-10 finisher at the Giro, will make his first Grand Tour start as a Grenadier.
There’s also a debut Grand Tour for 22-year-old Magnus Sheffield. The American has impressed in one-week stage races, as well as on the time trial bike, and now takes the next important step in his career in Turin.

The INEOS Grenadiers line-up is completed by Connor Swift who rides his first Giro d’Italia having completed the Tour de France three times.

We have a strong line-up and there is a good bond with this group.
Geraint Thomas

Steve Cummings, Director of Racing:
“We’ve selected a strong, versatile line-up for this year’s Giro d’Italia which will enable us to race the way we love. It will be three long weeks of full gas, hard racing and we know where we need to put the pressure on, and where we will be able to fight for opportunities.
“In Geraint, we have one of the most experienced riders in the peloton to lead the charge to Rome. He is a proven winner, a brilliant bike rider and a great leader.
“In the general classification, we have three riders who have all finished in the top 10 at this race so we go into it feeling confident in the depth and experience within the group. There will be the battle for GC with six summit finishes but there will also be plenty of chances of stage wins especially with two time trials.
“We love racing in Italy. The fans, as well as our Italian technical partners, most notably Pinarello, are fantastic supporters of our Team, and we can’t wait for the Grande Partenza.”

Geraint Thomas:
“My preparation has gone well and I’m feeling in a great place ahead of the start. We have a strong line-up and there is a good bond with this group. The core is the same as last year’s Giro team, with some great additions for this year. We have spent a lot of time together at training camp; we know what we need to do and are all feeling super motivated to get the job done and deliver.
“Obviously Tadej Pogačar is the pre-race favourite and has a strong team around him, and that changes the dynamic of the race a bit. But that also means all eyes will be on him over three long weeks of hard racing. Our plan is to be aggressive, take the race on and look for every opportunity to add pressure and take time.”

Commenting on his plan to ride both the Giro and the Tour de France this year, he added:
“With the plan to race the Giro and then go straight into the Tour, there has been a different approach and slower build-up this season. But I am feeling good and not thinking beyond the coming weeks in Italy. My only focus now is the Giro and arriving there in my best shape possible.”

Giro d’Italia 4 – 26 May

Related Riders

Thymen Arensman
Filippo Ganna
Geraint Thomas
Magnus Sheffield
Tobias Foss
Jhonatan Narvaez
Ben Swift
Connor Swift

Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey Etappe 5

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Bodrum – Kuşadası – 178 Km

1 LUND ANDRESEN Tobias DEN Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 04:18:12
2 JAKOBSEN Fabio NED Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:00
3 LEITAO Iuri POR Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 00:00
4 BUDDING Martijn NED TdT-Unibet 00:00
5 PLOWRIGHT Jensen AUS Alpecin-Deceuninck 00:00
6 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt RSA China Glory-Mentech Conti. CT 00:00
7 LONARDI Giovanni ITA Team Polti Kometa 00:00
8 VAN POPPEL Danny NED BORA-hansgrohe 00:00
9 PERON Andrea ITA Team Novo Nordisk 00:00
10 TOWNSEND Rory IRL Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:00

Gesamt:

1 LUND ANDRESEN Tobias DEN Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 18:51:57
2 LONARDI Giovanni ITA Team Polti Kometa 00:14
3 UHLIG Henri GER Alpecin-Deceuninck 00:14
4 VAN POPPEL Danny NED BORA-hansgrohe 00:18
5 CONCA Filippo ITA Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:21
6 LOZANO David ESP Team Novo Nordisk 00:21
7 BUDZINSKI Tomasz POL Mazowsze Serce Polski 00:22
8 SMIT Willie RSA China Glory-Mentech Conti. CT 00:23
9 TAROZZI Manuele ITA VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè 00:23
10 KUDUS Merhawi ERI Terengganu Cycling Team 00:24
11 BALLERINI Davide ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:24
12 VAN ROOY Kenneth BEL Bingoal WB 00:24
13 DONOVAN Mark GBR Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:24
14 LANGELLOTTI Victor MON Burgos-BH 00:24
15 BUDZINSKI Marcin POL Mazowsze Serce Polski 00:24

Tour de Romandie – Etappe 2

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Fribourg – Salvan/Les Marécottes – 171 Km

