A hilly opening stage saw attractive racing in the Critérium du Dauphiné today. Silvio Herklotz was part of today’s breakaway, but couldn’t hang on to De Gendt in the final, who took the win. Emanuel Buchmann attacked on the last climb, took 5th place and gained 2 seconds on his […]
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Van Avermaet Secures Overall Victory With Final Stage Win in Luxembourg
4 June 2017, Luxembourg Ville (LUX) Greg Van Avermaet secured overall victory at the SkodaTour de Luxembourg in emphatic style, winning the final stage after an impressive show of strength on the final climb to the line. In a change to tradition, four riders went clear within the opening kilometers […]
TEAM SUNWEB WINS FIRST GRAND TOUR IN TEAM HISTORY
In the final showdown to an intense three weeks of racing, Team Sunweb’s Tom Dumoulin (NED) secures the overall victory at the 100th anniversary edition of the Giro d’Italia, Team Sunweb’s first Grand Tour general classification win. Team Sunweb made history today in what is a huge step, becoming the […]
Glory just 31″ away for Quintana & Movistar Team
28 May 2017 Movistar completes excellent 2017 Giro – two stage wins, historic first team GC (making them sixth organisation ever to complete the Grand Tour treble) – yet comes just short to claiming the final Maglia Rosa as Tom Dumoulin (SUN) bests Nairo over final TT from Monza to […]
Giro d’Italia Stage 21: Quinziato and Rosskopf Crack the Top Five
28 May, 2017, Milan (ITA) The 100th edition of the Giro d’Italia wrapped up with a 29km time trial from Monza to Milan which saw Manuel Quinziato and Joey Rosskopf put in impressive rides to clock the third and fifth-fastest times respectively. After 20 days of racing, during which time […]
Dumoulin!
Dumoulin is the 2017 Giro d’Italia winner! He finished second in the stage, and beat Quintana by 1:37. Full Results # Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 33:08:00 2 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:15:00 3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team […]
All down to final TT in Italy
27 May 2017 Nairo Quintana gives it his all through Foza climb and down to Asiago, finishes 5th to keep his Maglia Rosa: 38″ over Nibali (TBM), 43″ to Pinot (FDJ), 53″ against Dumoulin (SUN) before 29km ITT to Milan decides GC outcome in Giro d’ItaliaThe 2017 Giro d’Italia will […]
Nibali climbs ranking and is now second in the GC
Asiago, May 27th – With his third place at the end of the 20th stage (Pordenone-Asiago, 190 km), Vincenzo Nibali gains a ranking position and he is now second with a 39” gap from the race leader the Colombian Nairo Quintana. “It was a complicated stage – comments Vincenzo Nibali […]
Nairo back in pink after hellish stage
26 May 2017 Whole Movistar Team work hearts out for Quintana at incredibly-paced day 19 in Giro: early attack into Sappada descent creates wear and tear before Dumoulin (SUN) cracks at final climb; Dutchman now 38″ behind Nairo, with six riders within 1’30”It was many stages in one, and another […]
Van Garderen Bounces Back to Take Impressive Giro d’Italia Stage Win
25 May, 2017, Ortisei (ITA) Tejay van Garderen claimed his maiden Grand Tour stage win in a strong display of strength and determination to win stage 18 in a head to head battle with Mikel Landa (Team Sky). At just 137km with five categorized climbs, including the uphill finish, stage […]