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16/02/2019

Tour Colombia 2.1. Stage 5. Impressive second place for Miguel Angel Lopez at first mountain stage

Finally, the Tour Colombia 2.1 has arrived in the mountains. The first really difficult stage 5 (176.8 km in La Union) with an uphill final has been held today. The Astana Pro Team leader Miguel Angel Lopez did a powerful attack from the main group to catch the breakaway and to take a solid second place just behind the French rider Julian Alaphilippe. Today’s performance allowed Lopez to move up to third place in current general classification of the race.

Race

16/02/2019

Tour de la Provence. Stage 3. Gorka Izagirre remains race leader after strong work of teammates

With a 5^thplace in the sprint at stage 3, Gorka Izagirre was able to remain the overall leader at Tour de la Provence. With controlling teammates at the front of the race, Izagirre had still enough power in the final to respond on every attack of GC rivals. It was Philippe Gilbert with the fastest legs in the sprint, taking the stage victory just in front of Toms Skujins and Tony Gallopin. Gorka Izagirre is leading the GC by only 2 seconds on both Thibaut Pinot and Tony Gallopin with one final day to go.

Race

16/02/2019

Tour of Oman. Stage 1. Davide Ballerini is Best Young Rider after top 10 sprint

By taking the 8^thplace in a sprint at stage 1, Davide Ballerini took the lead in the Best Young Rider classification at the Tour of Oman. The young Italian of Astana Pro Team had a great lead-out by Magnus Cort, but in the final 50 meters, he was not able to stay in front of the bunch sprint. Alexander Kristoff took the victory, just in front of Nacer Bouhanni and Bryan Coquard.

Race

15/02/2019

Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia. Astana Pro Team dominates the first stage: Bilbao wins, Fraile is second, Sanchez is third

Great start for Astana Pro Team at the Vuelta Ciclista a la Región de Murcia Costa Cálida: the riders of the Kazakh team completed the whole podium of the first stage! Pello Bilbao became the stage winner after his attack inside the final kilometer as Omar Fraile and Luis Leon Sanchez took second and third podium places.

Race

15/02/2019

Tour de la Provence. Stage 2. Gorka Izagirre sprints to third place and is the new overall leader.

By taking third place in today’s stage, Gorka Izagirre is the new overall leader at the Tour de la Provence. After the final climb at 10 kilometers before the finish, a select group of riders got clear and sprinted for the stage win. Behind winner Eduard Prades and runner-up Tony Gallopin, Gorka Izagirre sprinted to the third place.