1 NYS Thibau BEL Lidl-Trek 04:02:44
2 VENDRAME Andrea ITA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 00:00
3 PLAPP Lucas AUS Team Jayco-AlUla 00:04
4 LIPOWITZ Florian GER BORA-hansgrohe 00:14
5 AYUSO Juan ESP UAE Team Emirates 00:16
6 VLASOV Aleksandr RUS BORA-hansgrohe 00:16
7 YATES Adam GBR UAE Team Emirates 00:16
8 MARTIN Guillaume FRA Cofidis 00:16
9 VAN WILDER Ilan BEL Soudal Quick-Step 00:16
10 MARTINEZ Lenny FRA Groupama-FDJ 00:16
11 MAS Enric ESP Movistar Team 00:16
12 RODRIGUEZ Cristian ESP ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 00:16
13 RODRIGUEZ Carlos ESP INEOS Grenadiers 00:16
14 BERNAL Egan COL INEOS Grenadiers 00:16
15 YATES Simon GBR Team Jayco-AlUla 00:16
16 CARAPAZ Richard ECU EF Education-EasyPost 00:16

Gesamt:

1 NYS Thibau BEL Lidl-Trek 07:55:32
2 VENDRAME Andrea ITA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 00:04
3 PLAPP Lucas AUS Team Jayco-AlUla 00:22
4 VAN WILDER Ilan BEL Soudal Quick-Step 00:25
5 MAS Enric ESP Movistar Team 00:26
6 AYUSO Juan ESP UAE Team Emirates 00:27
7 MARTINEZ Lenny FRA Groupama-FDJ 00:27
8 VLASOV Aleksandr RUS BORA-hansgrohe 00:28
9 YATES Adam GBR UAE Team Emirates 00:29
10 CARUSO Damiano ITA Bahrain Victorious 00:29
11 VOISARD Yannis SUI Tudor Pro Cycling Team 00:29
12 LIPOWITZ Florian GER BORA-hansgrohe 00:30
13 YATES Simon GBR Team Jayco-AlUla 00:30
14 RODRIGUEZ Carlos ESP INEOS Grenadiers 00:31
15 BRENNER Marco GER Tudor Pro Cycling Team 00:31

Sechs Renntage, die mit schweizerischer Präzision aufgeteilt sind: 2 Zeitfahren, 2 wellige Etappen, 2 Bergankünfte. Das ist das anspruchsvolle Programm der 77. Austragung der Tour de Romandie.

Zum Auftakt gab es einen Prolog, der arm an Kilometern aber reich an Kurven war. Roger Adria meisterte die 2,3 Kilometer durch Payerne als schnellster Fahrer von BORA – hansgrohe. Er war eine halbe Sekunde schneller als Aleks Vlasov, der zusammen mit Jai Hindley als Kapitän für das Klassement in die Rundfahrt geht.

Die 1. Etappe versprach einen hügeligen Tag, der zwar flach in Fribourg endete, aber nicht unbedingt eine Sprintentscheidung sein musste. Nahezu alle Teams im Peloton sind ohne klaren Sprinter angereist. Deswegen setzte BORA – hansgrohe das Feld unter Druck.

Rolf Aldag:
“Wir wollten einen Fahrer in der Ausreißergruppe haben, weil die Strecke nicht eindeutig für einen Sprint ausgelegt war. Gampi wollte es versuchen, und das tat er auch. Als die Gruppe eingeholt wurde, griff Gampi erneut an. Er hat gemerkt, dass er immer noch das Momentum hat und hat es einfach noch einmal probiert. Das war stark!”

Mit einer guten Ausgangsposition in der Gesamtwertung gingen die beiden Leader Aleks Vlasov und Jai Hindley in die erste Bergankunft, die am Donnerstag auf dem Programm stand. Denn nur wenige Sekunden getrennt, liegen alle Favoriten dicht beieinander. Damit ist klar: Der Schlussanstieg nach Salvan wird das Klassement sortieren.
Erneut startete BORA – hansgrohe die Etappe im Angriffsmodus und platzierte mit Roger Adria einen Fahrer in der Spitzengruppe. Erst auf den letzten 3km wurde er von den Verfolgern gestellt – dort war das Team mit Florian Lipowitz, Jai Hindley und Aleks Vlasov sehr präsent. Florian Lipowitz, der gerade erst seinen Vertrag bei BORA – hansgrohe verlängert hat, ging eine Final-Attacke mit und beendete den Tag auf Platz 4. Aleks Vlasov folgte auf Platz 6 und sprang in der Gesamtwertung auf den 8. Rang.

Zur Halbzeit führt BORA – hansgrohe die Teamwertung der WorldTour-Rundfahrt an.

