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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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Tinkoff-Saxo’s Matti Breschel was in the mix in the sprint finish at Paris-Nice featuring a steep section within the last kilometer. Both Breschel and sports director Sean Yates noted that they were pleased with the team performance after crossing the line. Tinkoff-Saxo had given Matti Breschel free rein to try […]
RACE PREVIEW: MARCH 09 – 17TIRRENO – ADRIATICO (WT) With Paris-Nice underway on French roads, over in Italy Tirreno-Adriatico rolls out this Wednesday, starting with its usual team time trial before tackling various different terrains over the course of the week. Team Giant-Alpecin will head to the seven-day race with […]
