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17/05/2019

Amgen Tour of California. Stage 5. Davide Ballerini reclaims KOM jersey, Hugo Houle finished tenth in sprint

By winning the maximum amount of KOM points at stage 5 of the Amgen Tour of California, Davide Ballerini reclaimed the polka dot jersey as King of the Mountains. He was part of a twelve-man breakaway, but this group didn’t make it to the finish line. The stage finished in a sprint of a reduced group after a small climb just before the finish, won by Ivan Garcia Cortina. Hugo Houle was the first Astana rider to finish, he sprinted to the tenth place. Jonas Gregaard retained his seventh place overall on the day before the Queen Stage at the 2019 Amgen Tour of California.

Giro d'Italia

16/05/2019

Giro d’Italia. Stage 6. Stage for breakaway, Astana save energy

It was predicted, that the sixth stage of the Giro d’Italia will become a day for a breakaway and that, most probably, someone from the break will take the overall lead and the pink jersey.

Race

16/05/2019

Amgen Tour of California. Stage 4. Another top 10 finish for Davide Ballerini in chaotic finale

Stage 4 of the Amgen Tour of California was decided in a sprint, with Davide Ballerini finishing sixth behind stage winner Fabio Jakobsen. It was a chaotic finale, with a crash outside the final three kilometers, but with great teamwork, Jonas Gregaard was able to stay in the first group. He moved into fourth place overall, but the jury decided that because of the crash, everyone earned the same time as the first group, dropping Gregaard back to the seventh place overall. Sports director Dmitriy Fofonov doesn’t accept the jury decision and sent an official protest.

Giro d'Italia

15/05/2019

Giro d’Italia. Stage 5. Cold and rainy day

The fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia (140 km from Frascati to Terracina) became the coldest and the wettest day at the race so far. The whole day from start and to finish the riders spent under the rain with air temperatures around 5-6^oC.

Race

15/05/2019

Amgen Tour of California. Stage 3. Eighth place for Davide Ballerini in sprint behind solo stage winner

Another top 10 for Astana Pro Team in the Amgen Tour of California, with Davide Ballerini finishing eighth in the sprint behind solo stage winner Remi Cavagna. There were no changes in the overall classification today, with Tejay van Garderen in the lead and Astana’s Jonas Gregaard still seventh.