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Sunday 11 October 2020 Portuguese rider survives the miserable conditions and the tough finale thanks to a strong team effort. João Almeida became the Portuguese rider with the most Grand Tour leader’s jerseys in history, after concluding the leg-sapping stage 9 to Roccaraso just a few seconds behind the other […]
Guerreiro: “We Portuguese have talent” It was a miserable day in the mountains. The first rest day of the 2020 Giro d’Italia is tomorrow, and that gave the riders a reason to push hard today and recover tomorrow. The 208km stage was undulating, steadily rising upwards as the day went […]
– First WorldTour VICTORY– Alex Dowsett WINS stage 8 in Giro– Dowsett: “Matthias and I never stopped believing”– Co-owner Sylvan Adams: “I could not be more proud”– Co-owner Ron Baron: “This is inspiring” The blue and white dream began five short years ago with a small continental team run by […]
Saturday 10 October 2020 22-year-old remains in the lead ahead of the race’s second summit finish. The season’s second Grand Tour went ahead Saturday afternoon with a lumpy 200km stage that took off from Giovinazzo, passed through Barletta – the small town located just 15 kilometers from Cannae, where Hannibal […]
Brandale, Dowsett in break Giovanazzo Stage results1 Alex DOWSETT ISRAEL START – UP NATION 04:50:09 00:13 00:00 2 Salvatore PUCCIO INEOS GRENADIERS 04:51:24 00:08 01:15 3 Matthew HOLMES LOTTO SOUDAL 04:51:24 00:05 01:15 4 Joseph ROSSKOPF CCC TEAM 04:51:24 – 01:15 5 Matthias BRÄNDLE ISRAEL START – UP NATION 04:52:19 – […]
Tirreno-Adriatico champion Simon Yates will not start the eighth stage of the Giro d’Italia today following a positive COVID-19 result. Yates developed very mild symptoms in the hours following yesterday’s seventh stage. The Mitchelton-SCOTT medical team immediately requested a rapid test which indicated a positive result. A second, RT-PCR, test […]
At the request of the Préfet du Nord, Préfet des Hauts de France and following the Health Minister Olivier Véran’s announcement yesterday, that placed the Lille Metropolitan area on maximum alert, the 118th edition of Paris-Roubaix (UCI WorldTour) and the 1st edition of Paris-Roubaix Femmes (UCI Women’s WorldTour), originally scheduled […]
Arnaud Démare (Groupama – FDJ) won Stage 7 of the 103rd Giro d’Italia, 143km from Matera to Brindisi. Peter Sagan (Bora – Hansgrohe) and Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb) finished second and third, respectively. João Almeida (Deceuninck – Quick-Step) retains the Maglia Rosa and leads the general classification. It was Demare’s […]
Friday 09 October 2020 Grand Tour debutant Alvaro Hodeg takes fifth in a scrappy sprint in Brindisi. Stage 7 of the Giro d’Italia, a completely flat one between Matera and Brindisi, was supposed to be also a quiet one, but soon after the start it got battered by heavy crosswinds, […]
Demare wins in Matera. The Frenchman repeats the success of Villafranca Tirrena, dominating the sprint at the finish line in Matera. He disappoints Sagan. The Portuguese of the Deceuninck-Quick-Step retains the leader’s jersey. RESULTS Second place went to Australian Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb), third to Italian Fabio Felline (Astana). Almeida […]
