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Far behind riders of the stature of Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Mark Cavendish, in the history of the Tour de France there have been almost three hundred men who only got a fleeting taste of glory. As the countdown to the start of the race on 7 July continues, […]
“You just have to believe you can do it.” – Hugh Carthy Two days ago, Hugh Carthy’s legs were empty, and he was simply hoping to make it to the next part of the season. The final days of the Tour de Suisse, though, were in the way. No more. […]
While many races wind down with a flat stage after a hard week’s racing, the Tour de Suisse saved the most brutal until last. Stage 9 – the Queen Stage – had been shortened due to snowfall, but even at its revised 101.5km distance, it was still by far the […]
The final stage of the Tour of Slovenia traversed through the southwest of the country, from Trebnje to Novo Mesto. On the 167.5km-long route, the riders encountered two third-category climbs, the last of which, an ascent of 5 km with a gradient of 8.6 per cent, came 30km before the […]
In fact, Team BAHRAIN MERIDA leader confirmed his second place overall on the final stage, that was also the Queen stage. A brutal day in the saddle, through an Alpine 144.4km circuit, starting and finishin in Goms and featuring three hors catégorie passes (Nufenen, Gotthard and Furka) with cyclists climbing […]
The Italian National Champions exploit the last chance to jump on top of the standings in Valle d’Aosta. Kerschbaumer dominates the race ahead of Sarrou and Bertolini, for Lechner a third place is enough behind Richards and Ferrand-Prevot Kerschbaumer The 2019 edition of Internazionali d’Italia Series was among the most […]
22-Jun-2019: Yves Lampaert became the 14th different Deceuninck – Quick-Step rider to get a victory this season after blitzing the 19.2km course around Goms and breaking the sub 22-minute barrier for an outstanding time of 21:58. The 28-year-old Belgian rolled down the ramp long before the general classification favourites and […]
ST. Gotthard, 21st June 2019 – “Rohan and Domenico did a fantastic performance – comments SD Tristan Hoffman – and they made a super high level race today. We are very excited for the tomorrow’s time trial and we will see what will happen”. “All the boys made a great […]
It was the Tour de Suisse’s longest day, and if the 216.6km distance wasn’t hard enough on its own, the race organizers had put three categorised climbs on the route, increasing in difficulty as the day went on. Starting with a second category climb, the riders progressed to the first […]
Flumserberg, 20th June 2019 – “It was a relatively short stage – says Domenico Pozzovivo – but with an explosive finish on a steep climb. It was important for me to recover positions and I achieved my goal. There are still two mountain stages and I will try to recover […]
