Based on an agreement reached in recent weeks between Fran Contador, general manager of the sports structure, Giacomo Pedranzini, CEO of Kometa, and John Ramussen, CEO of Xstra Digital Storage, will the cycling structures of the Alberto Contador Foundation next season be named Kometa-Xstra. Xstra Digital Storage, based in Oosterhout, near Breda (The Netherlands) is…
The Catalan Eduardo Rodés, the Valladolid Vicente Hernáiz and the Andalusians David Martín and Mario Vilches will run next season in a sub23 team of the Alberto Contador Foundation that also incorporates the Czech David Andrle and the Manchego Fernando Tercero, who promotes from the junior team. Six new faces for the seventh adventure of…
The one that will be the third sports project of the Alberto Contador Foundation in the continental category confirmed the arrival of Alejandro Ropero from Granada to his team for the next season. This is a very complete and regular rider who has a good top speed in small groups. In addition, Otura already knows…
Days after confirming and announcing the arrival of Cadiz Sergio Garcia, a second name joins the third professional project of the Alberto Contador Foundation. The Italian Alessandro Fancellu, winner this season of the always demanding Vuelta a León, which also scored the final stage in the Port of Ancares, will run in 2020 in the…
The Cadiz cyclist Sergio Garcia becomes the first new face of the Kometa Cycling Team for the next season, the third continental adventure campaign for the structure of the Alberto Contador Foundation led by Jesus Hernandez and Dario Andriotto. The rider from Alcalá del Valle, although born in Ronda (Málaga), promotes from the U23 team,…
XVIII Volta Ciclista a Galicia Stage 4: Viveiro – Monte San Roque (130.1 km) The season of the Kometa Cycling Team sub23 ended this Sunday in Lugo with a sensational stage of great demand and final high of the Volta a Galicia in which Alejandro Ropero fought to regain the leadership of the race and…
XVIII Volta Ciclista a Galicia Stage 3: Teixeiro – Curtis (151 km) One of the distinguishing features of cycling is its exposure to climatic factors. To the harshness of the routes and the management of the efforts between the contenders, the uncontrollable addition of time. Sometimes the suffocating heat, other times the polar cold; sometimes…
XVIII Volta Ciclista a Galicia Stage 2: Baiona-Baiona (137 km) Alejandro Ropero from Granada ascended to the leadership of the Volta a Galicia after finishing third in a very crazy second stage in which the last climb, five kilometres from the finish in Rúa Elduayen de Baiona, was fundamental for its resolution. After this ascent,…
XVIII Volta Ciclista a Galicia Stage 1: Baiona-Baiona (8.3 km TTT) The Kometa Cycling Team came within a second of the inaugural team time trial of the Volta a Galicia 2019. The team led by Rafa Díaz Justo used 9:46 to cover the little more than eight kilometres that started and ended on Avenida Ramón…
XVIII Volta Ciclista a Galicia From 18 to 21 September “For the Galician teams and cyclists this race is a Tour de France, a fundamental objective. As it is an elite race in this race, older, very experienced cyclists take part; based on the above, it is necessary to be fully aware of the great…
