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 […]
Louis Meintjes finishes in 9th place
The 7th stage of the Vuelta a Espana saw Louis Meintjes impress yet again as he climbed with all the favourites to eventually finish the stage in 9th place. The stage win went to the early breakaway rider, Bert-Jan Lindeman (Lotto-Jumbo). Today’s 191km stage saw the break get away in the very early kilometres of […]
Steve Cummings just misses Vuelta stage win
Steve Cummings lit up the 6th stage of the Vuelta a Espana, attacking from the main break of the day only to be caught with 3km to go. Steve would win the most aggressive rider of the day prize. The stage win would go to the young Esteban Chaves (Orica-Greenedge) once again as he attacked […]
Good legs for Louis Meintjes once again
After another long hot day at the Vuelta a Espana, Alejandre Valverde (Movistar) won the 5th stage to Vejer de la Frontera. Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) was 2nd in the uphill sprint with Dani Moreno (Katusha) rounding out the podium. At 213km in length, stage 5 would be the 2nd longest stage of the race. It […]
Fabian Cancellara abandons in 3rd stage of the Vuelta a España
After his crash in the third stage of the Tour de France, Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) also had to abandon in stage three of the Vuelta a España. Cancellara, suffering from stomach problems due to a virus he picked up last week, was unable to finish the stage Monday. Fabian Cancellara has had his […]
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 […]
Meintjes rides to 14th at La Vuelta 2nd stage
The 2nd stage of the La Vuelta a Espana saw Esteban Chaves (Orica-Greenedge) take the victory ahead of Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) and Nicolas Roche (Team Sky). Louis Meintjes was our highest placed rider in 14th place on the day. It was an interesting stage to Caminito Del Rey that saw the General Classification riders come […]
14th place for Africa’s team at La Vuelta start
The La Vuelta a Espana got underway with a 7.4km team time trial, BMC Racing would ride away with the stage win while MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung were just 30 seconds shy of the leading time, finishing 14th. While the course was spectator friendly, pretty much running along the boardwalk and beach side boulevard to Marbella, […]
Arctic Heat to keep MTN-Qhubeka cool ahead of La Vuelta
La Vuelta is just a couple of days away. Given the predicted heat in Southern Spain the team is happy to be able to count on Arctic Heat Body Cooling Vests. The company is well known for its lightweight athletic body cooling vest. At La Vuelta Arctic Heat ice vests will pre-cool the riders in […]
MTN-Qhubeka with seven Africans to La Vuelta
Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung is preparing itself for its second Grand Tour of the 2015 season. Like last year the team is proud to travel to La Vuelta with high hopes – and an exceptional team that features no less than seven African riders. Reigning Eritrean road race champion Natnael Berhane and Tour de France […]