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02/03/2019

Impressive ride by Alexey Lutsenko taking fourth place in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

After his win in the Tour of Oman last week, Alexey Lutsenko now displayed his great shape in the first classic of the season, finishing fourth in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. A five-man leading group made it into the final kilometers when Zdenek Stybar attacked from this group. The remaining four riders, including Lutsenko, were not able to close the gap on Stybar before the finish. Sprinting for the podium, Alexey Lutsenko finished third behind Greg Van Avermaet and Tim Wellens. It was a strong team performance of Astana Pro Team today, with Hugo Houle and Laurens de Vreese finishing in the second group.

Race

02/03/2019

UAE Tour. Stage 7. Dmitriy Gruzdev spent all day in the breakaway at the last stage of the race

The first edition of the United Arab Emirates Tour finished today with the flat stage from Dubai Safari Park to City Walk district in the center of Dubai after 145 km of racing.

Race

02/03/2019

Tour du Rwanda. Stage 7. Merhawi Kudus maintains lead despite bad luck

The Astana rider Merhawi Kudus had a double bad luck in the final of stage 7 of the Tour du Rwanda: firstly, he crashed down on the descent with 7 km to go and later, he got a flat tire inside the final kilometer of racing. But, despite this fact, he was able to keep his yellow jersey of the leader in the general classification.

Race

01/03/2019

UAE Tour. Stage 6. Race GC played on Jebel Jais

The general classification of the inaugurate UAE Tour has been played today on the slopes of a 20-km-long climb Jebel Jais. Despite a very high pace of the peloton and long climb, quite a big group managed to come all together to the final kilometer of the stage to sprint for stage 6 victory: the Slovenian Primoz Roglic outsprinted Tom Dumoulin and David Gaudu to cement his overall lead and practically to secure his final GC win.

Race

01/03/2019

Tour du Rwanda. Stage 6. Merhawi Kudus leads the race with two stages to go

The Tour of Rwanda enters in its decisive phase. This weekend the race will end with two super short but in the same time super intense stages: stage 7 of 84.1 km will be held tomorrow (Nyamata – Kigali, 6 climbs, including the final uphill) and stage 8 of just 61.7 km will be held on Sunday (Kigali – Kigali, 7 climbs, including the final uphill and a famous Muur de Kigali).