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17/06/2019

Tour de Suisse. Stage 3. Day for sprinters with fast and stressful final

Stage 3 from Flamatt to Murten due to its practically all flat profile became a good possibility for sprinters to play the victory. Thus, on the streets of medieval Murten everything has been decided in a bunch sprint won by the Slovak champion Peter Sagan, who outsprinted Elia Viviani and John Degenkolb.

Race

16/06/2019

Jakob Fuglsang wins Critérium du Dauphiné

Winning the race already once in 2017, today Jakob Fuglsang claimed his second Critérium du Dauphiné GC victory. The Dane successfully defended his lead in the final stage together with his teammates, of which Kazakh national champion Alexey Lutsenko was able to take a GC top 10 as well, securing a seventh place overall. Astana Pro Team has also been crowned as the winner of the Team Classification.

Race

16/06/2019

Tour de Suisse. Stage 2. Luis Leon Sanchez wins solo after phenomenal team’s work

Meanwhile, at the Tour de Suisse Astana Pro Team has continued its fantastic Sunday with an amazing solo victory of Luis Leon Sanchez at the second stage of the race. Sanchez attacked with 11 km to go and immediately opened a solid gap. He was able to stay clear away right until the finish line in Langnau im Emmental, taking a very emotional win.

Race

16/06/2019

Baloise Tour of Belgium. Stage 5. Zhandos Bizhigitov spent the day in the breakaway at the last stage

Baloise Tour of Belgium 2019 finished today in Beringen. The 158.4 km-long fifth stage of the race with a flat route finished with a massive sprint won by French rider Bryan Coquard.

Kazakh rider of Astana Pro Team Zhandos Bizhigitov spent the day in a breakaway, which was formed after 82 km from the start and was caught only 300 meters before the finish.

Race

15/06/2019

Critérium du Dauphiné. Stage 7. Jakob Fuglsang is the new race leader after intense Queen Stage

The Critérium du Dauphiné has a new overall leader after Stage 7, as Jakob Fuglsang finished second behind stage winner Wout Poels and moved into pole position for the GC with one more day to go. Alexey Lutsenko and Magnus Cort made it in the day’s breakaway, they got caught on the final climb and together with Gorka Izagirre, they put Fuglsang in a position for his attack in the final kilometers.