Tour of Qatar #3: Edvald Boasson Hagen powers to stage win and overall lead
Edvald Boasson Hagen put on an incredible display of power during the 3rd stage of the Tour of Qatar, to win the 11km time trial by 25″ from Jos van Emden (LottoNL-Jumbo). Manuel Quinziato (BMC Racing) rounded out the podium in 3rd place. It was always known that the time trial stage of the Tour […]
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka steps onto first European podium this year
Andre Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) lived up to his pre-race favourite tag and took the win of the opening Challenge Mallorca race. Sam Bennett (Bora Argon 18) was 2nd while we had Edvald Boasson Hagen up there in 3rd place. After Natnael Berhane tried on multiple occasions to get into the early break of the day, eventually […]
Edvald Boasson Hagen takes Tour of Britain overall
Edvald Boasson Hagen secured the overall at the Tour of Britain esrlier today when he crossed the line of the final stage in London in 4th place. The stage win was awarded to Elia Viviani (Sky). The Italian crossed the line in second place behind André Greipel. Yet the German had crossed Viviani’s line, pushing […]
Edvald Boasson Hagen moves into yellow at Tour of Britain
There had been a lot of talk before stage 5 of the Tour of Britain. The peloton faced 166 lumpy kilometers from Prudhoe to the summit of the scenic Hartside climb, a stage made to reshuffle the overall. And MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung was set to leave its mark on it. Edvald Boasson Hagen and Serge […]
Edvald Boasson Hagen sprints to 3rd on Tour of Britain stage 4
Edvald Boasson Hagen secured Edvald Boasson Hagen another podium finish. After 217 kilometers from Edinburgh to Blythe the Norwegian national road race champion crossed the line in 3rd behind stage winner Fernando Gaviria (Etixx-QuickStep) and André Greipel (Lotto-Soudal). The race got off to a fast start with several teams trying to get into the break […]
Arctic Race of Norway #4: Edvald Boasson Hagen finishes 4th on GC
The final stage of the Arctic Race of Norway was a thrilling encounter that saw Silvan Dillier (BMC Racing) win the stage from Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha) and Rein Taaramae (Astana). It was Taaramae though that won the tour overall. The final stage was a tough and fast race from the gun with numerous attacks. 7 […]
Arctic Race of Norway #1: Edvald Boasson Hagen 2nd in opening stage
The opening stage of the Arctic Race of Norway saw Edvald Boasson Hagen sprint his way to a 2nd place behind countryman, Alexander Kristoff (Katusha). Sam Bennett (Bora-Argon 18) finished in 3rd place. In cool conditions, racing got underway with the riders facing 210km on today’s first stage. 7 riders would get away early on […]
Boasson Hagen ends 6th on GC in Denmark
The 6th and final stage of the Tour of Denmark saw Tinkoff-Saxo steal the show as Michael Morkov sprinted to the stage victory and Christopher Juul-Jensen secured the overall GC win. It would be 150km that the riders faced today with the final 60km all taking place over 10 laps through the streets of Copenhagen. […]
Tour of Denmark #4: Boasson Hagen sprints to 2nd; Janse van Rensburg fractures clavicle
The 4th stage of the Tour of Denmark came down to the expected bunch sprint with Matti Breschel (Tinkoff-Saxo) taking the win. Edvald Boasson Hagen was challenging for the victory but had to settle for 2nd place today. As there are two stages today, the morning stage was only a short 116km race. The pace […]
Tour of Denmark #2: Incredible 1st and 2nd place for MTN-Qhubeka
The 2nd stage of the Tour of Denmark would see MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung put in an incredible team performance, resulting in a 1st and 2nd finish on the stage! Edvald Boasson Hagen was our victorious rider while Kristian Sbaragli finished in 2nd place. It would be a long stage at 235km in length but in […]
Edvald Boasson Hagen sprints to 5th again for MTN-Qhubeka
For the 3rd time this Tour de France, Edvald Boasson Hagen sprinted to 5th place at the stage finish for MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung. Andre Griepel (Lotto-Soudal) would be the rider who took the stage 14 honours, beating John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin) and Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) to the line. After an extremely fast start that saw numerous […]
Tough finish on first transitional stage for MTN-Qhubeka
The first transitional stage between the Pyrenees and the Alps would be won by the Belgian, Greg van Avermaet (BMC Racing). Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) was the rider in 2nd place and Jan Bakelants (AG2R La Mondiale) was 3rd. A 6 rider break went clear inside of 10km from the start but Team Giant-Alpecin had ideas […]