After the race’s excursion to the Netherlands for the first three days, the Giro hit the Italian roads, and for many of the GC riders, this is where the race began. After three stages that suited the sprinters, on today’s 200km stage, which crossed two categorised climbs, and had a […]
Giro d’Italia
Kittel Takes Maglia Rosa After Another Giro d’Italia Victory
The Etixx – Quick-Step rider doubled his tally at this year’s edition and became the first German in a decade to lead the race 08-May-2016: The opening week-end of the Giro d’Italia was owned by Marcel Kittel, who began his campaign with a top 5 in the Apeldoorn time trial, […]
Marcel Kittel wins Giro d’Italia stage 2
Nijmegen witnessed a dominant victory of the German, as he took his 12th career success in a Grand Tour 07-May-2016: As the Giro d’Italia loomed on the horizon, Marcel Kittel stressed out that he’s not just motivated for the first Grand Tour of the year, but also that he’s enjoying […]
Dumoulin Wins Giro Opening Prologue
Tom Dumoulin (NED) won the time trial which opened the Giro d’Italia in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, and became the first to wear the pink jersey of the race leader, while Tobias Ludvigsson (SWE) finished fourth to become best young rider. Dumoulin covered the 9.8 m city course in 11:03, taking […]
Roglic Close to Pink Jersey in Opening Prologue
Team LottoNL-Jumbo’s Slovenian incredibly close to breakout win with Aquila CV: only one hundredth of second behind Dumoulin Team LottoNL-Jumbo’s Slovenian Primoz Roglic went inches close to a big upset at the Giro d’Italia, finishing only one hundredth of second away of the first pink jersey in the opening 9,8-km ITT […]
Giro with Lampre-Merida 2016
The only World Tour Italian athletes equipped with Extreme shoes in the 99th edition of the “Corsa Rosa”. Pelucchi and Navardauskas aim for a stage-win After the Classics, Northwave’s new shoe road model, Extreme, is now ready debut at the Giro d’Italia, the first “Grand Tour” of the season. On […]