Edvald Boasson Hagen 5th again
Edvald Boasson Hagen would finish 5th in the mass sprint of the 5th Tour de France stage. Andre Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) would take his 2nd win of the Tour, just ahead of Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Mark Cavendish (Etixx-Quickstep). In another nervy stage of the Tour de France that saw riders taking on 190km from Arras […]
Top 5 for MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung rider
The 4th stage of the Tour de France saw riders take on the cobbled roads of Northern France. It would be a thrilling stage that saw our Norwegian champion, Edvald Boasson Hagen sprint to an incredible 5th place on the stage. Tony Martin would take the stage victory after escaping with 3km to go. After […]
Boasson Hagen does the double, winning national road race and time trial titles
Edvald Boasson Hagen won the Norwegian national road race title for the 2nd time in his career today after an enthralling finale. 2nd and 3rd place went to the Team Joker duo of Odd Christian Eiking and Vegard Stake Laengen respectively. It would be a non-stop action packed race with numerous attacks from the gun. […]
Edvald Boasson Hagen wins Norwegian National Time Trial Championships
Edvald Boasson Hagen has won the Norwegian national time trial championships for 7th time in his professional career today. The silver medal went to Andreas Vangstad (Sparebanken Sor) and Truls Engen Korsaeth (Team Joker) picked up the bronze medal. Edvald would put in a commanding performance over the 49km course today as his average speed […]
Criterium du Dauphine #4: Edvald Boasson Hagen 4th in tough sprint finish
The 4th stage of the Criterium du Dauphine would provide a thrilling finish that saw a reduced peloton arrive at the finish for a bunch sprint. Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) would triumph over Jonas van Genechten (IAM Cycling) and Luka Mezgec (Giant-Alpecin). The team that had the most prominent presence over the closing kilometers would be […]
Teklehaimanot extends lead in Mountains Classification
After pulling on the King of the Mountains leaders’ jersey at the end of yesterday’s opening Criterium du Dauphine stage, Daniel Teklehaimanot would find the break of the day again on today’s 2nd stage and he would extend his lead in the polka dot jersey competition. With the stage starting immediately on a category 2 […]
Criterium du Dauphine #1: First World Tour jersey for MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung
The opening stage of the Criterium du Dauphine would be a close on perfect start for Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung as Edvald Boasson Hagen sprinted to 3rd place at the finish and Daniel Teklehaimanot pulled on the King of the Mountains polka dot jersey. Our African team started the stage off on the front foot […]
Boasson Hagen takes first victory of the year
Edvald Boasson Hagen would show his class at the final Tour des Fjords stage and took an emphatic stage victory. Edvald was part of a late 4 man escape and the Norwegian star was able to out sprint Daryl Impey (Orica-Greenedge) and Marco Haller (Katusha) for his first victory of the season. As the race […]
Tour des Fjords: Boasson Hagen and Sbaragli both top 10
Alexander Kristoff’s (Katusha) reign in Norway would continue today as he would take the sprint victory on stage 2. Jasper Stuyven (Trek Factory Racing) was 2nd and Asbjorn Kragh Andersen (Trefor – Blue Water) was 3rd. MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung would have a prominent presence in the sprint finale with Edvald Boasson Hagen taking 4th place […]
Tour of Norway: Edvald Boasson Hagen finishes 2nd on GC
The final Tour of Norway stage would be a wet and tough 175km affair. A hard 12km circuit would be completed 3 times to end of the race and it was the late breakaway rider, Andreas Vangstad (Sparebanken Sor) who would come out on top. As Vangstad was not a threat to the GC riders, […]
Edvald Boasson Hagen consolidates podium at Tour of Norway
The Tour of Norway saw another tough stage in the Hardanger area. 167 km from Rjukan to Geilo were on the menu today with a three categorized climbs. Spaniard Amets Txurukka (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) managed to drop his closest rivals on the final incline, wining solo ahead of David Lopez (Sky) and Davide Rebellin (CCC-Sprandi). […]
Determined Edvald Boasson Hagen moves up to second overall at Tour of Norway
Stage 3 of the Tour of Norway would see another strong performance of Edvald Boasson Hagen who eventually finished second on the day. The teams Norwegian allrounder was one of the most active riders in the final and managed to put himself in a good GC position for the upcoming stages. The 185 km stage […]