Verona (Italy), June 2nd – BAHRAIN MERIDA Pro Cycling Team took another podium place at the Giro d’Italia with Vincenzo Nibali, runner-up in this year’s edition, that concluded in Verona today. The Shark confirmed his second place overall, after a strong performance in the closing time trial, finishing 9th, although […]

Ending with a 17 kilometre time trial around Verona, the Giro had one last sting in its tail with a tricky parcours awaiting the riders today. The focal point of the route was a four and a half kilometre long climb that averaged over four percent in gradient. Over the […]

The 20th stage of the Giro d’Italia (Feltre – Croce D’Aune-Monte Avena, 194 km) from the one side became a successful day for Astana’s Pello Bilbao, who won his second stage in this race, but from the other side it was a day of a bad luck for Miguel Angel […]

“It was not easy to make the difference – explains Vincenzo Nibali – because the pink jersey and his team kept the race always controlled, imposing an important rhythm in the first two climbs”. “In the end, I tried several times to attack but Carapaz showed he deserved first place. […]

The last mountain stage of the Giro d’Italia, starting in Feltre and finishing in Croce d’Aune led the peloton over 193 km through the Dolomites. On the way the riders had to contend with five consecutive, difficult climbs and a total of 5000 vertical meters. The second-category Cima Campo right […]

Colombian Esteban Chaves has gone one better than his second place two days ago, with an emphatic and emotional solo win on stage 19 at the Giro d’Italia. The victory is the first for Chaves in 12-months, following his win up Mt Etna on stage six at last year’s Giro […]

Stage 19, at only 151 km in length, was relatively short. After the start in Treviso, the first part of the course traversed jagged uphill terrain until reaching the Passo di San Boldo, a third-category climb followed by a fourth-category ascent in Lamon. The stage came to a close with […]

With two upcoming mountain stages and a final time trial, the sprinters had the last chance to notch up another stage victory on today’s 18th stage of the Giro d’Italia. Almost the entirety of the 222km long route was downhill. After the start in Valdaora, the terrain went uphill for […]

Stage 17 took in three categorized climbs on the way from Commezzadura to Anterselva, in south Tyrol where an uphill finale awaited the riders after 181 km in the saddle. Although the route contained only one Category 4 and two category 3 climbs, around 2.800 vertical metres still had to […]

“We were a great team today – comments SD Alberto Volpi – in a stage that was very difficult as expected. Everyone worked very well, starting with Antonio Nibali and Damiano Caruso who entered in the break to end up with Domenico Pozzovivo who made a great pace on the […]