Professor Francesco Montorsi, Director of the Urology Surgery Unit at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, issued the following statement regarding Ivan Basso’s latest medical condition: “Today, 20 July 2015, Ivan Basso underwent a post-surgery checkup. The patient has perfectly recovered from the intervention. The final histological examination shows, currently, no […]
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The Escarabajos ready to restart
Sports Director Pellicioli is in Colombia for tests and individual meetings. The team will be back to action on August 3rd at Tour of Utah, Cano in the Panamerican Games road race on July 25th. After the long wait they will fly to Puerto Banus for their first Vuelta a […]
Six titles for Northwave at MTB National Champs
Over a long and busy weekend, successes for Dahle (Norway), Stirnemann (Switzerland), Avancini (Brazil), Stevkova (Slovakia), Monteiro (Portugal) and Di Veroli (Israel) Gunn-Rita Dahle (Multivan Merida), Kathrin Stirnemann (Haibike Pro Team), Henrique Avancini (Cannondale-Factory), Janka Stevkova (CK Epic Donay), Joana Monteiro and Angelo Di Veroli: Northwave earned six National MTB […]
Greipel Takes Stage 15
The fifteenth stage in the Tour brought the riders from Mende to Valence. Over 183 kilometres, the riders had to cover a sloped course with four ascents. The early breakaway never got much advantage, so the stage ended in a bunch sprint. André Greipel appeared to be the fastest and […]
Sagan 4th in Valence sprint finish to retain Tour de France green jersey
Peter Sagan was once again proactively seeking the win on stage 15 to Valance, as he took part in the breakaway of the day, where he also scored maximum points in the intermediate sprint before being caught by the chasing peloton. In a hectic sprint, Sagan took 4th place behind […]
Tour de France, Stage 15: Bunch Sprint Finish
Valence, France – Tejay van Garderen of the BMC Racing Team remained in third place overall at the Tour de France as the top of the overall standings did not change following Sunday’s bunch sprint finish. André Greipel (Lotto Soudal) won his third stage of this year’s race while van […]
Quintana keeps trying in Mende
July 18th, 2015 Colombian rider from Movistar Team jumps onto 2nd overall in Tour de France after attacking Froome (SKY), GC favourites in La Croix-Neuve; Valverde again sensational, now 30″ behind 3rd overall. Castroviejo takes 9th after break, strengthens Movistar’s teams’ classification lead. Mende produced fireworks again in the Tour […]
Tour de France, Stage 14: Van Garderen Slips To Third Overall
Mende, France – Tejay van Garderen slipped from second to third overall Saturday at the Tour de France, but the BMC Racing Team’s leader said he is not losing sight of a podium finish in Paris. Van Garderen finished 25th, 39 seconds after Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team), who was out-sprinted […]
Sagan extends green jersey lead after close uphill sprint in Tour de France
Tinkoff-Saxo’s Peter Sagan claimed second place on stage 13 to Rodez, where he extended his lead in the points classification to 24 points after a punchy 570m finishing climb. Just missing out on the win behind Greg Van Avermaet, Sagan notes that he is grateful for his teammates’ effort but […]
Van Avermaet Wins BMC Racing Team’s Third Tour Stage
Rodez, France – Greg Van Avermaet held off a charge by Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) on Friday’s uphill finish to deliver the BMC Racing Team its third stage win of this year’s Tour de France. Van Avermaet and the peloton only swept up the last three riders from the day’s six-man […]
