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Giro d’Italia, Stage 12: Evans Slips To Second

Barolo, Italy Cadel Evans of the BMC Racing Team finished third in Thursday’s individual time trial at the Giro d’Italia and slid to second overall behind stage winner Rigoberto Uran (Omega Pharma-Quick Step). Evans: ‘Had Hoped To Have Done Better’After leading the race for four days, Evans finished 1:34 off […]

Majka pulled magnificent Giro TT

Barolo, 22nd of May – 2014 Today’s 41.9 kilometer long individual time trial from Barberesco to Barolo was an undulating stretch testing the GC riders and the tempo specialists in the field. Therefore, it was a very important day for Tinkoff-Saxo’s Rafal Majka who was third overall before the stage. […]

Rogers took sensational solo win

Savona, 21st of May – 2014 Tinkoff-Saxo’s Nicolas Roche and Ivan Rovny were on the frontline during today’s 252 kilometer long 11th stage of the Giro d’Italia as they took part of the breakaway containing 14 riders. It was a long flat course but with a rather mountainous finale and […]

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A late attack from Roche

Salsomaggiore, 20th of May – 2014 After yesterday’s rest day, the sprinters were granted a golden opportunity of taking a stage win in this otherwise mountainous edition of Giro d’Italia. Today’s 173 kilometer long tenth stage was completely with a small ramp in the finale but with a flat run-iin. […]

Crash report from 6th stage, 2014 Giro

Today’s marathon 247-kilometer stage from Sassano to Montecassino took a hectic turn when most of the peloton was involved in a huge crash with 11 kilometers to go – 3 k before the final climb. Unfortunately, several Tinkoff-Saxo riders were involved in the crash. Rafal Majka, Pawel Poljanski, Ivan Rovny […]