Tag: Enric Mas
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WorldTour Pro-Cycling Transfers Round-Up
It’s that time of the year, the part of the season where riders start making moves ahead of next year. Here’s a round-up of who’s moving WorldTour teams? Team Ineos Transfers Team Ineos will be adding Giro winner Richard Carapaz from Movistar to add to its existing three Grand Tour winner lineup. It’s only fitting…
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Pinot Wins Stage 14 Atop Tourmalet & Alaphilippe Improves Lead in 2019 Tour de France
A big day for the french today. Stage 14 of the 2019 Tour de France saw Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) take the stage victory atop the Tourmalet, while his fellow frenchman Julian Alaphilippe finished second and added to his overall lead. Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma) nabbed third. Defending champion Geraint Thomas (Ineos) lost 36 seconds on the…
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Julian Alaphilippe Crushes 2019 Tour de France Stage 13 Time Trial
Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) absolutely crushed the 2019 Tour de France Stage 13 time trial today. Not only will he retain the yellow jersey, but he took the stage victory as well. Defending champion Geraint Thomas (Team Ineos) finished 14 seconds down to take second place over the 27.2km course. Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) took third…
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Simon Yates Wins Stage 12 of the 2019 Tour de France
Simon Yates won the 12th stage of the 2019 Tour de France today from the breakaway, winning the three-man sprint to beat out Pello Bilbao (Astana) and Gregor Muhlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe). The three broke away on the day’s final climb. “I’ve been saving energy until we got here in the mountains and this was my first…
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Caleb Ewan Grabs his First Tour Stage Win in 2019 Tour de France Stage 11
Caleb Ewan picked up his first Tour de France stage win today, I doubt it will be his last. In a mass sprint at Toulouse on Wednesday Ewan grabbed the stage victory with no more than the width of a road tire as Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe kept the overall lead. Defending champion Geraint Thomas and…
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A Nearly Complete List of 2019 Tour de France Rider Strava Profiles
I got a few emails telling me the list of rider Strava profiles I shared the other day was incomplete, missing a favorite rider, etc… So here you all are, a damn near complete list of 2019 Tour de France rider Strava profiles: 2019 Tour de France Rider Strava Profiles TEAM INEOS Dylan Van Baarle…
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Van Aert Wins 2019 Tour de France Stage 10 and Some Big GC Contenders Lose Time
What a day in the Tour de France! Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) sprinted to his first career Tour de France stage victory today on Stage 10 and a handful of GC contenders lost serious time. Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo), Jakob Fuglsang (Astana), Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), Rigoberto Urán (EF Education First), and Mikel Landa (Movistar) all gave…
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Peter Sagan Wins 2019 Tour de France Stage 5 After Several Near Misses
Peter Sagan was the best of the remaining opposition after the pure sprinters had been dropped on the climbs that littered Stage 5 of the 2019 Tour de France through the Vosges. Despite Team Sunweb controlling the peloton for most of the run into the finish, Michael Matthews was boxed in when the sprint began…
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Elia Viviani Sprints to 2019 Tour de France Stage 4 Win
The almost entirely flat parcours of the 213.5-kilometer Tour de France Stage 4 today had the sprinters’ hopes up from the start. Bad news for the day’s three-rider breakaway, when the sprinters smell blood you’ll never get too much breathing room. Such was the story today, as the final breakaway survivor Michael Schär was caught…
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Alaphilippe Takes Stage 3 Tour de France Victory
Julian Alaphilippe (Deceunick-Quick-Step) was my pre-race favorite for stage 3 of the Tour de France, the stage was practically built for him. How he did it though, was a bit of a surprise. Instead of holding out for the uphill sprint, he put in an attack with a little over 15 kilometers to go and…
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Jumbo-Visma Takes Decisive TTT Win in 2019 Tour de France Stage 2
Two days into the Tour de France and Jumbo-Visma already has two stage victories. The Dutch team took a decisive win in today’s stage 2 team time trial in Brussels, leaving Ineos in their dust by a good 20 seconds to secure the victory. Stage 1 winner Mike Teunissen will keep the yellow jersey another…
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2019 Liege-Bastogne-Liege Preview
The Spring Classics come to a close for 2019 this Sunday with Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Here’s what you need to know. Liège-Bastogne-Liège closes out the Spring Classics. It also comes as the last race in a micro-season known as the Ardennes Classics, which consists of three race: Flèche Wallonne, the Amstel Gold Race, and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Of the…