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Tour of Britain
Boasson Hagen solos to victory on Tour of Britain final day
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka finished off this year’s Tour of Britain in style as Edvald Boasson Hagen powered to victory after a late attack. If anybody had thought that today’s final stage would be a sprint parade into Cardiff, they were quickly proven wrong. Countless attacks occurred in the opening kilometers and the peloton […]
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 […]
Tour of Britain #3: Farrar wins most combative
The 3rd stage of the Tour of Britain from Cockermouth to Floors Castle saw Elia Viviani (Team Sky) secure his 2nd win of the tour from another bunch sprint. Tyler Farrar would be our shining light today as he made the break of the day, only to be caught with 3km to go. Initially it […]
Tour of Britain #1: Tyler Farrar opens race with top 10 finish
The Tour of Britain kicked off today with a 177 kilometer long route through Wales. After a rather wet start on the scenic coastline of Northern Anglesey, the peloton took on the lumpy profile that lay ahead of them. The local teams tried to animate the early stages of todays race. This tactic proofed to […]
MTN-Qhubeka Preview: Tour of Britain
MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung will start the Tour of Britain this coming Sunday. Edvald Boasson Hagen leads the team in the eight-stage race from 6 to 13 September. He will be accompanied by Serge Pauwels, Tyler Farrar, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg, Gerald Ciolek and Andreas Stauff. Edvald won the race back in 2009 but this will […]
Ciolek takes impressive win on Stage 2 of Tour of Britain
Gerald Ciolek salvaged what was becoming a day to forget for Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung by winning Stage 2 of the Tour of Britain. Image credit: Dean Reeve Photography Africa’s first Professional Continental team lost both Andreas Stauff and Ferekalsi Debesay to crashes during Stage 2 and the day was looking bleak until Ciolek survived […]