What a day for Lotto Soudal in Paris-Nice. Tony Gallopin won the sixth stage, with finish in Nice, and is the new GC leader. Thomas De Gendt secured the polka dot jersey and Tim Wellens was part of a long breakaway. Immediately after the official start fourteen riders took off. […]
Other News
Kreuziger and Contador finish in first chasing group at Tirreno-Adriatico
Tinkoff-Saxo’s Alberto Contador and Roman Kreuziger finished in the first chasing group on stage 4 of Tirreno-Adriatico. Contador crashed with 50km to go, but didn’t lose time to his GC rivals except Wout Poels, who won the stage with 14 seconds. Peter Sagan showed great signs as he nearly made […]
Peter Sagan comes fast from behind to grab second place at Tirreno-Adriatico
Tinkoff-Saxo’s Peter Sagan once again showed that he holds a powerful sprint as he came flying from behind in the narrow streets of Arezzo. Despite a powerful final acceleration, Sagan ran out of runway and had to settle for second place behind Greg van Avermaet. The Slovak champion retains his […]
Van Avermaet Victorious And In The Lead At Tirreno
Arezzo, Italy – With a powerful uphill dash to the finish Friday, BMC Racing Team’s Greg Van Avermaet won for the first time this season and took the overall lead at Tirreno-Adriatico. Van Avermaet delivered the BMC Racing Team its third victory of the year on the strength of a […]
Peter Sagan sprints his way to second overall in Tirreno-Adriatico
Tinkoff-Saxo got very close to the overall lead at Tirreno-Adriatico, as Peter Sagan placed second in the final burst for the line and at the same time advanced to second overall due to the six bonus seconds gained in the sprint. After crossing the line in Cascina, Sagan noted that […]
Tinkoff-Saxo two seconds from the win in Tirreno-Adriatico prologue
Tinkoff-Saxo got off to a fast start at the short and windy 5.4km prologue in Tirreno-Adriatico, with both Maciej Bodnar and Peter Sagan powering their way into the stage top-ten. Bodnar finished 4th just two seconds off stage winner Adriano Malori – a result that pleases him as well as […]
Tirreno-Adriatico, Stage 1: Van Avermaet Third
Lido di Camaiore, Italy – BMC Racing Team’s Greg Van Avermaet rode to a career-best result in an individual time trial Wednesday, finishing third in the opening stage of Tirreno-Adriatico as teammate Daniel Oss was sixth. Van Avermaet said he was surprised at his performance in the 5.4-kilometer race against […]
Malori flies again on TT opener
March 11, 2015 | Lido di Camaiore Italian specialist from Movistar repeats splendid performance from closing time trial in 2014, becomes first GC leader in Tirreno-Adriatico after narrowly beating Fabian Cancellara (TFR) After becoming a surprise victor exactly twelve months ago by beating Wiggins, Martin and Cancellara over the same […]
Matthews moves into Paris-Nice lead with stage 3 victory from perfect team ride
Multiple grand tour stage winner Michael Matthews is the new leader of Paris-Nice following a perfectly executed sprint on stage three by the entire ORICA-GreenEDGE outfit. The slightly uphill finish caught the eye of Matthews and his intentions were clear as a full train of ORICA-GreenEDGE jerseys proved prevalent at […]
Tom Boonen Update
Surgery Performed for Grade 3 AC-Joint Dislocation 11-Mar-2015: The team communicates that Tom Boonen underwent surgery at Hospital in Herentals to repair the Grade 3 AC-Joint dislocation suffered on Monday. “The joint is stable and the surgery went well,” Doctor Yvan Vanmol said. “It’s too early to state a precise […]
