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Katusha’s Marco Haller won the 8th and last stage of the 66th Tour of Austria. In the pouring rain Haller was the fastest sprinter in the streets of Vienna ahead of Jacopo Guarnieri (Astana) and Raymond Kreder (Garmin-Sharp). It is the first Austrian stage win in this race since 2008. […]
Tinkoff-Saxo and Alberto Contador had noticeably success in trying to shake the GC-favorites on today’s stage in the Vosges. Alberto Contador attacked on the final 1,8 kilometer finishing climb in the wake of a strong effort by his teammates. Alberto took time on many of his rivals and climbed to […]
Belgium time trial champion Kristof Vandewalle flew around the 24.10-kilometer time trial course, the penultimate stage at the Tour of Austria, and crossed the finish in a time of 27:50 (51.94 kph). He set a tough target to beat and only teammate Jesse Sergent would come closest to knocking Vandewalle […]
Gérardmer/La Mauselaine, France BMC Racing Team’s Tejay van Garderen climbed from 18th to 13th in the overall standings Saturday on the strength of an eighth-place finish on the Tour de France’s first day in the mountains. ‘Doing My Best’Van Garderen arrived in pouring rain 2:40 after solo stage winner Blel […]
Gerardmer La Mauselaine, 12th of July – 2014 It’s not that this year’s Tour de France hasn’t offered drama and GC casualties already but today’s 161 kilometer long 8th stage from Tomblaine to Gérardmer, La Mauselaine offered the first uphill finish and the big question was whether or not, it […]
i.idroDRAIN-Bianchi Team enjoyed another good performance on Saturday July 12th at the Dolomiti Superbike, demanding 119 km marathon race around Villabassa (Bolzano, Northern Italy). Colombian Leonardo Paez was a strong runner-up on the day, surrendering only to Ilias Periklis after managing to stay at the sharp end for most of […]
Northwave’s Italian athlete Davide Martinelli, took the silver medal at the ITT Under 23 European Championships, in Nyon (Switzerland), on Friday July 11th. The Italian rider, equipped with Extreme Tech Plus shoes, posted a time of 34:19 over the 26,9 Km course, 0:24 behind gold medallist Swiss Stefan Küng, whilst […]
11-Jul-2014:In his second Tour de France of his career, Matteo Trentin also got his second stage victory. He won 234.5km Tour de France Stage 7 on Friday in a breathtaking close finish that was decided by about the depth of a tire. Peter Sagan (Cannondale) caught him just before the […]
Nancy, France A crash with less than 20 kilometers to go Friday at the Tour de France cost BMC Racing Team’s Tejay van Garderen 63 seconds as well as the services of teammate Darwin Atapuma, who was too injured to continue. Meanwhile, two other teammates – Daniel Oss and Greg […]
Andy Schleck has successfully undergone surgery in the Crossklinik in Basel, Switzerland. An MRI scan prior to the operation provided pictures of the right knee allowing the doctors to confirm the diagnosis of the team doctor. Andy Schleck’s knee is severely damaged: there are partial ruptures in the collateral and […]
