Meersman Withdraws From the Race 12-May-2015: Davide Formolo (Cannondale-Garmin) won the 150km Stage solo out of a 30-rider escape group that formed after a series of attacks early on in the medium mountain stage of the Giro d’Italia, from Ciavari to La Spezia, on Tuesday. Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEDGE) took the […]
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Matthews capitalises on a faultless team ride to win Giro d’Italia stage 3 in the Maglia Rosa
Race leader Michael Matthews has capitalised on a perfect team ride by ORICA-GreenEDGE to win the third stage of the Giro d’Italia in the pink jersey. The inclusion of Simon Clarke and Esteban Chaves in a strong early breakaway of 24 riders and the gatekeeping duties of Clarke until the […]
Giro d’Italia, Stage 3: Gilbert Third
Sestri Levante, Italy – Philippe Gilbert of the BMC Racing Team sprinted to a third-place finish Monday at the Giro d’Italia after spending much of the short, fast-starting stage in a breakaway with two other teammates. Michael Matthews (ORICA-GreenEDGE) took the win ahead of Fabio Feline (Trek Factory Racing) and […]
Giro d’Italia Stage 3: Uran Top Finisher in Another Nervous Stage
Meersman Finishes Stage After Crash 11-May-2015: A 136km Stage 3 of Giro d’Italia on Monday turned into a group arrival, but with 74 riders in the bunch after many were dropped in the undulating section of the parcours. Rigoberto Uran finished 42nd in the front group for Etixx – Quick-Step, […]
Contador after day of controlling at the Giro: “The team has been exceptional”
Tinkoff-Saxo continued to make an effort to exercise control over the course of events at the Giro d’Italia, as a breakaway of more than 20 riders marked stage 3. The stage was won by Michael Matthews, while team captain Alberto Contador finished safely in the decimated bunch after a day […]
Sabine Spitz new Marathon European Champion
Norwegian Gunn-Rita Dahle grazes the bronze medal. Great success for Slovenian Tanja Zakelj at Grazer Bike Veteran Sabine Spitz (Sabine Spitz Pro Team), clinched a prestigious victory gold medal at Marathon European Championships, in Singen (Germany), on Sunday May 10th. Equipped with Northwave Extreme Tech MTB Plus shoes, the German […]
Contador embarking on the Giro-Tour double: “In the heat of the race you can’t ponder, I’ll be 100% focused on the Giro”
Tinkoff-Saxo captain Alberto Contador spoke to the press on the eve of the Giro d’Italia after having made the final on-bike adjustments together with his squad on the opening TTT parcours. Tinkoff-Saxo’s team captain Alberto Contador took on Friday the last training ride before the start of this year’s Giro. […]
Northwave, two teams and 23 athletes to tackle the Giro d’Italia
Lampre-Merida and CCC-Sprandi Polkowice lead the contingent of riders sponsored by the Italian brand at the “Corsa Rosa” Sacha Modolo’s victory at the Tour of Turkey Bettini Photo Liege-Bastogne-Liege wrapped up the first part of the season, the one characterized by the Spring Classics, and it’s now time for the […]
Tinkoff-Saxo prepares on the opening Giro TTT parcours
This Tuesday, Tinkoff-Saxo carried out its first training ride in Italy prior to the start of Giro d’Italia. During the three-hour ride, the nine riders alternated between road and time-trial bikes to recognize the course of the inaugural team time-trial, which will, among other challenges, pass through a bike path […]
GF Internazionale Gimondi Bianchi lives the yellow fever
Despite registrations being closed, there are lot of requests with three days to go until the start of the race: “A touch of incredible passion, but please do not insist, there are no more places” The yellow fever is on for the Granfondo Internazionale Gimondi-Bianchi: we are less than three […]