Ruta del Sol #4: Siutsou Fastest for Dimension Data despite crash
Stage 4 of the Ruta del Sol would be a 21km individual time trial which Tejay Van Garderen (BMC Racing) would win ahead of Wilco Kelderman (LottoNL-Jumbo) and Jerome Coppel (IAM Cycling). Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka did not necessarily have a specialist who could contend for the victory today but Kanstantsin Siutsou and Omar […]
Ruta del Sol #1: Quiet start for Dimension Data for Qhubeka in Andalucia
Danielle Bennati (Tinkoff-Saxo) won the opening stage of the Ruta del Sol from a mass sprint. Bert Van Lerberghe (Topsport Vlaanderen) was 2nd and Juan Jose Lobato (Movistar) claimed the 3rd position on the line. The 162km stage that finished in Sevilla started with some rolling undulations but the flat to downhill final 40km certainly […]
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka preview Ruta del Sol
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka will be in action at the upcoming Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta del Sol which gets underway on Wednesday 17th of February. The Ruta del Sol is a 5 stage UCI 2.1 category event that will attract a quality field once again. The Ruta del Sol is an early season stage […]
Ruta del Sol #5: Songezo Jim and Merhawi Kudus on the offensive
The final stage of the Ruta del Sol saw Juan Jose Lobato (Movistar) win the tough uphill sprint ahead of John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin) and Sylvain Chavanel (IAM Cycling). Chris Froome (Team Sky) was able to preserve his 1 second lead over Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) to win the race overall. It was another productive day for […]
Ruta del Sol #4: Nic Dougall escapes again, Merhaw Kudus top 20 on stage
The 4th stage of the Ruta del Sol saw an epic battle between Chris Froome (Team Sky) and Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) on the stages final climb. Froome went on to win the stage ahead of Contador with Mikel Nieve (Team Sky) in 3rd place on the day. Froome would take over the race leaders jersey […]
Ruta del Sol #3: Merhawi Kudus battles with the favourites for 7th
The 3rd stage of the Ruta del Sol saw the heavyweights of Grand Tour riding, Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Chris Froome (Team Sky) battling for the stage win with the Spaniard coming out tops today. With Froome in 2nd, Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) came home 3rd. Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung were well represented at […]
Nic Dougall spends the day in the break at Ruta del Sol
Nic Dougall was part of the a five-man break group which dominated the second stage of the Vuelta a Andalusia Ruta del Sol. Things fell apart in the final kilometres and MTN-Qhubeka was not able to place at the finish. Nic was in the day’s break group, along with Pirmin Lang (IAM), Aleksandr Komin (RusVelo), […]
Ruta del Sol #1: Mixed fortunes for Team MTN-Qhubeka on opening day
The opening day of the Ruta del Sol saw riders competing over 2 half stages. The morning road stage was a crash affected affair won by Pim Ligthart (Lotto-Soudal) ahead of Fabio Silvestre (Trek Factory Racing) and Grega Bole (CCC Sprandi Polkowice). The afternoon time trial was dominated by Javier Moreno (MOV) with Wilco Kelderman […]
Team MTN-Qhubeka preview: Ruta del Sol
While part of Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung will be racing in Oman this week, another part of the team will head to the Spanish Ruta del Sol as well. The Ruta del Sol runs from 18-22 February and incorporates 6 stages over the 5 days, the opening day consists of a morning road stage and […]