Astana hoping to gain time in Tour de France team time trial

Lieuwe Westra will be a key player for Astana in Sunday’s team time trial, as they look to gain back some of the time lost in the opening week of the Tour de France. Westra was part of the Astana team at the Critérium du Dauphiné that finished just four seconds behind the stage winners BMC. The Tour’s team time trial is just over three kilometres longer, but Westra believes that the team is even stronger than they were then.

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Born in Ireland to a cycling family and later moved to the Isle of Man, so there was no surprise when I got into the sport. Studied sports journalism at university before going on to do a Masters in sports broadcast. After university I spent three months interning at Eurosport, where I covered the Tour de France. In 2012 I started at Procycling Magazine, before becoming the deputy editor of Procycling Week. I then joined Cyclingnews, in December 2013.