The BMC Racing Team’s roster to support Cadel Evans at the Giro d’Italia includes a plethora of riders who have helped him to success at past grand tours and in smaller stage races this year. ‘Happy With The Support’Joining Evans for the three-week race that begins May 9 in Belfast, […]
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Michael Albasini Wins Opening Road Stage of Tour de Romandie
ORICA-GreenEDGE’s Michael Albasini sprinted to victory on the first road stage of the Tour de Romandie, ending a ten year drought for Swiss riders in their home country tour. Popping out from a reduced bunch with the finish line in sight, Albasini easily overtook Thomas Voeckler (Europcar), who was ahead […]
Team Colombia announces Giro d’Italia line-up
Fabio Duarte to lead the Escarabajos at the Corsa Rosa After the final test at Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Team Colombia’s technical staff selected the nine-man line-up that will take the start of the 97th Giro d’Italia in Belfast (Northern Ireland) on Friday May 9th. The nine riders, who will wear dossard numbers […]
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey Stage 4: OPQS Escorts Cavendish to 3rd Stage Win
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey Stage 4: OPQS Escorts Cavendish to 3rd Stage Win 30-Apr-2014: Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team rider Mark Cavendish finished off a textbook leadout at 124.2km Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey on Wednesday. Despite chaos that included a race neutralization due to a peloton crash […]
Hincapie Hotel
You might not need to go all the way to France any more for a great cycling vacation. George Hincapie has taken his role as cycling domestique of many years with Lance Armstrong and parlayed it into a cyclist’s dream. Hincapie & Armstrong racing the 1992 Tour DuPont He’s […]
Tour de Romandie: Kwiatkowski Wins First UCI WorldTour Race
29-Apr-2014: Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team rider Michal Kwiatkowski won the 5.57km Tour de Romandie Prologue on Tuesday, carrying great form from the Ardennes Classics to win his first career UCI WorldTour race just two days after Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Kwiatkowski won with a time of 6’22”, while his teammate, three-time […]
NEW BIANCHI CAFE & CYCLES LAUNCHED IN SWEDEN
Bianchi’s owner Salvatore Grimaldi to expand the new cafè-restaurant and bike store project A new Bianchi Cafè & Cycles opened on Saturday, April 26 in Vasteras, Sweden, the city that welcomed Salvatore Grimaldi and his family when they moved to Sweden in early Fifties. It is the fourth Bianchi Cafè […]
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey Stage 2: Cavendish Doubles Up
24th Road Win for OPQS in 201428-Apr-2014: Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling team sprinter Mark Cavendish was delivered to the line perfectly by his teammates in the 174.2km Tour of Turkey Stage 2 on Monday. OPQS spent the day on the front helping to chase down a five-rider breakaway that […]
Kreuziger 7th in Liege
Liege, 27th of April – 2014 The final and 261.8 kilometer long spring classic in this year’s campaign was also the oldest and in perfect weather, the peloton took on the 100th edition of Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Tinkoff-Saxo’s chosen one was Roman Kreuziger and Michael Rogers was finally back to support him […]
Landa Enhances New Generation while Evans clinches Trentino Crown
Astana’s Spaniard, Mikel Landa Meana 24, took an amazing solo win on Bondone uphill ahead of Meintjes and Pellizotti. The Aussie defended his leadership with no fear. Giro del Trentino’s history adds an Australian to its winners’ list, Cadel Evans. They have almost the same age – the Giro del […]
