After riding her way into the leader’s jersey during stage 5 of the 2013 Giro Rosa on Thursday, Mara Abbott (Exergy TWENTY 16) sealed her overall victory in the Italian stage race on Sunday. Racing for the USA Cycling National Development Program (NDP), Abbott soloed to victory during Thursday’s 73.3-kilometer […]
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Jan Bakelants in Yellow
With 1800 meters to go Jan Bakelants seized the moment to attack his breakaway group and challenge for the win in the 100th Tour de France. Known as a rider who always attacks and willingly takes his chances, Bakelants, 27, took the win by one second and in doing so, […]
2013 Paris-Nice Stage 6
French victory in the sixth stage of Paris-Nice 11 riders for a while put a spotlight on today’s 220 km stage of Paris-Nice from Manosque to Nice on the French Mediterranean coast. But as the terrain became ever steeper towards the end of the stage, more dropped back to the […]
2013 Paris-Nice Stage 5
Roche tried but Gates took the stage in Paris-Nice Cyril Lemoine (SOJ), Paolo Longo Borghini (CAN), Thierry Hupond (ARG) and Jens Voigt (RLT) were in the long breakaway on the 176 km long fifth of the Paris-Nice from the old papal city, Chateauneuf de Pape, to the final climb, La […]
Marcel Kittel outsprints everyone in second stage of Paris-Nice
Team Argos-Shimano rider Marcel Kittel won the second stage of Paris-Nice today with an impressive sprint and strong teamwork. Elia Viviani (Cannondale) took second place ahead of Leigh Howard (Orica-GreenEdge). Viviani takes the lead in the general classification. Even the wind couldn’t prevent four riders from escaping out of the […]
Yellow Jersey Abandons Paris Nice
The yellow jersey being worn by Nacer Bouhanni from the Francaise des Jeux team was caught up in a crash on stage 2 and had to abandon the race. He had won the stage at Nemours but today slid on a white line on a turn. He hit his face […]
2013 Giro del Trentino announces finish at Valsugana’s Vetriolo Terme
Cycling has already left its mark in Valsugana thanks to the indisputable Settimana Tricolore’s summer success, highlighted by a spectacular Italian close Championships pro-race. Giro del Trentino (April 16th-19th) is ready to enjoy the same excitement with the 37th edition’s stage2 finish line in Vetriolo Terme on April 17th. Departure […]
De Jongh new sports director at Team Saxo-Tinkoff
Team Saxo-Tinkoff and Steven de Jongh has entered into an agreement that the experienced Dutchman starts as sports director of the team. 39-year-old de Jongh begins his new position immediately, after having been sports director for Team Sky in the past three years. Team owner Bjarne Riis said: “To complete […]