05. February 2016 – Silvan Dillier has finished third, and Philippe Gilbert fifth, on the Hatta Dam climb on stage 3 of the Dubai Tour taken out by Juan José Lobato (Movistar). A five-man breakaway went away for most of the stage, before the peloton pulled them back closing in […]
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Nizzolo sprints into the race lead in Dubai
Giacomo Nizzolo gave everything up the final short but painfully steep climb towards the Hatta Dam to finish in second place and leap into the overall lead in the Dubai Tour Friday. The only hills in the four-day race arrived in the final kilometers of the 172-kilometer stage three, […]
BMC Racing Team to back Van Avermaet for Tour of Qatar
BMC Racing Team is set to continue the 2016 racing program at the Tour of Qatar from 8-12 February, focusing on the General Classification. The five-day stage race will be the first race of the season for team leader Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) who is looking to improve on his […]
Dan Martin nets first victory for Etixx – Quick-Step
A fierce acceleration saw the 29-year-old Irish rider get the win at the top of Alto de Fredes. 04-Feb-2016: Almost one year and a half since his last victory, which came in stage 4 of the 2014 Tour of Beijing, Dan Martin found again the road to success, this time […]
Marcel Kittel takes stage 1 of Dubai Tour by Storm
The Etixx – Quick-Step rider got his season off to a rolling start 03-Feb-2016: First race of the year, first win for Marcel Kittel, who enjoyed a perfect start to his spell in the Etixx – Quick-Step jersey! Racing the Dubai Tour for the first time since 2014, when he […]
Garfoot takes the solo win on stage two of Ladies Tour Of Qatar
Santos Women’s Tour champion Katrin Garfoot has attacked emphatically with a little over one kilometre to go on stage two of the Ladies Tour Of Qatar to take a solo victory in fine style in the Middle East today. Garfoot held off the chasing field for a 13 second […]
Are Electromagnetic Wheels Mechanical Doping?
The Italian sports newspapers has reported on Electromagnetic wheels as “poor man’s doping” following the reports of the motorized doping scandal at the CycloCross Worlds this past weekend. They say it’s the new frontier of doping. Theses wheels are said to be able to produced 20-60 watts with electromagnetics. They […]
Eddy Merckx Calls for Lifetime Bans for Motorized Doping
He described motorized doping as a worse offense than performance enchancing drugs. It’s more brazen and even more serious than chemical doping. He wants the offenders to be suspended for life. He said that from what he learned about the incident with Van den Driessche, this wasn’t the first […]
Mechanical Doping at CycloCross Worlds
Femke Van den Driessche, a 19 year old Belgian teenager who raced the CycloCross Worlds on Sunday was found to have an electric motor in her bike. She claims innocence and that her bike was inadvertently switched with that of a friend. The UCI is looking into what is now […]
Giant Alpecin Race Preview: February 1 – 9 Dubai and Qatar
The third edition of the Dubai Tour begins Wednesday. The four stages all start in the city of Dubai and range in length from 132km to 188km. Team Giant-Alpecin will be heading to Dubai with a mixed team with a lot of experience as well as young talents, including Sindre […]
