Pardilla Maintains GC Position on 19th La Vuelta Stage
Adam Hansen (Lotto Belisol) soloed to victory during the 19th La Vuelta a Espana stage after attacking in the final 5km’s of the stage. John Degenkolb (Giant-Shimano) won the select bunch sprint for 2nd ahead of Fillipo Pozzato (Lampre-Merida). There was only 56 riders in the front group today but Sergio Pardilla made sure he […]
Strong showing by Pardilla and Janse van Rensburg on 18th Vuelta stage
Fabio Aru (Astana) just pipped Chris Froome to the line to win the 18th stage of the Vuelta a Espana. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) led the famous Spanish trio (Rodriguez,Contador) home some 13″ later in 3rd place. Our Spaniard, Sergio Pardilla did a great ride to finish the stage in 11th position while our South African […]
Pardilla finishes 12th, moves to 15th on GC on 6th Vuelta stage
The first mountain top stage at the Vuelta a Espana showed which GC favourites are up for the challenge over the coming weeks and who are not. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) won the stage a top the cat 1 climb to La Zubia, looking much stronger than his team mate Nairo Quintana. Chris Froome (Team Sky) […]
Team MTN-Qhubeka: Sbaragli 9th and Pardilla takes Vuelta white jersey on Stage 5
The 5th stage of the Vuelta a Espana proved to be the best yet for Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung as Kristian Sbaragli sprinted his way into 9th position on the stage while Sergio Pardilla attacked on the final cat 3 climb, to gain the points needed to take the lead in the combination classification. The […]
Pardilla holds good GC position on 4th Vuelta stage
The 4th stage of the Vuelta a Espana was another where temperatures soared above the 40°C mark. John Degenkolb (Giant-Shimano) would be one of the only sprinters to get over the final cat 2 climb situated just 26km’s from the finish and so, the German won the stage from the small bunch sprint by a […]
Team MTN-Qhubeka Ends A Successful Week in Portugal
Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung left the Volta a Portugal on the last day making its presence felt. Gerald Ciolek sprinted to fourth on the stage after Ferekalsi Debesay spent a considerable amount of time off the front attacking the race. Sergio Pardilla wins stage four (Photo: Volta a Portugal) Debesay recovered from illness earlier in […]