The majestic setting of the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park was once again the chosen setting for the first concentration of the staff that will make up the Kometa-Xstra in 2020. The Albergue Valle de los Abedules in the town of Bustarviejo in Madrid was once again the operative centre of the three days, between…
The youth structure of the Alberto Contador Foundation disembarked on the roads for the 2013 season with a staff of fourteen riders among which were today’s professionals Enric Mas, Fernando Barceló, Álvaro Cuadros and Diego Pablo Sevilla. Already in this inaugural campaign the first successes arrived, with the Copa de España overall of Barceló or…
The Andalusian cyclist Carlos Rodríguez will disembark in the WorldTour category next season with the help of the British Team Ineos. The structure of Dave Brailsford, winner of six of the last seven editions of the Tour de France, has ensured the services of the young rider from Almuñecar for at least the next four…
Up to six cyclists, three riders who have competed in the junior team of the Alberto Contador Foundation and three others who have done so in the U23 structure, have given presence to the formations of the Kometa Cycling Team in the numerous concentration promoted by the Royal Spanish Cycling Federation in Alicante. A pioneering…
The Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) confirmed on Friday 18 October the calendars of their respective Spanish Cups for 2020 and within the youth category are very good news due to the growth of the event in three races. Compared to the six events that composed the tournament in 2019, next year the riders will have…
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 staff of the Kometa Cycling Team junior began planning for the next season this Saturday holiday in Spain, Día de la Hispanidad. The entire squad, as well as their families, met at the Hotel Princesa de Éboli de Pinto (Madrid) with the top managers of the Alberto Contador Foundation, with Fran Contador, Felix Garcia…
2019 World Cycling Championships Richmond-Harrogate (148 km) Carlos Rodríguez from Granada was one of the great protagonists of the road race of the youth category of Yorkshire. The cyclist of the Kometa Cycling Team was involved in the first major breakaway of the race, the same one in which the winner and new world champion…
2019 World Cycling Championships Harrogate-Harrogate (28 km ITT) 34th final position for Carlos Rodríguez in the time trial of the junior category of the World Championships. The Kometa Cycling Team from Granada set a time of 41:32, more than three minutes superior to the 38:28 with which the Italian Antonio Tiberi secured the gold. The…
Spanish Track Championships Valencia, from 20 to 22 September The Kometa Cycling Team junior rider Javi Serrano has shone with his own light during this weekend in the National Track, where he competed with the Madrid selection. The youngster from the Alberto Contador Foundation won the U23 title of the Points Race discipline after finishing…
