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Almeida comes off but holds the squad for 15 seconds; he tenaciously defends the leader’s jersey. Pointing to the sky for a friend who no longer exists (the d.s. of Ineos Grenadiers Nicolas Portal who died in March) on the climb where Marco Pantani triumphed in 1998. Tao Geoghegan Hart conquered […]
Starting on an air force base, on stage 15 of the Giro d’Italia it wouldn’t just be fighter jets gaining altitude today. The 185km parcours covered four categorized climbs, including a first category summit finish, featuring an average gradient of 7.8% over its 14.5km length, with maximum gradients hitting 14% […]
Saturday 17 October 2020Deceuninck – Quick-Step’s Portuguese becomes the U23 rider with the most days in the maglia rosa at a single edition. João Almeida will lead the general classification of the Giro d’Italia for the 12th consecutive day, after putting in a stunning ride during Saturday’s hilly individual time […]
The second of three Individual time trials in the 2020 Giro d’Italia, stage 14 came ahead of a final week packed with mountain stages, where the GC race was going to come to life. The 34.1km course rolled, with a steep fourth category climb early on which, while short, saw […]
Giro d’Italia – Friday 16 October, 2020 Diego Ulissi added to his glittering record at the Giro d’Italia with a sprint victory from a select group of favorites on stage 13 from Cervia to Monselice (192km). It was the 8th career victory at Giro d’Italia for the Italian. With two testing […]
Thursday 15 October 2020 Guided by a strong team, the Portuguese claimed his tenth consecutive maglia rosa. João Almeida retained the overall lead after a miserable 204km stage, which featured heavy rain and strong winds that shattered the peloton with more than 70 kilometers to go, leaving around 25 riders […]
A long and circuitous 204km parcours would take the Giro d’Italia over a choppy route, starting and finishing in the town of Cesenatico. However, the weather was far from beautiful, with wet weather lashing the peloton from the start and showing no sign of stopping during the day. While the […]
Wednesday 14 October 2020 João Almeida kept his pink jersey, which he will wear on Thursday for the ninth time. Alvaro Hodeg earned his maiden Grand Tour top 3 finish in Rimini, where a Giro d’Italia stage finished for the first time in 60 years after a quiet day that […]
Caleb Ewan from Lotto Soudal was supreme in the streets of Schoten, Belgium, in a mass sprint, which was marred by a serious crash. The Australian used his trademark late acceleration to move ahead of his rival sprinters and win Scheldeprijs on his debut in the sprinters’ Classic. The Scheldeprijs […]
Reactions: Démare: “Immense team work”. Almeida: “Frenzied stage” Demare now equals Bernard Hinault with four wins in the same edition of the Giro. “A truly exceptional victory, the fourth in this Giro d’Italia. My teammates did an immense job to mend the breakaway and we slowly recovered. I’m very happy.” […]
