On the toughest stage of the race so far, the Luxembourger put on a great all-round performance which underlined again his huge potential. Montemaggiore, Crai, Cima Porzus and Valle were the four categorized climbs on Friday’s Giro d’Italia stage (Palmanova – Cividale del Friuli, 170 kilometers), but things exploded long […]
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Greipel Takes Fourth Stage Win for Lotto Team
Lotto Soudal could celebrate a fourth time in the Giro d’Italia today. André Greipel finished off another stunning team performance and so the Belgian team already obtained its fourth stage win. The stage itself ran like the classic sprint outcome. Two riders managed to set up a break almost immediately […]
Jungels Retains Giro Lead
On Friday, Etixx – Quick-Step’s rider will wear the pink jersey for the third day in a row. Stage 12 of the Giro d’Italia (Noale – Bibione) was a short and pan-flat one, but the race still was tensioned, because of the rain which accompanied the riders since the start, […]
Rafal Majka Climbs to 6th on Giro GC
An innocuous-looking profile led to a battle for the GC standings on stage 11 of the Giro d’Italia. The flat profile had a fourth category climb towards the end, that acted as a launching platform for attacks from the GC contenders. With the support of his teammates, Rafal Majka finished […]
Ulissi Again at the Giro d’Italia
The Lampre-Merida rider claimed his second Giro win in Asolo. After four stage wins last year, today – Wednesday May 18th – Diego Ulissi claimed his second success at the 99th Giro d’Italia, winning in great style the 11th stage of the Corsa Rosa, Modena-Asolo of 227 km. Northwave […]
Tom Dumoulin Out of the Giro
Tom Dumoulin (NED) has been forced to abandon the Giro d’Italia on today’s stage 11, as he has been suffering from complications from saddle sores. “Tom has been suffering from saddle sores and is being treated with antibiotic creams to counter the inflammation,” explained team physician Anko Boelens (NED). “The […]
Jungels Moves into Maglia Rosa at the Giro d’Italia
On Tuesday, Bob became the first Luxembourg rider in 57 years to lead the race. 17-May-2016: It wasn’t easy on Tuesday at the Giro d’Italia, but truth being told, when is it? Everyone was expecting a hard stage 10, and they had it from the start, when the riders who […]
Breakaway effort earns Rovny 2nd on Giro stage 10 as Majka climbs to 7th overall
At the end of a fast and full-on 10th stage of the Giro d’Italia, Ivan Rovny raced to the best Grand Tour result of his career, taking second place on the tough uphill finish in Sestola. A day of rest brought riders to the start in Campi Bisenzio fresh and […]
Third for Atapuma on Tough Mountain Stage
17 May 2016, Sestola (ITA) Darwin Atapuma put his climbing legs to the test on Stage 10 of the Giro d’Italia to cross the line in third place on the summit finish in Sestola. After the first categorized climb of the day, a three-rider breakaway established and were later joined […]
Team KATUSHA takes Alexey Tsatevich out of Giro d’Italia
Team KATUSHA has decided to take its rider Alexey Tsatevich out of the Giro d’Italia 2016 after yesterday’s incident at the individual time trial around Chianti. Alexey Tsatevich seriously violated the rules of riding an individual time trial by drafting on the wheel of another rider for a very long […]