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Majka lost and won in Montecampion

Montecampione, 25th of May – 2014 Another grueling mountain stage was on the menu for the Giro d’Italia peloton today. A 205 kilometer flat run before taking on the 20 kilometer long uphill finish in Plan di Montecampione was the recipe for this tasty treat for the climbers and not […]

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BMC Racing Team’s Phinney Is U.S. Time Trial Champion

BMC Racing Team’s Taylor Phinney won his second national time trial title in dominant fashion Saturday at the USA Cycling professional road championships. ‘Feeling Good And Feeling Fast’Phinney’s 51-second margin of victory over runner-up Tom Zirbel (Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies) was the largest in the event since […]

Majka dropped Evans and Uran on uphill finish

Oropa, 24th of May – 2014 The scene was set for a spectacular mountain stage on today’s 164 kilometer long 14th stage of the Giro d’Italia from Aglié to the mountain top finish in Oropa and Tinkoff-Saxo’s Nicolas Roche was once again in contention for victory. The French Irishman leaped […]

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Tour of Norway Queen Stage

Lillehammer, 24th of May – 2014 The 4th and penultimate stage of Tour of Norway from Brumunddal to the winter Olympic town of Lillehammer was the queen stage and a mountainous circuit concluded the day and the GC was expected to change. Tinkoff-Saxo’s Edward Beltran had a few good punches […]

Sprinters missed Giro opportunity

Rivarolo, 23rd of May – 2014 The profile and the length of today’s 157 kilometer long 13th stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia from Fossano to Rivarolo Canavese most of all indicated a bunch sprint finish. After yesterday’s consolidation of Rafal Majka’s overall third position, Tinkoff-Saxo were focusing on staying […]

Romero on the Attack Ahead of Surprising Finale

It looked like sprinters’ business, instead Giro d’Italia stage 13, Fossano-Rivarolo Canavese (158 km), last stop ahead of the mountain streak starting tomorrow, ended up in surprising fashion. In fact, three of the day’s escapees got the opportunity to sprint for victory, and Marco Canola (Bardiani) proved fast enough to […]

Giro d’Italia, Stage 12: Evans Slips To Second

Barolo, Italy Cadel Evans of the BMC Racing Team finished third in Thursday’s individual time trial at the Giro d’Italia and slid to second overall behind stage winner Rigoberto Uran (Omega Pharma-Quick Step). Evans: ‘Had Hoped To Have Done Better’After leading the race for four days, Evans finished 1:34 off […]