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August 20th, 2019 – Pictures: Patiño > Velofocus; Rubio > Giro d’Italia U23; Alba > FCC Telefónica-backed squad inks contracts with 2nd & 3rd-place overall finishes in 2019 U23 Giro -Einer Rubio and Juan Diego Alba (21)- and extends commitment with Paula Patiño (22) through end of 2021 after brilliant […]
Ullrich, Gimondi, Pantani, Julich at 1998 Tour de France Paris Podium Eddy Merckx broke down in tears on hearing about the death of Felice Gimondi, going on to eloquently describe his emotions with a simple but highly symbolic phrase: “This time I’m the one who has lost.” 76-year-old Gimondi died […]
Grimaldi: “Felice was a good and loyal man, extraordinarily humble” Bianchi and the whole cycling World are living intensely emotional days after the sudden passing of Felice Gimondi on Friday August 16th, aged 76. One of the greatest in Italian cycling history, everlasting icon and ambassador of the Bianchi brand, […]
The final stage in the Arctic Race of Norway (2.HC, 15-18/08) brought a lot of spectacle on several fronts. The riders made a habit of starting fast this week, from Lodingen this Sunday. Five men managed to break away after the first intermediate sprint after 27 kilometer, won by Andrea […]
August 18 th 2019 – 18:26 Norwegian riders made a 1-2 in the conclusive stage of the Arctic Race of Norway with Markus Hoelgaard and national champion Amund Grøndahl Jansen but the overall victory went to Alexey Lutsenko who came third on the line in Narvik and beat Warren Barguil […]
August 17 th 2019 – 18:20 Norway’s Odd Christian Eiking of Wanty-Groupe Gobert claimed his first win of the 2019 season on home soil as he clinched the queen stage of the Arctic Race of Norway atop the unprecedented and gruelling Storheia Summit. Second on the line, French national champion […]
After more than three hours and an arduous climb to the finish, it came down to an inch or less. “I’m not normally one to look at the finish. But I had a feeling. A few minutes before the start I went down and rode the last 300 meters,” Lachlan […]
Brothers Danny and Boy Van Poppel will be reunited, as from 2020, in the Wanty-Gobert colours. The brothers rode together for three years, after their start in the World Tour in 2013 in the Vacansoleil-DCM team, under the direction of Hilaire Van der Schueren. Their paths went separate ways after […]
The Italian sprinter will sport the new garment next Sunday, for the first time since taking gold in the Netherlands 17-Aug-2019: Last week, Elia Viviani pulled off a magnificent victory, one of the finest of his career, at the European Championships in Alkmaar. One of the pre-race favourites on the […]
August 16 th 2019 – 18:15 Bryan Coquard became the first Frenchman to win a stage at the Arctic Race of Norway. At the end of stage 2 in Svolvær, with the wonderful scenery of the Lofoten islands as a backdrop, he outsprinted Mathieu van der Poel who extended his […]
