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Nathan Haas will leave a Katusha-Alpecin team mired in uncertainty and ride for Cofidis next year, signing a two-year contract with the WorldTour-hopeful French team. Haas joined Katusha in 2018 after spending two seasons with Dimension Data and three with whats now EF Education First, but has struggled for results. His only victory came on stage 2 of the 2018 Tour of Oman, and he has been unable to build on his fourth place finish at the 2017 Amstel Gold Race. The team are yet to assure ...

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Victor de la Parte ( CCC Team ) suffered multiple fractures as a result of the mass crash that saw him and three other riders abandon the Vuelta a Espa�a on stage 6. The Spaniard, who was placed 13th overall at the time, was immediately taken to hospital for X-rays. His team confirmed he had suffered a fractured left scapula and rib. Victor was involved in a crash which took down a big group of riders, said team doctor Daniele Zaccaria. He was riding in the middle of the bunch when ...

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The confusion surrounding Movistar s leadership hierarchy in the Vuelta a Espa�a appears to have been laid to rest after Nairo Quintana told Spanish media that teammate Alejandro Valverde is heading the squads bid to win the race for a second time in four years. Both Quintana and Valverde have triumphed in the Vuelta in the past, the Colombian in 2016, two years after taking the Giro dItalia, and Valverde back in 2009. Initially it appeared that Quintana would be Movistars main GC ...

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New Zealands George Bennett has described as real nasty the stage 6 Vuelta a Espa�a pile-up that saw four riders , including former race leader Nicolas Roche (Team Sunweb), abandon the race. The Jumbo-Visma rider was one of three from his team who went down, including Tony Martin and American Neilson Powless - both of whom had already crashed in the stage 1 team time trial. That crash on Saturday saw Steven Kruijswijk finally abandon on stage 4 with an injured knee, whilst after t...

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When it comes to betting on the UCI Road World Championships Road Race in September, one rider who already has worn the rainbow jersey, Belgiums Phillipe Gilbert ( Deceunink-QuickStep ), is surely an option that the bookies will have high on their list of possible winners. But in this years Vuelta a Espa�a , so far, Gilbert has been flying a little bit under the radar. Deceuninck-Quick Step came within a whisker of victory in the opening team time trial - and only lost through no fa...

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The Vuelta a Espa�a s lead changed hands for a third time in six days on Wednesday as Bahrain-Merida s Dylan Teuns claimed his first-ever Grand Tour overall leaders jersey at the end of a long breakaway. Teuns was easily pipped to the line on stage 6 by Jesus Herrada (Cofidis) in a two-man duel at Ares de Maestrats grinding uphill finish. But having left the only other GC dangerman, David de La Cruz (Team Ineos), behind with four kilometres to go, the 27-year-old Belgian was still ab...

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EF Education First suffered a knock-out blow to their Vuelta a Espa�a hopes after the squad were involved in a major crash halfway through stage 6. Team leader Rigoberto Ur�n was one of the worst affected, with both the Colombian and one of the teams best climbers, Hugh Carthy, forced out of the race. Others who suffered badly in the crash were former race leader Nicolas Roche (Team Sunweb), and Victor de la Parte (CCC Team), both of whom abandoned. ADVERTISEMENT A Jumbo-V...

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