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16/03/2019

Tirreno-Adriatico. Stage 4. Stage win for Alexey Lutsenko, despite two crashes during solo attack

He went solo with 37 kilometers to go, crashed two times, dropped back in a group of four and still won stage 4 of Tirreno-Adriatico: Today was a rollercoaster ride for Alexey Lutsenko. While Jakob Fuglsang controlled the chasing group behind Lutsenko, the Kazakh champion crashed two times, but both times he managed to get back on his bike as quick as he went down. In the final sprint with three other riders, he had the strongest sprint towards the finish with his teammate Fuglsang finishing fourth behind Primoz Roglic and Adam Yates.

Race

16/03/2019

Paris-Nice. Stage 7. Miguel Angel Lopez is second after a fantastic race

Astana’s leader Miguel Angel Lopez showed today he stays in a very good form, ready for the big goals of the season. Lopez was one of the strongest riders of this queen mountain stage of the Paris-Nice, missing just a little to win stage 7.

Race

15/03/2019

Paris-Nice. Stage 6. Luis Leon Sanchez takes bonus seconds at hilly stage

The sixth stage of the Paris-Nice from Peynier to Brignoles (176.5 km) despite a few climbs and hilly profile, ended with a bunch sprint from a reduced peloton. Sam Bennett took the stage win, while Astana’s Hugo Houle was 13th.

Race

15/03/2019

Tirreno-Adriatico. Stage 3. Davide Ballerini takes top 10 in bunch sprint

It was a bunch sprint that decided stage 3 of Tirreno-Adriatico, with Astana rider Davide Ballerini taking a ninth place behind winner Elia Viviani. Adam Yates remains the race leader, Jakob Fuglsang and Alexey Lutsenko are now in the top 20 overall with the hardest stages of this Tirreno-Adriatico still ahead.

Race

14/03/2019

Tirreno-Adriatico. Stage 2. Top 10 for Jakob Fuglsang in uphill finish

After an intense uphill finish at stage 2 of Tirreno-Adriatico, Jakob Fuglsang finished ninth and Alexey Lutsenko twenty-first, after trying to surprise the favorites with a duo-attack in the final kilometers. But everything came back together, making it an uphill sprint for the favorites with Julian Alaphilippe claiming the stage win. Adam Yates is the new race leader after stage 2.