After yesterday’s tough day of racing, the Giro continued today on a mountainous 168km stage from Ponte di Legno to Lavarone. Right after the start the race went straight uphill, but the two first category climbs over the last 50km presented the biggest challenge. The peloton left the start in […]
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Giro- Jan Hirt wins the Mortirolo stage
The Giro d’Italia of Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux was further embellished this Tuesday thanks to a victory of Jan Hirt in the sixteenth stage between Salo and Aprica, exactly one week after the success of Biniam Girmay in Jesi. With over 5000 meters of climbing, it was one of the important stages […]
Giulio Ciccone takes long-awaited win
One day after Trek-Segafredo cedes the pink jersey in Stage 14, Giulo Ciccone stamps his name to his 3rd Giro stage win of his career, taking a solo win in Stage 15. Below are Giulio Ciccone’s quotes: “Finally this win came. I really needed it because after a really difficult […]
Super Saturday: Groenewegen victorious in Veenendaal & Yates solos to sixth Giro win
Dylan Groenewegen and Simon Yates made it an unforgettable ‘Super Saturday’ for Team BikeExchange-Jayco as the duo claimed victories just minutes apart. Groenewegen kicked-off the celebrations with a powerful sprint performance in the Veenendaal-Veenendaal Classic, before Yates soloed to a masterful and impressive sixth Giro d’Italia stage win in Turin. […]
Demare Takes Stage 13
It is hard to smile after this stage. Arnaud Démare performed a splendid sprint – his third in this Giro – at the finish in Cuneo, but all thoughts can only be on Romain Bardet and his sudden withdrawal from the race. The Frenchman began to feel ill during yesterday’s […]
Oldani Stage 12
When, in a stage like the Parma-Genoa, you are in a breakaway of 25, you simply cannot make a wrong move if you hope to win. You need not only legs, but also a lot of head and tactical intelligence. The kind that Stefano Oldani (Alpecin-Fenix) had today, but also […]
Caleb Ewan abandons Giro d’Italia
Lotto Soudal rider Caleb Ewan will not be at the start of stage twelve of the Giro, raced between Parma and Genua. As initially planned, the Australian will leave the Giro during the second week of racing. With plenty of mountain stages coming up, together with the team it was […]
Team DSM’s Alberto Dainese storms to Giro d’Italia sprint stage victory
Navigating a nervous stage fraught with crosswind danger Team DSM set up fast finisher Alberto Dainese for the bunch gallop into Reggio Emilia, with the Italian producing a brilliant kick to surge past his sprint competitors and taking an incredible win for the team on stage 11. The team set […]
Gaviria podiums on fast finish to Reggio Emilia
Almeida stays at the head of the GC Fernando Gaviria sprinted to 2nd place on Stage 11 of the Giro D’Italia, just being beaten by half a wheel length on the fast, flat run in to the line on a day which took the riders from Santarcangelo di Romagna to […]
Biniam Girmay withdraws from the Giro
Biniam Girmay will not appear at the start of the eleventh stage of the Tour of Italy in Santarcangelo di Romagna this Wednesday. The winner of the tenth stage, this Tuesday in Jesi, was victim of an incident on the podium. His left eye was hit and after the podium […]