The 12th stage of the Giro d’Italia took the riders over 158 km from Cuneo to Pinerolo. After 117km in the saddle came the first Category 1 climb of this year’s race, which featured an average gradient of almost 10 per cent. After this ascent to Montose in more than […]
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Caleb Ewan took the win in the eleventh stage of the Giro
He sprinted everyone off the wheel after great work by the Lotto Soudal train. The Australian beat Arnaud Démare and Pascal Ackermann in a bunch kick to take his second stage victory in five days. Like yesterday, it was an entirely flat course through the Po Valley. The riders covered […]
Demare Wins Giro Stage 10
After the first rest day of the Giro d’Italia, the riders had to take on a short and flat stage of 145 km. The tenth stage from Ravenna to Modena at the edge of the Po valley, offered no topographical difficulties and with a 2km long straight and completely flat […]
GIRO D’ITALIA, ROGLIC RIDES TO SUCCESS IN SAN MARINO
The Slovenian preceded Campenaerts (+0:11) and goes back to second overall, gaining ground on his main GC rivals. Primoz Roglic remarked his status as king of TT races at the 102nd Giro d’Italia, and one of the men to beat for the overall glory at the Corsa Rosa to top […]
Nibali Second
“Tomorrow we enjoy a well-deserved rest day – smiles Vincenzo Nibali – after an ITT that has satisfied me very much. From Tuesday, a new Giro d’Italia will start with many climbs and very demanding stages “. “I tried not to take risks facing the many curves of the initial […]
Caleb Ewan has taken the second Giro stage win of his career
After fantastic work by the Lotto Soudal team, the young Australian sprinter beat Elia Viviani and Pascal Ackermann in a bunch kick. This is his fourth victory of the season, after previous wins in the Tour of Turkey and the UAE Tour. The longest stage of the Giro was scheduled […]
Second stage victory for Pascal Ackermann on the fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia
The fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia, which stretched from Fascati to Terracina, offered a chance for the sprinters to come to the fore. The 140 km-long route contained two small ascents at the beginning, before it continued over relatively flat terrain and a category 4 climb into the finish […]
Team Sunweb’s Tom Dumoulin abandons Giro d’Italia
Team Sunweb’s Tom Dumoulin was forced to abandon the Giro d’Italia in the early kilometres of stage five, with the injuries sustained in yesterday’s crash proving too much for the 2017 winner to continue with the race. Dumoulin said: “I came here for a three week adventure and I wanted […]
Carapaz claims second career stage win in Giro d’Italia
14th May 2019 Ecuadorian bounces back after misfortune on Monday: gets through another pile-up en route to Frascati, jumps away from selected lead group with 500 meters to go, holds off punchy climbers and sprinters to take first Movistar Team success in 2019 ‘Corsa Rosa’. Barely 24 hours after a […]
Dani Navarro out of Giro d’Italia
Team KATUSHA ALPECIN’s Spanish rider Dani Navarro crashed heavily at 6 km from the finish of stage 4 of the 2019 Giro d’Italia. Navarro was transported to the hospital of Tor Vergata in Rome, where he was diagnosed with multiple fractures. Dani Navarro broke his right collarbone as well as […]