The Slovenian recovered 25″ on Yates in San Benedetto del Tronto’s ITT (with Van Emden third), scoring the second seasonal triumph in a World Tour stage-race. After a thrilling final ITT, Team Jumbo-Visma’s Primoz Roglic celebrated the overall win at Tirreno-Adriatico, World Tour stage race held in Italy from Wednesday […]
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Adam Yates narrowly misses out on the title by less than a second at Tirreno-Adriatico
It was heartbreak for Adam Yates as he lost the leader’s jersey by less than a single second to Primoz Roglic (Team Jumbo-Visma) after a brave effort in the final stage time trial at Tirreno-Adriatico. The Brit began the 10.05km course with a buffer of 25 seconds over his nearest […]
Adam Yates stays safe to head into the final stage on top at Tirreno-Adriatico
Brit Adam Yates will head into the final day of Tirreno-Adriatico with a 25 second lead after finishing safely in the bunch on stage six. It was a case of staying out of trouble on the 195km route from Matelica to Jesei with the day ending in the expected sprint […]
Alaphilippe stuns the sprinters in Tirreno-Adriatico
Deceuninck – Quick-Step places two riders on the penultimate stage podium and takes season tally to 18 wins. 18-Mar-2019: Inside 300 meters to go in Jesi, a small town located not far from the coast of the Adriatic, where the race will conclude on Tuesday. A slightly uphill finish which […]
Jakob Fuglsang and Ion Izagirre take stage wins in Tirreno-Adriatico and Paris-Nice after brave solo attacks
After yesterday’s stage win of Alexey Lutsenko, today Jakob Fuglsang and Ion Izagirre both finished a great solo attack to win stage 5 of Tirreno-Adriatico and stage 8 of Paris-Nice. These were the eighteenth and nineteenth victory of Astana Pro Team in 2019, making it the best start of the […]
Adam Yates attacks to extend his overall lead at Tirreno-Adriatico
Brit Adam Yates extended his race lead at Tirreno-Adriatico after an attacking display on another punishing day of climbing. The 26-year-old’s advantage at the top of the general classification now sits at 25 seconds with two stages remaining in Italy. Another tough day With a potentially decisive stage on the […]
Bernal for a Colombian one-two
March 17 th 2019 Harassed all day by a formidable Nairo Quintana, Egan Bernal (Sky) kept his cool to win the 77th edition of Paris-Nice at 22 on Sunday. While some expected Philippe Gilbert (Deceuninck-Quick Step) to challenge the young Colombian in this finale around Nice, it is Quintana who […]
Stage win for Alexey Lutsenko in Tirreno-Adriatico, despite two crashes during Solo Attack
He went solo with 37 kilometers to go, crashed two times, dropped back in a group of four and still won stage 4 of Tirreno-Adriatico: Today was a rollercoaster ride for Alexey Lutsenko. While Jakob Fuglsang controlled the chasing group behind Lutsenko, the Kazakh champion crashed two times, but both […]
PARIS-NICE 2019 STAGE 7: Colombia rules
March 16 th 2019 Paris-Nice took Colombian colours at the top of the Turini pass as Daniel Martinez (Education First) won the queen stage of this 77th edition ahead of compatriot Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) while Egan Bernal (Sky) took the race yellow jersey away from team-mate Michal Kwiatkowski. Martinez […]
Tirreno-Adriatico: Italian Champion Viviani wins in Foligno
The 30-year-old became the first home rider since 2015 to notch up a stage victory at the “Race of the Two Seas” 15-Mar-2019: Tirreno-Adriatico continued with the longest stage of this edition, a 226km-long journey from Pomarance to Foligno, where Elia Viviani made it two in a row for Deceuninck […]