Caleb Ewan from Lotto Soudal was supreme in the streets of Schoten, Belgium, in a mass sprint, which was marred by a serious crash. The Australian used his trademark late acceleration to move ahead of his rival sprinters and win Scheldeprijs on his debut in the sprinters’ Classic. The Scheldeprijs […]
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Pascal Ackermann relegated in frantic sprint finale at Scheldeprijs
On a slightly modified course of 10 laps around Schoten the Scheldeprijs took the riders today over 173 kilometers. Traditionally it’s a race for the sprinters and therefore the bunch controlled an early break of 8 riders at around 1:30. As predicted the front group was caught right on time […]
Demare takes another Giro Stage
Reactions: Démare: “Immense team work”. Almeida: “Frenzied stage” Demare now equals Bernard Hinault with four wins in the same edition of the Giro. “A truly exceptional victory, the fourth in this Giro d’Italia. My teammates did an immense job to mend the breakaway and we slowly recovered. I’m very happy.” […]
Peter Sagan makes his masterpiece on stage 10 taking first Giro d’Italia win in style with stunning solo victory
An undulating parcours welcomed riders back to the Giro d’Italia after its first rest day. The 177km stage featured four short but steep categorized climbs, but with the hardest of these being third category, this wouldn’t slow the peloton down too much as they headed towards the finish in Tortoreto. […]
Almeida defends Giro d’Italia lead with panache
Tuesday 13 October 2020 Portuguese extends his advantage after another top 3 finish at the Corsa Rosa. João Almeida’s dream Giro d’Italia continued Tuesday afternoon, when the race resumed following a well deserved rest day, with a 177km stage between Lanciano and Tortoleto, which awaited the riders with three hard […]
McNulty rides home to 2nd place in Tortoreto
American has his best day of the race, jumps to 13th overall. Tuesday 13 October, 2020 It was another ray of sunshine from the young UAE Team Emirates riders on another rainy day at the Giro d’Italia.After the 3rd place obtained on Sunday by Mikkel Bjerg on the 9th stage […]
Serge Pauwels calls time on 15-year career
12 October 2020 Serge Pauwels will call time on his career as a professional cyclist at the end of the season after 15 years at the top level of the sport, the last two of which were with CCC Team. Pauwels was sidelined due to a non-Covid viral infection as […]
Kruijswijk leaves Giro d’Italia after positive Covid-19 test
Steven Kruijswijk will not appear at the start of the tenth stage of the Giro d’Italia. The Dutch leader of Team Jumbo-Visma tested positive on Covid-19 on the rest day. As a result, he has to leave the race. Kruijswijk has no complaints or symptoms and he was very motivated […]
Deceuninck – Quick-Step to become Elegant – Quick-Step for Ronde van Vlaanderen
Elegant is Deceuninck’s newest window concept 12-Oct-2020: Don’t look for the Deceuninck logo on the Deceuninck – Quick-Step Cycling Team kits during the upcoming Ronde van Vlaanderen. On Sunday, 18 October, at the 104th edition of “Vlaanderens Mooiste”, the team’s outfits will show Elegant – Quick-Step! Elegant is Deceuninck’s ultimate […]
Mitchelton-SCOTT withdraws from Giro d’Italia
Mitchelton-SCOTT, in agreement with RCS Sport, has withdrawn its team from the current Giro d’Italia following the results of the first rest day RT-PCR tests. Following two rounds of negative COVID-19 test results on Friday and Saturday, the team was notified of four positive results for staff members from testing […]