Winter sport athletes would love the conditions that currently dominate the 15th International Alpentour Trophy. But mountain bikers? Not so much. Thick snow drifts welcomed riders to today’s 15km time trial stage, which took them from Schladming up to the Schafberg Alp, which is the top station of the gondola. […]
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Georges B Sample Also Positive
Sylvain Georges, who won the Big Bear stage of the Tour of California in 2012 tested postive for a stimulat heptaminol at the Giro d’Italia. The B sample also was positive. Georges says he bought a medicine that was supposed to improve leg circulation and that he didn’t read the […]
Rory Sutherland in Today’s Giro
Team Saxo-Tinkoff’s Rory Sutherland made sure to represent the Danish squad in today’s big break on stage 16 of the Giro d’Italia that started in French Valloire and ended 238 hilly kilometers later in Ivrea in Italy. But Katusha and RadioShack were not happy with the situation and pushed the […]
Jang Takes King of the Mountains Jersey in Japan
Mino, Japan – Champion System Pro Cycling Team’s Chan Jae Jang took the lead in the king of the mountains classification after featuring in a breakaway on Tuesday’s Stage 2 of the Tour of Japan while teammate Adiq Othman notched a top 10 finish. Champion System Assistant Director Franky Van […]
Large crash destroyed the finale of the second stage of the Tour of Turkey
Today’s 153 km second stage of the Tour of Turkey between Alanya and Antalya could be mistaken for yesterday’s opening stage in the construction – a big crash marred the end. A break of six riders got away early in the day. But the escapees went too early and a […]
Marcel Kittel wins stage 1 of Tour of Turkey
German sprinter Marcel Kittel claimed the first stage of the 2013 Tour of Turkey. With his speed, he forced André Greipel (Lotto Belisol) into second place and Yuriy Metlushenko (Torku Sekerspor) into third. The win gives Kittel the first leader’s jersey of the race. The only hill of the day […]
Extra-day in Trentino for Bradley Wiggins
Just off a positive but unlucky Giro del Trentino (due to a mechanical during the last stage, taking him out of contention for the overall win), Bradley Wiggins enjoyed an extra-day on Garda Trentino and this morning. He was again on saddle to go on recognition on uphill TT Mori-Polsa, […]
Team Colombia travels to Turkey
Atapuma setting up for the Giro Team Colombia’s road to the Giro d’Italia passes by the 49th Tour of Turkey (April 21-28), a stage race consistently growing in stature over the last few years, thanks to its demanding route and its ideal position to tune up condition ahead of the […]
Nibali’s fireworks at “Trentino” climax
Bad luck knocked Wiggins out of gameThis is what real cycling is all about, this is what people are expecting from this sport. Vincenzo Nibali goes clear on an a brand-new climb, Sega di Ala, pushed by the fans cheering on the roadsides, and takes a juge solo win and […]
Santaromita Wins Stage 3 at Trentino
Ivan Santaromita won his first race for BMC Racing Team by out-sprinting a pair of breakaway companions at the end of Thursday’s third stage of the Giro del Trentino. ‘It was Perfect’Santaromita, Paolo Tiralongo (Astana Pro Team) and Michele Scarponi (Lampre-Merida) arrived together at the finish of the 176.1-kilometer race […]