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31/08/2019

Vuelta a España. Stage 8. Luis Leon Sanchez in breakaway, Miguel Angel Lopez loses red jersey on rainy final

A big breakaway group, leaving the peloton in the first part of the distance, managed to make it until the finish line in Igualada, playing the stage victory in a sprint, won by Nikias Arndt. Astana’s rider Luis Leon Sanchez made part of this break, but he dropped from the leading group on a slippery and very dangerous descent in the final part of the race, preferring not to take too much risk.

Race

31/08/2019

Yuriy Natarov – overall winner of Tour of Almaty 2019

Kazakh rider of Astana Pro Team Yuriy Natarov celebrates beautiful overall victory at the Tour of Almaty 2019.

After his attack at 2 km to the finish line at the final climb, Natarov finished third at the second stage. Thanks to results of two days, Natarov wins general classification of the race. The victory at the queen’s stage goes to Italian rider Danilo Celano.

Race

31/08/2019

Deutschland Tour. Stage 3. Most combative rider Alexey Lutsenko moves into third overall

Stage 3 of the Deutschland Tour was all about the final, as the two remaining riders of the early breakaway got reeled in with 25 kilometers to go and there was a fight for the GC and the stage win on the final two climbs. Alexey Lutsenko attacked and took the 3 bonus seconds atop of the final climb. A select group remained after the climb to battle it out for the stage win. It was Jasper Stuyven who attacked in the final kilometers and he got Kasper Asgreen with him. Asgreen sprinted to the stage victory and Stuyven moved into the overall lead. Lutsenko finished eleventh, crossing the line in the group behind the two riders, he is now third overall on just 18 seconds of Stuyven. The Kazakh champion also got crowned as the most combative rider of stage 3.

Vuelta a Espana

30/08/2019

Vuelta a España. Stage 7. Miguel Angel Lopez is 3rd atop Mas de la Costa, retakes back red jersey

The final of the 7th stage of the Vuelta a España became a place of a great battle between the favorites of the general classification. Four riders went away clear on a super steep 4-km-long climb Mas de la Costa to fight for the stage and the lead in the overall standings.

Race

30/08/2019

Deutschland Tour. Stage 2. Alexey Lutsenko fights for stage win, Davide Villella takes KOM jersey

With two attacks in the final of stage 2, Kazakh champion Alexey Lutsenko animated the race in his attempt to go for the stage win. But after two attempts to stay clear from the chasing group, he finished in this group behind Alexander Kristoff who took the win and the overall lead. Lutsenko is now fifth on just 15 seconds of Kristoff with two more stages to go. Earlier, on the eventful stage, Davide Villella and Hernando Bohorquez were part of a 30-man-breakaway, with Villella being able to take the KOM points on the first climb. He’s now the leader in the King of the Mountains classification, wearing the blue jersey on tomorrow’s stage 3.