Zwischenfazit von Rolf Aldag

„Wir liegen im Soll, aber es ist eine überraschende Tour de Romandie. Selbst nach der ersten Bergankunft ist es noch ein Sekundenspiel. Aktuell sieht es aus, als dass nicht die Berge, sondern Zeitfahren und Bonifikation die Rundfahrt entscheiden. Das morgige Zeitfahren ist anspruchsvoll und ich gehe davon aus, dass es zu einer Vorentscheidung kommt. Wir schauen, dass wir morgen alles auf die Straße bringen.“

Le Tour de Bretagne Cycliste – 1. Etappe:

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Locmaria-Plouzané – Plougonvelin – 146 Km


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1 TEUTENBERG Tim Torn GER Lidl-Trek Future Racing 03:16:32
2 VAN BYLEN Liam BEL Lotto Dstny Dev. 00:00
3 HOBBS Noah GBR Groupama-FDJ Conti 00:00
4 ARTZ Huub NED Wanty-ReUz-Technord 00:00
5 CORKERY Dillon IRL St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 00:00
6 DONALDSON Robert GBR Trinity Racing 00:00
7 DAUPHIN Florian FRA ARKEA-B&B HOTELS Dev. 00:00
8 GILMORE Brady AUS ARA | Skip Capital 00:00
9 MILAN Matteo ITA Lidl-Trek Future Racing 00:00
10 RACCAGNI NOVIERO Andrea ITA Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team 00:00

Tour de Romandie – Etappe 1

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Château d’Oex – Fribourg – 166 Km

1 GODON Dorian FRA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 03:49:58
2 VENDRAME Andrea ITA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 00:00
3 VERMEERSCH Gianni BEL Alpecin-Deceuninck 00:00
4 MENTEN Milan BEL Lotto Dstny 00:00
5 ASGREEN Kasper DEN Soudal Quick-Step 00:00
6 GOVEKAR Matevz SLO Bahrain Victorious 00:00
7 ARANBURU Alex ESP Movistar Team 00:00
8 VENTURINI Clément FRA ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 00:00
9 GRUEL Thibaud FRA Groupama-FDJ 00:00
10 GOOSSENS Kobe BEL Intermarché-Wanty 00:00
11 CHRISTEN Fabio SUI Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:00
12 ZAMBANINI Edoardo ITA Bahrain Victorious 00:00
13 NYS Thibau BEL Lidl-Trek 00:00
14 MÄRKL Niklas GER Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:00
15 WIRTGEN Luc LUX Tudor Pro Cycling Team 00:00

Gesamt:

1 GODON Dorian FRA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 03:52:46
2 VERMEERSCH Gianni BEL Alpecin-Deceuninck 00:06
3 ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA Soudal Quick-Step 00:09
4 VAN DIJKE Tim NED Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:10
5 ARANBURU Alex ESP Movistar Team 00:11
6 AEBI Antoine SUI Switzerland 00:11
7 CHRISTEN Jan SUI UAE Team Emirates 00:11
8 VAN WILDER Ilan BEL Soudal Quick-Step 00:11
9 VENDRAME Andrea ITA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 00:12
10 GOVEKAR Matevz SLO Bahrain Victorious 00:12
11 SOMMER Jan SUI Switzerland 00:12
12 MAS Enric ESP Movistar Team 00:12
13 NYS Thibau BEL Lidl-Trek 00:12
14 VENTURINI Clément FRA ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 00:12
15 MENTEN Milan BEL Lotto Dstny 00:13

Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey Etappe 4

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Marmaris – Bodrum – 138Km

1 LUND ANDRESEN Tobias DEN Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 03:29:42
2 VAN POPPEL Danny NED BORA-hansgrohe 00:00
3 UHLIG Henri GER Alpecin-Deceuninck 00:00
4 NIELSEN Sebastian DEN TdT-Unibet 00:00
5 KOPECKY Matyas CZE Team Novo Nordisk 00:00
6 KANTER Max GER Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:00
7 JOSEPH Thomas BEL Tarteletto-Isorex 00:00
8 LOOCKX Lander BEL TdT-Unibet 00:00
9 KUDUS Merhawi ERI Terengganu Cycling Team 00:00
10 TIZZA Marco ITA Bingoal WB 00:00
11 GONZÁLEZ David ESP Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 00:00
12 CAMPRUBÍ Marcel ESP Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:00
13 CONTI Valerio ITA Team corratec – Vini Fantini 00:00
14 LANGELLOTTI Victor MON Burgos-BH 00:00
15 FINKST Tilen SLO Adria Mobil 00:00

Gesamt:

1 LUND ANDRESEN Tobias DEN Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 14:33:55
2 LONARDI Giovanni ITA Team Polti Kometa 00:04
3 UHLIG Henri GER Alpecin-Deceuninck 00:04
4 VAN POPPEL Danny NED BORA-hansgrohe 00:08
5 CONCA Filippo ITA Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:11
6 LOZANO David ESP Team Novo Nordisk 00:11
7 BUDZINSKI Tomasz POL Mazowsze Serce Polski 00:12
8 SMIT Willie RSA China Glory-Mentech Conti. CT 00:13
9 TAROZZI Manuele ITA VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè 00:13
10 KUDUS Merhawi ERI Terengganu Cycling Team 00:14
11 KOPECKY Matyas CZE Team Novo Nordisk 00:14
12 BALLERINI Davide ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:14
13 DONOVAN Mark GBR Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:14
14 DEPE Serdar TUR Spor Toto Cycling Team 00:14
15 LANGELLOTTI Victor MON Burgos-BH 00:14

