Arnaud Démare (Groupama – FDJ) won Stage 7 of the 103rd Giro d’Italia, 143km from Matera to Brindisi. Peter Sagan (Bora – Hansgrohe) and Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb) finished second and third, respectively. João Almeida (Deceuninck – Quick-Step) retains the Maglia Rosa and leads the general classification. It was Demare’s […]

Friday 09 October 2020 Grand Tour debutant Alvaro Hodeg takes fifth in a scrappy sprint in Brindisi. Stage 7 of the Giro d’Italia, a completely flat one between Matera and Brindisi, was supposed to be also a quiet one, but soon after the start it got battered by heavy crosswinds, […]

Demare wins in Matera.  The Frenchman repeats the success of Villafranca Tirrena, dominating the sprint at the finish line in Matera. He disappoints Sagan. The Portuguese of the Deceuninck-Quick-Step retains the leader’s jersey. RESULTS Second place went to Australian Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb), third to Italian Fabio Felline (Astana). Almeida […]

Time trial world champion Ganna attacked uphill in one of the longest stages of the Giro. The winner of the fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia, Filippo Ganna, recounted the emotion of his triumph after the arrival, in front of microphones: “I’m not a climber, on the last climb everyone […]

Tuesday 06 October 2020 The Portuguese rider extended his GC lead on a stage that teammate Davide Ballerini finished in third place. The ninth different rider in the history of our team to wear the iconic maglia rosa, João Almeida was resplendent in his prestigious tunic at the start of […]

On the last day in Sicily before moving to the Italian mainland, the Giro d’Italia made sure the riders had something to remember, with a fast-paced day predicted to end in a sprint. The 140km stage profile was dominated by a climb, but riders would make short work of this […]

Arnaud Démare (Groupama – FDJ) won Stage 4 of the 103rd Giro d’Italia, 140km from Catania to Villafranca Tirrena. Peter Sagan (Bora – Hansgrohe) and Davide Ballerini (Deceuninck – Quick – Step) finished second and third, respectively. João Almeida (Deceuninck – Quick – Step) retains the Maglia Rosa and leads […]

22-year-old Grand Tour debutant became the first Portuguese in more than three decades to lead the race 05-Oct-2020: João Almeida kept hitting new heights, moving into the Giro d’Italia overall lead after the race’s first mountain stage, which took the peloton atop the mighty Etna. Almeida, who since the start […]

One of Deceuninck – Quick-Step’s two Grand Tour debutants, João Almeida put in an incredible exhibition of stage 1 of the 103rd Giro d’Italia and finished in second place, after holding the fastest provisional time for almost two hours. Almeida was one of the early starters, when the sirocco that […]