Colombian Esteban Chaves produced a spectacular ride for ORICA-GreenEDGE to win stage fourteen of the Giro d’Italia today, attacking repeatedly on the final climbs to distance his more fancied rivals and move up to third on the general classification. After finishing fifth at last year’s Vuelta a Espana, Chaves has […]
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Majka Retains 6th in GC on Queen Stage
After thirteen exceptionally difficult days of racing, the Giro hit its Queen Stage today. Going into the stage sixth in the GC, Rafal had shown strong performances throughout the race so far, with huge efforts from the team keeping him safe and helping him move up the GC. After a […]
Andrey Amador Makes History for Costa Rica and Movistar Team
Amador takes over the leader’s jersey in Giro d’Italia after resisting huge pace into favorites’ group on first big mountain stage. Flying through the TT course in Apeldoorn, supporting Valverde into the ‘sterrato’ of Alpe di Poti, suffering under the rain in the Chianti hills, making a prodigious descent of […]
Rafal Majka chips into GC time gaps, sprinting for fifth after a challenging day in the mountains
Majka, Nibali Four imposing climbs dominated the profile of today’s mountain stage. The first two would tire riders, while the final two would be a deciding factor in the race for the GC. After 170km riding with the GC contenders and with strong support from his teammates, Rafal Majka contested […]
Brave Effort by Jungels
On the toughest stage of the race so far, the Luxembourger put on a great all-round performance which underlined again his huge potential. Montemaggiore, Crai, Cima Porzus and Valle were the four categorized climbs on Friday’s Giro d’Italia stage (Palmanova – Cividale del Friuli, 170 kilometers), but things exploded long […]
Greipel Takes Fourth Stage Win for Lotto Team
Lotto Soudal could celebrate a fourth time in the Giro d’Italia today. André Greipel finished off another stunning team performance and so the Belgian team already obtained its fourth stage win. The stage itself ran like the classic sprint outcome. Two riders managed to set up a break almost immediately […]
Jungels Retains Giro Lead
On Friday, Etixx – Quick-Step’s rider will wear the pink jersey for the third day in a row. Stage 12 of the Giro d’Italia (Noale – Bibione) was a short and pan-flat one, but the race still was tensioned, because of the rain which accompanied the riders since the start, […]
BMC Racing Team Re-signs Sánchez
18 May, 2016, Santa Rosa, California BMC Racing Team today announced the extension of Samuel Sánchez’ contract beyond the 2016 season. For Sánchez, the 2008 Olympic Road Race Champion, 2017 will his mark his 18th season as a professional cyclist. It was a natural decision to retain a rider of […]
Rafal Majka Climbs to 6th on Giro GC
An innocuous-looking profile led to a battle for the GC standings on stage 11 of the Giro d’Italia. The flat profile had a fourth category climb towards the end, that acted as a launching platform for attacks from the GC contenders. With the support of his teammates, Rafal Majka finished […]
Bob Jungels Defends Pink Jersey with Panache
The Luxembourger held his top place in the overall rankings, on a day in which Gianluca Brambilla was involved in a crash 18-May-2016: Attack, counterattack, attack, counterattack – the last 20 kilometers of Giro d’Italia stage 11 had more action than a Bruce Willis “Die Hard” movie, and if John […]