The 2019 Hammer Series kicked off in Norway last week with three days of thrilling racing in Stavanger and notched up more than two million views of live and on demand video in the process.
An accomplished ride by Belgian outfit Deceuninck - Quick Step claimed victory in the Hammer Sprint at Hammer Stavanger, with Team Sunweb second and Mitchelton-SCOTT third.
The opening day of Hammer Stavanger proved to be just as hard and exciting as expected as the teams went all-out in their fight for points on the steep slopes of the final climb. Here’s a gallery of our best photos of the day.
Team Jumbo-Visma produced a smart tactical performance to win the Hammer Climb at Hammer Stavanger on Friday evening, with Lotto Soudal second and BORA-hansgrohe third.
Hammer Stavanger will be broadcast internationally by TV networks across the world, as well as on social media. Here is where you can watch the action, country-by-country:
At just 19 years of age, Remco Evenepoel has already signed with one of the most successful teams in the world, going directly from the junior to WorldTour level as he joined Deceuninck - Quick-Step ahead of this season.
With less than a week to the start of Hammer Stavanger, we caught up with Team Sunweb’s sports director Arthur van Dongen to talk about how the team picks the riders for a Hammer Series event.
We have caught up with Mitchelton-SCOTT’s Hammer Captain, Cameron Meyer, to talk about his aims for this year’s Hammer Series, his season so far, and how he deals with the pain of an intense effort on the bike.
Tim Wellens is a Hammer Series veteran and this year, the strong Belgian is also the appointed Hammer Captain of his team as they take on Hammer Stavanger, starting on Friday May 24.
