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01/03/2020

Kuurne – Bruxelles - Kuurne. Hugo Houle dominates breakaway of the day and Alex Aranburu takes Top 20 spot in Kuurne

In a fast edition of Kuurne - Bruxelles – Kuurne Hugo Houle showed a strong performance in the breakaway of the day, which was gone for most of the day. Shortly before the finale, the break was caught but Alex Aranburu finished in the first chasing group in 19^th place.

Race

29/02/2020

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Elite. Rainy start to the Classics season with Manuele Boaro in the breakaway of the day

The Classics season started, like every year, with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. As usual in these spring races, the fans saw a nervous race with many attacks. Manuele Boaro made it into the breakaway of the day but the escapees were caught as the race headed onto the first pave sections.

Race

28/02/2020

UAE Tour stopped due to coronavirus, Alexey Lutsenko is third in final classification

The UCI WorldTour stage race UAE Tour has been stopped on Thursday evening due to coronavirus alert in the peloton. After two staff members of a team had been tested positive for the novel coronavirus COVID-19, the Organizing Committee of the race took a decision to cancel two remaining stages on Friday and Saturday and to accept the situation in the general classification after stage 5 as the final overall standings of the UAE Tour 2020. Thus, the Astana Pro Team rider Alexey Lutsenko became third in the final general classification of the race.

Race

27/02/2020

UAE Tour. Stage 5. Alexey Lutsenko is 2nd in super close final atop Jebel Hafeet after phenomenal stage

The Kazakh champion Alexey Lutsenko finished second in a very close uphill sprint finish atop Jebel Hafeet climb, which ended the fifth stage of the UAE Tour. The Astana rider launched a very strong sprint, passing the last corner on the first position, but missed just a little to win the stage being passing by the Slovenian Tadej Pogačar right on the finish line. However, thanks to this performance Alexey Lutsenko protected his third position in the general classification of the race.

Race

27/02/2020