After the first rest day of the Giro d’Italia, the riders had to take on a short and flat stage of 145 km. The tenth stage from Ravenna to Modena at the edge of the Po valley, offered no topographical difficulties and with a 2km long straight and completely flat […]
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GIRO D’ITALIA, ROGLIC RIDES TO SUCCESS IN SAN MARINO
The Slovenian preceded Campenaerts (+0:11) and goes back to second overall, gaining ground on his main GC rivals. Primoz Roglic remarked his status as king of TT races at the 102nd Giro d’Italia, and one of the men to beat for the overall glory at the Corsa Rosa to top […]
Victor Campenaerts Second in Giro TT
Victor Campenaerts finished second today in the over 34 kilometres long hilly time trial between Riccione and San Marino along the Adriatic coast.. Despite a bike change at the very end, Campenaerts set – with an impressive time of 52’03” – an early mark. For a long time, no one […]
Nibali Second
“Tomorrow we enjoy a well-deserved rest day – smiles Vincenzo Nibali – after an ITT that has satisfied me very much. From Tuesday, a new Giro d’Italia will start with many climbs and very demanding stages “. “I tried not to take risks facing the many curves of the initial […]
Oyarbide, García seal fantastic Vuelta a Burgos for Blues
Lourdes excels into 60km breakaway -solo for the last 25k- to bring Movistar Team their first UCI victory in 2019; Mavi finishes 3rd overall, with same time as overall winner Borgli (NOR). A luxury domestique and splendid rouleur, who was struggling with injury exactly one year ago after crashing out […]
Cleverness rewarded for Prades in Aragón
19th May 2019 Catalan allrounder & Movistar Team prevail in frantic final stage, GC open until final bonus sprint Zaragoza; Blues conquer their 11th success of 2019 by three secondsIn a fast-paced (46kph average), eventful -crashed riders included Eduardo Sepúlveda, with no consequence, and Jesús Ezquerra (BBH), who abandoned the […]
Caleb Ewan has taken the second Giro stage win of his career
After fantastic work by the Lotto Soudal team, the young Australian sprinter beat Elia Viviani and Pascal Ackermann in a bunch kick. This is his fourth victory of the season, after previous wins in the Tour of Turkey and the UAE Tour. The longest stage of the Giro was scheduled […]
Second stage victory for Pascal Ackermann on the fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia
The fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia, which stretched from Fascati to Terracina, offered a chance for the sprinters to come to the fore. The 140 km-long route contained two small ascents at the beginning, before it continued over relatively flat terrain and a category 4 climb into the finish […]
Team Sunweb’s Tom Dumoulin abandons Giro d’Italia
Team Sunweb’s Tom Dumoulin was forced to abandon the Giro d’Italia in the early kilometres of stage five, with the injuries sustained in yesterday’s crash proving too much for the 2017 winner to continue with the race. Dumoulin said: “I came here for a three week adventure and I wanted […]
Carapaz claims second career stage win in Giro d’Italia
14th May 2019 Ecuadorian bounces back after misfortune on Monday: gets through another pile-up en route to Frascati, jumps away from selected lead group with 500 meters to go, holds off punchy climbers and sprinters to take first Movistar Team success in 2019 ‘Corsa Rosa’. Barely 24 hours after a […]