Pieter Weening
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Tour de Pologne: Records and winners
Door Martijn Ophorst The Tour de Pologne is on the cycling menu one week after the Tour de France. The hilly route makes it a good preparation for the Vuelta, starting a few weeks later. Until the 1990’s the race was restricted to amateurs, but with the fall of…
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Tour de Suisse 2016 Stage 6: Weening solos to victory in horrible weather, Kelderman new leader
Door Martijn Ophorst Stage 6 in the Tour de Suisse takes the riders in 162.8 kilometres to Amden. Halfway they climb up the long and high Klausen Pass, while the finale is a 9 kilometres climb at 9.3%. A tough stage in itself, the race becomes even harder because of…
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Giro 2014 Report Stage 9: Weening wins from breakaway
Door Martijn Ophorst It keeps getting better for Orica-Greenedge on this Giro. Pieter Weening attacked out of the breakaway with 20 kiometres remaining, winning the stage after a 2-up sprint with Malacarne. Evans stays in pink.