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 […]
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Giro d’Italia: João Almeida takes the maglia rosa atop Etna
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 […]
Caicedo crushes the Volcano and wins the Etna climb! Almeida is the new Maglia Rosa
Caicedo takes flight on Mount Etna It wasn’t just the drizzly weather that made it a day for ducks — Mount Etna proved the perfect launch pad for Jonathan Caicedo to take flight and pull off his first Grand Tour victory on stage three of the Giro d’Italia. Having to […]
Roglic wins Liège-Bastogne-Liège after a memorable sprint
Primoz Roglic has won Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The Slovenian from Team Jumbo-Visma won his first monument after a memorable sprint. Julian Alaphilippe seemed to be heading for the victory, but put his hands in the air too early, resulting in Roglic pushing his wheel over the line earlier. The new world champion […]
Alaphilippe relegated in tense Liège-Bastogne-Liège finale
Sunday 04 October 2020 Liège-Bastogne-Liège – which this year ran its 106th edition – was a hectic race which saw newly-crowned World Champion Julian Alaphilippe battle through a crash and a few mechanicals with 70 kilometers to go before launching a trademark attack on the final climb of the day, […]
Van Avermaet sustains multiple injuries in Liège-Bastogne-Liège crash
04 October 2020 Greg Van Avermaet was forced to abandon Liège-Bastogne-Liège today (04 October) after sustaining a torn ligament and multiple fractures in a crash inside 100 kilometers to go, CCC Team doctor, Dr. Piotr Kosielski confirmed. “X-rays performed at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire du Sart-Tilman in Liège revealed that […]
Payback for Roglic
October 4 th 2020 Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) won the 106th Liège-Bastogne-Liège with an exhibition of race craft and experience to make the most out of his legs and the circumstances in the final kilometres. Two weeks after a heart-breaking defeat on the Tour de France, the Slovenian got his payback […]
Ulissia Takes the Win in Sicily
Shrewd tactics, a great team effort and a perfect finish were the key ingredients that led to success for Diego Ulissi in the 2nd stage of the Giro d’Italia, on the 149 km from Alcamo to Agrigento. On the final slope towards Agrigento (3.7 km at 5.3%), UAE Team Emirates […]
Runner-up in Palermo, the 22-year-old Portuguese will wear the ciclamino jersey on Sunday
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 […]
2020 Giro Stage 1 in Sicily won by Filippo Ganna
Filippo Ganna won the first stage of the 103rd edition of the Giro d’Italia. After the triumph in the time trial of the world championships in Imola, the 24-year-old from Verbania repeated himself in the inaugural time trial from Monreale to Palermo. “I was one of the great favorites, but […]