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12/07/2018

Tour of Austria. Kazakh Champion Alexey Lutsenko wins stage 6

It was day of glory for the Kazakh Champion Alexey Lutsenko at the Tour of Austria. The Astana Pro Team rider took a nice victory at stage 6 of the race, in the final outsprinting his breakaway companion Matej Mohoric.

Tour de France

12/07/2018

Tour de France. Stage 6. Jakob Fuglsang moves into GC top 10 at Mur-de-Bretagne

Finishing in a select group of GC contenders atop of Mur-de-Bretagne, Jakob Fuglsang climbed to the tenth place overall after stage 6. Before the final climb, the team worked hard to bring him back in the first peloton at the first echelon of the Tour de France, as well after a small crash in today’s final. After all, Jakob Fuglsang finished fifteenth, behind winner Daniel Martin.

Tour de France

11/07/2018

Tour de France. Stage 5. A hard day in the saddle without any problems for Jakob Fuglsang

In the exciting final of stage 5, Jakob Fuglsang finished in the group with the stage- and GC-contenders, thanks to great teamwork in the kilometers leading into the uphill finish. Peter Sagan took his second victory in Quimper.

Race

11/07/2018

Tour of Austria. Stage 5. Gidich in the breakaway of the day at the queen mountain stage

Queen mountain stage of Tour of Austria finished today on the mythical Grossglockner, the highest mountain of Austria, at the 2400 meters over the sea level.

The shortest (only 92.9 km long) and the hardest stage of the race was characterized by the rain during the whole day.

Tour de France

10/07/2018

Tour de France. Stage 4. Another hectic sprint stage done, crashes without serious injuries

Another hectic sprint stage at the Tour de France today, but before this sprint took place, there were two crashes with riders of Astana Pro Team involved. In the first minor crash Jakob Fuglsang went down, but without serious damage. In the second one, Michael Valgren was not able to avoid the big crash just before the final sprint, but also no serious injuries for him.