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 […]
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Axeon Hagens Berman Ready For Paris-Roubaix Espoirs
The Axeon Hagens Berman Cycling Team revealed its roster Friday for Paris-Roubaix Espoirs, one of the most prestigious one-day races on the team’s calendar. Sunday’s race of more than 170 kilometers from Peronne, France, to the Roubaix velodrome traverses a number of cobblestone sections – just as its professional counterpart […]
Phinney Crowned US National Time Trial Champion
27, May 2016, Winston-Salem (USA) Taylor Phinney has become the United States National Time Trial champion for the third time after putting in an incredible ride which saw him smash the 51 kilometer course. Phinney came home in 1:02:45, 1:10 ahead of Tom Zirbel (Rally Cycling) and and 1:12 ahead […]
Matteo Trentin Wins Giro d’Italia Stage 18 after Thrilling Finish
The 27-year-old Italian became the 12th Etixx – Quick-Step rider to notch a victory this season. 26-May-2016: With around 700 meters to go of Giro d’Italia stage 18, the leading duo of Gianluca Brambilla and Moreno Moser (Cannondale) cruised on the streets of Pinerolo. Gianluca, already victorious at this edition, […]
Tinkoff Helps Animate stage 18 of the Giro
It was a second day in a row for Tinkoff in the escape today, as another flat stage brought out the breakaway riders looking for a stage win. While much of the stage was flat, a finishing circuit that took in some testing and energy-sapping climbs at the end of […]
Giant Alpecin 2016 Tour de France Long List Announced
The second Grand Tour of the season is fast approaching and Team Giant-Alpecin will head to this year’s Tour de France with the overall objective of winning a stage. The team will also focus on the development of the whole squad through the experience gained by the riders during this […]
Breakaway from Pavel Brutt Keeps Peloton Away for 194km on Giro stage 17
The Giro’s remaining sprinters and all-rounders could breathe a huge sigh of relief today, as after four mountain stages, it was their chance to take centre stage again. With 196km between them and the finish – and only one fourth category climb, the finale of today’s stage was almost certain […]
Kruijswijk is More and More Pink
Team LottoNL-Jumbo’s Maglia Rosa is runner-up with Oltre XR.2 behind Valverde in Andalo. Another emphatic performance to tighten his hold on the Maglia Rosa: Steven Kruijswijk rode his Oltre XR.2 to second in Giro d’Italia stage 16, after the 132 km from Bressanone to Andalo (Northern Italy) extending his overall […]
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 […]