KASIA NIEWIADOMA: “SWITCHING FROM CLASSICS TO STAGE RACING IS QUITE CHALLENGING”

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• A renowned, versatile cyclist who stood on the podium of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift in 2023, Katarzyna ‘Kasia’ Niewiadoma will be one of the main stars of La Vuelta Femenina 24 by Carrefour.es.
• The Canyon//SRAM rider ended a 5-year spell without victories last Wednesday at La Flèche Wallonne Femmes, where she defeated top riders like Demi Vollering and Elisa Longo Borghini in the final climb to the Mur de Huy.
It might look as if women’s cycling was a Dutch affair, given how the best riders in history do seemingly all hail from the Netherlands. Leontien van Moorsel and her three Olympic golds, Annemiek van Vleuten and her three Grand Tours in one season, Anna van der Breggen and her long domination of the Ardennes classics, Marianne Vos and her evergreen prowess on every terrain – and, in the current days, Demi Vollering and Lorena Wiebes, firmly established as the world’s best riders when it comes to climbing (in the case of the former) and sprinting (for the latter).

Yet look further away in the last 15 years and you will find a number of cyclists who, coming from all over the world, have made a significant impact on defining what women’s cycling is nowadays by playing a role on its evolution with her performances, her example and her words. Veterans like South Africa’s Ashleigh Moolman, Italy’s Elisa Longo Borghini, or our protagonist Katarzyna Niewiadoma (1994, Limanowa). As kind off the bike as fierce with a bib pinned on her back, the Polish rider has been present in the vanguard of women’s cycling for a decade, ever since she won the Euskal Emakumeen Bira at age 20. She is a consistent rider, solid in every terrain, able to perform in both Classics and stage races, both on the cobbles and on the hills, both on short, sharp climbs and on long, dragging ones. Her talents go further than road cycling, actually, as she is the current UCI Gravel World Champion.

A sporting and spiritual leader for the Canyon//SRAM team, ‘Kasia’ has had to endure a surprisingly long victory drought. Since the fourth stage of the 2019 The Women’s Tour until the 2024 La Flèche Wallonne Femmes, she spent 1770 days without celebrating an individual win – a poignant stat given that she took no less than 53 top5 placings in the meantime, including 3rd place overall in the 2023 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. No wonder she was so emotional after raising her arms in victory atop the Mur de Huy, defeating Vollering and Longo Borghini. “I really hope that, with this victory, I have inspired a lot of people who are pursuing their dreams,” she asserted. “I’ve failed a lot of times, with many near-misses, and never stopped believing. Reward is always there, waiting for us.” After closing her Classics campaign with a 5th place in Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes, she is off to participate in La Vuelta Femenina 24 by Carrefour.es after finishing 10th on its first edition.

– Why is it important for you to be an inspiration for other people?
Because I get a lot of inspiration from other people myself, in many parts of my life, and I personally feel a huge impact from other people’s words or performances in my life. That’s why I hope to be inspiring for others. It’s much greater to achieve something and then spread joy and happiness than just keeping it for yourself. I like that it works both ways – that I give and receive inspiration. That’s a nice way to live life – just exchange with others, both in the good and in the bad moments of your life.

– If you could pinpoint three figures that have been inspirational for you, who would those be?
It’s difficult to say. So many people deserve to be mentioned… First, my best friend Marianne. Second, Elisa Longo Borghini, who overcame so many obstacles last year and came so strong into this season after having such a bad year on which everything was seemingly going against her. I think it is pretty nice to have a competitor like her. Our riding styles resonate in so many ways. For many years we have been fighting each other in a positive way, being happy for each other after the finish line, and I hope it can continue like this. And, last but not least, every single female on my team, Canyon//SRAM, is a source of inspiration for me.

– In the press conference following La Flèche Wallonne Femmes, you said you “believed in personal development”. At which point did you decide to chase it?
I think personal development usually thrives after rough periods in life, when you realize something has to change. We all go through crises, or down moments. Age also helps – as you mature, you realize what are your priorities and what are the things that you unnecessarily worry about. In my case, Covid made me realize how much I love this sport. It happened around the time of my last victory and, from then on, winning got harder and harder. It built so much hunger in me, and made me think about what I could do to become the best rider in the world, looking for perfection as every person passionate about his or her job would do.

– What is your relationship with Spain like?
I love Spain. I have many good memories related to Spain. When I started to focus on my professional cycling career, I moved to Girona. I first lived with a roommate and then I met my partner, with whom I kept living there on and off. Two years ago, we moved to Andorra because Girona was a bit too packed with cyclists and we felt we needed a bit more space outside the cycling world.