In a jury decision that can best be described as controversial, Team KATUSHA’s Ilnur Zakarin was relegated to second place after earning the stage win in a two-up mountain sprint against Nairo Quintana in stage 2 of the 70th Tour de Romandie on Thursday. A slight movement to his right […]
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Rafal Majka takes 7th on stage 2 as the Tour de Romandie Hits the Mountains
The Tour de Romandie had its first mountain stage today. The 173.9km route took in three categorised climbs and a mountaintop finish. After strong support from his teammates, Rafal Majka finished the stage in a group of ten that broke away on the final climb of the day. Twenty-six seconds […]
Modolo Wins Tour of Turkey stage 4
Lampre-Merida’s sprinter claims the first seasonal win ahead of the Giro d’Italia with Northwave Extreme. Bilbao maintains the overall leadership For the second consecutive season, Italian Sacha Modolo is finding in Turkey his best ahead of the Giro d’Italia. Last year, Lampre-Merida’s 28-year-old had claimed the first seasonal success in […]
Kittel Wins Romandie Stage 1 With Fantastic Teamwork
Racing the Swiss event for the second time in his career, the German notched his eight victory of the season 27-Apr-2016: Due to the foul weather that continued to hamper the Tour de Romandie on Wednesday, the organizers had no other option than to shorten stage 1 of the […]
Giant Alpecin Giro d’Italia 2016 Line Up
Team Giant-Alpecin is pleased to announce its final nine-rider line-up for the first Grand Tour of the 2016 season, the Giro d’Italia, which starts in Apeldoorn on May 6. The team announced last week that Tom Dumoulin (NED) would definitely be lining up for his first Giro d’Italia, and he […]
Ion Izagirre first leader in Romandie
26 April 2016Basque sensation wins prologue in La Chaux-de-Fonds, crowns magnificent opening day for Movistar Team with yellow jersey + 5th for Gorka; Andrey in 13th, Nairo ahead of many GC contenders in 18th Ion Izagirre has shown again why he’s considered one of Spain’s biggest talents in cycling by […]
Tinkoff home safe after cold and damp prologue start to Tour de Romandie
After a day in cold and wet conditions, all of Tinkoff’s riders came home safe in the opening prologue of the 70th edition of the Tour de Romandie. Over a fast and urban course, punctuated by a small third category climb in the middle, Robert Kiserlovski was the first […]
Zoidl Claims Victory in Croatia’s Queen Stage
Riccardo Zoidl continued Trek-Segafredo’s dominance in the Tour of Croatia with the team’s third victory as he out-paced everyone on a tough finish climb to claim the win in the fourth stage. “This victory means a lot for me because this year I had a lot of troubles at the […]
It’s Kangert again on the finish, but Landa seals the overall
A thrilling finale for the 40th Giro del Trentino Melinda: the Estonian makes a double, edging the reduced sprint in Cles, but the Spaniard manages to hold on the jersey by a wisher with his third place on the finishing line. He is the first Spanish king of #GdTM Who […]
Nizzolo Captures Second Win in Croatia
Giacomo Nizzolo sprinted to the win in stage three at the Tour of Croatia capitalizing on a flawless team effort to catch the breakaway with one kilometer to go and then set up Nizzolo with a textbook leadout in another twisty finish. “It was really fast to get the breakaway […]
