One day after TEAM KATUSHA’s Giro bad luck, with Ilnur Zakarin’s horrible crash and abandon, Rein Taaramäe had the perfect answer by winning the last mountain stage in Sant’Anna di Vinadio. A smart race of the Estonian rider and a perfect timed attack on the Colle de la Lombarda were […]
Giro d’Italia
Rafal Majka cements GC fifth with a strong top ten finish on Giro’s final mountain stage
The Giro’s final day in the mountains, and it was one of the toughest yet. The profile featured three of the hardest first category climbs of the race, coming at the end of a final week filled with hard efforts and vicious attacking moves. Rafal Majka received strong support from […]
Nibali Wins Tough Snowy Stage 19 of the Giro
“I was overwhelmed by emotion – said Vincenzo Nibali just after winning in the French Alps – and so I cried. It hasn’t been a Giro d’Italia easy for me, but there is still one stage and I’ll try until the end. “ “Climbing the Colle dell’Agnello – he continued […]
Chaves Takes the Pink Jersey and Race Lead after stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia
Colombian Esteban Chaves has moved into the lead of the 99th Giro d’Italia after finishing third on an epic stage 19 today in Italy. As Vincenzo Nibali (Astana Pro Team) took the stage victory ahead, Chaves finished over four minutes ahead of leader Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo) who crashed into a […]
Jungels Gains One Place After Brutal Giro Stage
The Luxembourger proved that he’s on the top of his game in the third week of a Grand Tour and put on another massive performance. A tough and energy consuming stage awaited the bunch, but it didn’t intimidate in any way Bob Jungels, the best young rider in the race, […]
Rafal Majka reclaims 5th overall at the Giro with a 5th place finish on penultimate mountain stage
With three days of riding left e Giro, today’s stage was going to be absolutely pivotal. The 162km route took in two climbs – the fearsome and intimidating Colle dell’Agnello before crossing the border into France and making the ascent to the finish in Risoul. Today was a day when […]
Rafal Majka Takes Ninth on Stage 16
Fresh from a day of rest, the GC contenders would be looking to see who had good legs and who was struggling. With three categorised climbs, stage 16 may have been the shortest stage of the Giro, but after a downhill start, became one of the toughest and most exciting […]
No one’s better than Bala!
24 May 2016 Alejandro Valverde shatters Giro d’Italia field with impressive attitude on stage 16 to Andalo, arguably the most spectacular so far in this ‘Corsa Rosa’; enters podium, Nibali (AST) now at 1’20” as Spanish champion sits just 23″ short of Chaves (OGE), 3’23” to pink jersey. The most […]
Aggressive Ride by Jungels on Giro Climb
The third week of the Corsa Rosa got underway with a crazy and fiery stage, and our rider was right in the thick of the action. Just 132 kilometers and three categorized climbs were on the menu on Tuesday, when the Giro d’Italia exploded from the very first kilometer, as […]
Kruijswijk Strengthens Lead
The Dutchman finished 16 hundredths of seconds behind Foliforov:now Chaves’ gap is 2:12, Nibali’s 2:51 The 99th Giro d’Italia uphill ITT stage 15, 10,9 km from Castelrotto to Alpe di Siusi (Northern Italy) on Sunday, May 22nd re-affirmed Dutch Steven Kruijswijk among the main protagonists of the race. Team LottoNL-Jumbo’s […]
