After the Gent-Wevelgem success, the UAE-Team Emirates’ Norwegian claimed a prestigious third place in the “Ronde”, confirming his status as Northern Classics specialist. Alexander Kristoff’s cobbles season continues in style: after triumphing at Gent-Wevelgem last Sunday, the UAE Team Emirates rider brought his Northwave Extreme Pro on Tour of Flanders’ […]
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2019 Tour of the Basque Country
The Tour of the Basque Country, a six-day stage race in northern Spain, takes place from Monday 8 April until Saturday 13 April included. An individual time trial, three hilly stages and two stages through the mountains will determine who succeeds Primož Roglič. The 59th edition promises to be spectacular. […]
Sagan: Not being the Top Favorite Has its Advantages
At today’s BORA – hansgrohe press conference, Peter Sagan appeared confident. Looking towards De Ronde, although the absence of Jempy Drucker and Oscar Gatto will be felt, Sagan will still have a strong team in attendance to support him. “I was able to recover over the last week and I […]
Guillaume Martin takes the first 2019 Win on the Etna
Il Giro di Sicilia (2.1, 3-6/04) ended today at the top of the Etna. The Sicilian mountain was going to decide the final winner of the new Italian race, organized by RCS. The race exploded from the bottom of the Etna. The peloton was reduced to around 25 riders when […]
Miguel Angel Lopez wins Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 2019
Miguel Angel Lopez became the overall winner of the 99th edition of the prestigious UCI WorldTour race Volta Ciclista a Catalunya ended today in Barcelona. The Astana rider, supported by the whole team, was able to defend his lead at the seventh stage of the race on a hard Montjuic […]
Astonishing Davide Formolo solos to epic win at final stage of the Volta a Catalunya
Today, like almost every year, the race travelled to Barcelona for the final stage of the Volta a Catalunya. Stage 7 took the peloton over a 143 km course to the traditional Montjuic circuit. They tackled the two-kilometer-long climb at a gradient of 5 % eight times, last of the […]
Mitchelton-SCOTT lockout the podium as Lucas Hamilton wins Coppi e Bartali
Mitchelton-SCOTT secured a historic one, two, three on the general classification as Lucas Hamilton safely negotiated the final stage to win the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali. Fellow Australian’s Damien Howson and Nick Schultz capped off an incredible team performance by holding onto their second and third positions in the […]
Matthews Doubles Up with Powerful Sprint win in Catalunya
Today’s stage would see the riders travel 169 kilometres from Valls to Vila-seca. Although there were no mountain passes on offer, the parcours were rolling and very hilly in the opening two thirds of the afternoon; terrain that might tempt another strong breakaway attempt from the peloton. A group of […]
D-100 : THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS
Key points:Ø The Grand Départ of Le Tour will take place in a little more than three months’ time, on 6th July, and Brussels is already focused on a doubly historic Tour de France for the Belgians. The centenary of the Yellow Jersey also corresponds with the fiftieth anniversary of […]
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya. Stage 4. Miguel Angel Lopez wins queen stage atop La Molina
Miguel Angel Lopez took a beautiful solo victory atop the famous La Molina climb, which finalized the queen 4th stage of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya. The Astana rider made a strong attack inside the final 7 km of the race, firstly catching the early break and later counterattacking at […]