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A fantastic sprint helped the 35-year-old take his first victory of the season, less than 24 hours after extending his contract 23-Jul-2016: Tom Boonen is back to winning ways, following a thrilling uphill finish on the inaugural day of the Tour de Wallonie, where he displayed his power and motivation […]
Multiple Monument winner and former World Champion, the Belgian will continue with the team next season 22-Jul-2016: Tom Boonen, Etixx – Quick-Step and Paris-Roubaix. Three names which will be forever linked, indivisible one from another, and which are poised to write a new chapter next season, as the 35-year-old Belgian […]
20 July, 2016, Finhaut Emosson(SUI) Richie Porte dug deep to attack just before the final kilometer on the summit finish of stage 17, crossing the line in tenth place and moving up to sixth on the General Classification. The first stage after the rest day proved to be a tough […]
June 28, 2016 – The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) today announced the establishment of a formal collaborative partnership that will allow for extensive cooperation through the sharing of relevant anti-doping information, intelligence and athlete biological passport data, and participation in joint investigations, testing missions, […]
In Team Giant-Alpecin’s “Keep Challenging” elite sports approach, cycling is about the battle of a collective of nine riders against the rest of the peloton. For the team to become in a position to win races, the team aims to get the designated rider in an as advanced as possible […]
The last French Tour de France winner will retire at the end of the year. He was asked by Le Figaro: In 1986 he announced the end of his cycling career. Thirty years later, they want to know if this will be an irrrevocable decision. Hinault: Yes. He didn’t even […]
While most of the cycling world’s attention is focused on the Tour de France with the Grand Départ in Mont-Saint-Michel this weekend, the biggest stage race on the elite women’s calendar, the Giro d’Italia Internazionale Femminile will get underway this Friday. Contested over ten stages starting with a prologue, followed […]
27 June 2016, Santa Rosa, California (USA) Brent Bookwalter has extended his contract with BMC Racing Team and is set to line up for his tenth season with the team in 2017. Bookwalter joins Danilo Wyss as the longest-serving rider with BMC Racing Team, General Manager Jim Ochowicz said. “Brent […]
Laissac (France)- the Brit Marathon specialist finishes behind Swiss Neff. Sally Bigham took the silver medal in the 2016 Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships, in Laissac (France), on Sunday June 26th. Equipped with Northwave shoes, the 38-year-old Brit marathon specialist crossed the finish line 2’34” behind Jolanda Neff (Switzerland), while […]
The past days the neurosurgical team of the hospital in Genk has reduced the medication of Stig in an attempt to get him out of coma. Unfortunately Stig doesn’t respond to stimuli like sound or movement. The doctors confirm that Stig has incurred severe brain damage, in the brain stem […]
