25-year-old Giacomo Nizzolo has extended his contract with the Trek Factory racing team through the end of 2016. The Italian rider, who sprinted no less than four times to second place in this year’s Giro d’Italia, has been a professional since 2011 and has shown solid progression every year. Giacomo Nizzolo: […]
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Marco Haller stage winner in Austria / Mountains jersey for Maxim Belkov
Katusha’s Marco Haller won the 8th and last stage of the 66th Tour of Austria. In the pouring rain Haller was the fastest sprinter in the streets of Vienna ahead of Jacopo Guarnieri (Astana) and Raymond Kreder (Garmin-Sharp). It is the first Austrian stage win in this race since 2008. […]
Vandewalle, Sergent go one-two in Tour of Austria time trial
Belgium time trial champion Kristof Vandewalle flew around the 24.10-kilometer time trial course, the penultimate stage at the Tour of Austria, and crossed the finish in a time of 27:50 (51.94 kph). He set a tough target to beat and only teammate Jesse Sergent would come closest to knocking Vandewalle […]
PAEZ 2ND, LONGO 7TH IN SOLID DOLOMITI SUPERBIKE DISPLAY
i.idroDRAIN-Bianchi Team enjoyed another good performance on Saturday July 12th at the Dolomiti Superbike, demanding 119 km marathon race around Villabassa (Bolzano, Northern Italy). Colombian Leonardo Paez was a strong runner-up on the day, surrendering only to Ilias Periklis after managing to stay at the sharp end for most of […]
SILVER MEDAL FOR MARTINELLI AND NORTHWAVE AT ITT EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Northwave’s Italian athlete Davide Martinelli, took the silver medal at the ITT Under 23 European Championships, in Nyon (Switzerland), on Friday July 11th. The Italian rider, equipped with Extreme Tech Plus shoes, posted a time of 34:19 over the 26,9 Km course, 0:24 behind gold medallist Swiss Stefan Küng, whilst […]
U.S. Cycling Monument in Final Round of Fundraising
You Can Own Bernard Hinault’s 1985 Tour-Winning Bicycle French champion’s bike is one of many rare items on offerto benefit and build the U.S. Cycling Monument in Boulder, Colorado Boulder, Colorado – How would you like to own a piece of cycling history: the bike that legendary Tour de France […]
New Trek Emonda Bike
From the experts in carbon fiber, comes the world’s lightest production road line (Waterloo, WI/Harrogate, UK) – After weeks of speculation, Trek is officially releasing the all-new Émonda, the world’s lightest production road line, which includes the 10.25lb/4.65kg Émonda SLR 10, the lightest production road bike ever. Originating from the […]
Statement regarding Daryl Impey
ORICA-GreenEDGE has been notified that Daryl Impey has returned an adverse analytical finding and has been notified by The South African Institute for a Drug-Free sport that he delivered a positive A and B sample for the substance Probecenid after the South African Championships on February 6, 2014. The team […]
Fränk Schleck wins Luxembourg Championships
Fränk Schleck capped off great teamwork by Trek Factory Racing to win his first National Championship since 2011, his fifth total, as he soloed to a last lap win in Luxembourg on Sunday. Trek Factory Racing also claimed four of the top five spots with Andy Schleck finishing in third, […]
Phinney Making Rapid Progress In Recovery
BMC Racing Team President/General Manager Jim Ochowicz said he was pleased to see the progress made by Taylor Phinney after visiting the U.S. national time trial champion this week. Saw Positive AttitudePhinney is recovering from a double fracture of his left lower leg and injury to the same knee suffered […]
