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Chris Froome, cycling, Froome, la vuelta, News, Photo, Racing, tdf, Team Sky, Team Sky In Images, tour, tour de france, Vuelta a Espana - September 12, 2017

Chris Froome and Team Sky completes historical Tour – Vuelta double

In winning, Team Sky captain Chris Froome becomes the first rider who won the Vuelta-Tour double since 1978, and only the third ever after Jacques Anquetil (1963) and Bernard Hinault (1978) to win the French and Spanish Grand Tours in the same year. The Team Sky leader has now won five Grand Tours within the last five years. Enjoy a gallery of some highlights of three weeks of racing across Spain with images by Tim De Waele and Russ Ellis.

Rest day at La Vuelta – recap of the first ten stages

The final grand tour of the year is in full swing and brought loads of action. We can’t deny, that Kristian Sbaragli victory at stage 10 has been the highlight so far.

Breakthrough Victory in the Aero Race kit

Kristian Sbaragli took a breakthrough victory yesterday at the La Vuelta stage 10 wearing the fastest aero jersey and short on the market. The wind-cheating properties of the Aero Race 5.0 jersey are so effective that you’ll save an average of 20 watts at 40km/h and around 35-40 seconds saved over an hour. Furthermore, the aero Velocity fabric is quick-drying and boasts a low weight keeping the jersey to a claimed 103 grams for a size large. Additionally, the fabric has a tightly knit weave that manages laminar airflow over the body. The Free Aero Race Bib-short is further evidence of Castelli’s dedication to making clothing that provides a competitive advantage for top athletes. After 3 years in development, Castelli’s new top-of-the-line race short represents a significant increase in muscle support and comfort to go along with the wind tunnel tests that show a reducing power output by 10 watt savings at 50 km/hr compared to the outgoing model, Free Bib-short. The secret to these gains lies in how the shorts manage airflow across their multiple boundaries and textures — most obviously via the dimpling across the shorts’ outer plane. Our best race short is now both more comfortable and more aerodynamic and represents the ...

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castelli, la vuelta, mtn, Qhubeka, Video - August 23, 2014

One Goal – #AfricasTeam

An historic moment in cycling as these nine Team MTN Qhubeka riders, 3 from Europe and 6 from Africa line up at the 2015 Vuelta a Espana today, the first African registered team to ride in a cycling Grand Tour! Share your support for #AfricasTeam on social media.

MTN-QHUBEKA ready for Grand Tour debut

On Saturday Africa’s team start their first ever grand tour, La Vuelta a Espana. Boundaries are being broken with an unprecedented six grand tour debutantes starting the La Vuelta. And in Merhawi Kudus, Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung will field the youngest rider in the race. For each and every Team MTN-Qhubeka rider starting La Vuelta a Espana, it is a case of a dream being realised. The motivation and morale among the entire team is sky high as they prepare to get the ball rolling with Saturday’s Team Time Trial. Gerald CiolekIt is a great moment for our team to be at the start of La Vuelta, it is such a big step forward for us. We can do well in this race, it suits us nicely and our climbers will be at home in this race.Sergio PardillaI am so happy to here at my home race with our African team. Our team has a lot of young riders, for them it is the first time they are doing such a big race but I’m very confident in our young African guys. They can definitely give me all the support I need to get a top 10 result on GC.Louis ...