At the request of the Préfet du Nord, Préfet des Hauts de France and following the Health Minister Olivier Véran’s announcement yesterday, that placed the Lille Metropolitan area on maximum alert, the 118th edition of Paris-Roubaix (UCI WorldTour) and the 1st edition of Paris-Roubaix Femmes (UCI Women’s WorldTour), originally scheduled […]
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Demare wins stage 7 of the Giro d’Italia, Almeida retains the Maglia Rosa
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 […]
Almeida defends Giro d’Italia maglia rosa in the crosswinds
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, […]
Giro d’Italia, 6th stage: sumptuous sprint from Démare. Almeida always in pink
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 […]
World Champion Julian Alaphilippe wins Brabantse Pijl
The Frenchman scored his first victory since triumphing in Imola, ten days ago 07-Oct-2020: One year after finishing runner-up in Overijse, Julian Alaphilippe took the spoils at Brabantse Pijl, adding the Belgian one-day race to his ever-growing palmares. Making just his second appearance since becoming World Champion at the end […]
The Wolfpack and the Giro d’Italia sent a message of support to Fabio Jakobsen and Remco Evenepoel after the stage.
João Almeida gained his place in the race’s history books Wednesday afternoon, when he safely retained the overall lead in Camigliatello Silano, overtaking countryman Acacio da Silva and becoming the Portuguese rider with the most pink jerseys, which on stage 6 he will wear for the third consecutive day. Deceuninck […]
Filippo Ganna wins at Camigliatello Silano
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 […]
THE BASQUE GOVERNMENT AND THE VUELTA ORGANIZATION DECIDE TO CLOSE THE COLS D’ARRATE AND D’ORDUÑA TO THE PUBLIC
THESE ARE PLACES WHERE IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO ENSURE THAT THE MEASURES CONCERNING THE SAFETY DISTANCE BETWEEN PEOPLE, ESSENTIAL FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST THE TRANSMISSION OF COVID-19. The Basque Government and the organization of La Vuelta have decided that the climbs of the Arrate and Orduña passes (stages 1 […]
Giro d’Italia: Almeida enjoys first day in pink
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 […]
Peter Sagan seizes ciclamino jersey after photo-finish second in tense Giro d’Italia stage 4 sprint
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 […]