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Kristian Sbaragli
Giro d’Italia #7: Sprint finish in Foligno as Sbaragli takes 11th
Andre Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) won the 7th stage of the Giro d’Italia after beating Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek Segafredo) and Sacha Modolo (Lampre-Merida) in the mass sprint finish in Foligno. Once again, Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) had no problem in retaining the overall race lead. For Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka the stage was all about supporting Kristian […]
Giro d’Italia #5: Omar Fraile abandons Giro d’Italia
Andre Griepel (Lotto-Soudal) won the stage 5 Giro d’Italia sprint into Benevento ahead of Arnaud Demare (FDJ) and Sonny Colbrelli (Bardiani-CSF). Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) retained the pink leader’s jersey. For Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka it would not be the best of days as our African Team lost Omar Fraile (pictured below), when the Basque […]
Tour de Romandie #2: Kristian Sbaragli secures a top 10 in the sprint
Marcel Kittel (Etixx-Quickstep) won a shortened stage 1 of the Tour de Romandie, beating Niccolo Bonifazio (Trek-Segafredo) and Michael Albasini (Orica-Greenedge) in the sprint finish. Originally today’s opening stage was scheduled to be 169km from La Chaux-de-Fonds but due to some early morning snowfall the orgnisers were forced to cut out the opening 60km of […]
Coppa Sabatini: Sbaragli & Pauwels 11th and 12th respectively
The Coppa Sabatini would be won by Eduard Prades (Caja-Rural) today ahead of Maurits Lammertink (Team Roompot) and Mauro Finetto (Southeast). MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung had Kristian Sbaragli finish in 11th position as our highest placed rider of the day. For the most part, the Coppa Sabatini would be a slightly more relaxed Italian one day […]
Gran Piemonte: Kristian Sbaragli takes 8th on rain soaked roads
The Gran Piemonte took place over a circular 185km route in Italy today with Jan Bakelants (AG2R La Mondiale) taking the win after outwitting the sprinters with a late attack. Matteo Trentin (Etixx-Quickstep) was 2nd and Sonny Colbrelli (Bardiani-CSF) was 3rd. For the first time in a while at an Italian one day race, an […]
Tre Valli Varesine: Kristian Sbaragli 6th in tough Italian race
The Tre Valli Varesine saw another tough attacking showdown on Italian roads and it was the Italian national champion, Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) who reigned supreme with a solo win. Sergey Firsanov (Rusvelo) took 2nd and Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek Factory Racing) was 3rd. As has been the case in the last few Italian one day events, […]
Kristian Sbaragli nets breakthrough win at La Vuelta stage 10
Kristian Sbaragli once again proofed to be on form when stage 10 of La Vuelta a Espana came to conclusion today in Castellòn. The 24-year-old Italian powerhouse rode himself into perfect position over the last kilometer to finally beat John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin) and José Joaquín Rojas (Movistar) into second and third. This win marks Kristian’s […]
Kristian Sbaragli digs deep to finish 5th for MTN-Qhubeka
Kristian Sbaragli showed his fighting spirit today at the Vuelta a Espana 8th stage by taking 5th place on an extremely tough stage. The victory went to Jasper Stuyven (Trek Factory Racing) with Pello Bilbao (Caja-Rural) 2nd and Kevin Reza (FDJ) 3rd. The stage saw 6 rider’s escape from the peloton early on but with […]
Kristian Sbaragli 6th in the sprint finish for MTN-Qhubeka
Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) won the first bunch sprint of this year’s La Vuelta a Espana coming home just ahead of Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) and John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin) during today’s 3rd stage. It wasn’t your most simple of sprinters stages though as the 158km stage included just over 3000m of climbing. There was an early cat […]
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 […]
Ride London Classic: Kristian Sbaragli finishes in 5th place for MTN-Qhubeka
The Prudential Ride London-Surrey Classic came down to an exciting 4 man sprint with Jean-Pierre Drucker (BMC Racing) taking the win. Mike Teunissen (Lotto-Jumbo) was 2nd and Ben Swift (Team Sky) took the final podium placing. There was a fair amount of action before the eventual sprint finale as 5 riders went clear in the […]
Tour of Austria #4: Kristian Sbaragli nets 4th place in sprint
The 3rd stage of the Tour of Austria saw another bunch sprint for the 3rd day in a row. Today’s victor was Rick Zabel (BMC Racing), he crossed the line just ahead of Angel Vicioso (Katusha) and Jan Tratnik (Amplatz-BMC). Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung were once again part of the finale as Kristian Sbaragli finished […]