After four days of being responsible for ending the breakaway’s chances with his brutal pace setting, BORA-hansgrohe’s Marcus Burghardt took his chances today by jumping in the escape himself – only to attack and ride off on his own. Holding the peloton at bay until the final 20km, the German […]
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Tirreno-Adriatico. Marcel Kittel takes 2nd victory on Italian soil
Team KATUSHA ALPECIN’S Marcel Kittel took victory in the sixth stage of the 53rd Tirreno-Adriatico (2.UWT) in a strong show of strength for the sprint. Coming from third place as the finish approached, Kittel lit out for the line straight up the middle of the course to earn the win. […]
Adam Yates breaks down the walls to win stage five of Tirreno-Adriatico
The fifth stage of the 53rd Tirreno-Adriatico was dubbed the ‘the stage of the walls’, with the parcours dotted with short, but steep climbs and Mitchelton-SCOTT went into the stage with a plan to win, a plan they executed perfectly with Adam Yates taking the victory. After suffering some misfortune […]
Second for Peter Sagan on day dedicated to Scarponi at Tirreno-Adriatico
On a stage dedicated to Italian rider, Michele Scarponi, one would expect a parcours filled with hard, punchy climbs, and that was certainly the case, with no fewer than five categorised climbs spread out over the stage. The Fillotrano was the climb where the race came to life, sapping […]
PARIS-NICE 2018 STAGE 8: SOLER SHINES IN THE RACE TO THE SUN
Nice, Sunday, March 11th 2018 Spanish hopeful Marc Soler outshone Briton Simon Yates in a nail-biting final stage on the hills surrounding Nice to win the Race to the Sun by the blink of an eye. The 24-year-old Movistar rider, 37 seconds behind Yates at the start in the morning […]
BMC Racing Team Set for a Trio of One-Day Races
11 March, 2018, Santa Rosa, California (USA) BMC Racing Team is set to line up at three semi-classic one-day races next week in Belgium and France with Danilith Nokere Koerse on Wednesday (14 March), followed by Handzame Classic on Friday (16 March), and Grand Prix de Denain on Sunday (18 […]
MTB World Cup: Fagerhaug and Degn
Malene Degn crossing the finish line in Stellenbosch In Mountain Bike Cross Country World Cup’s opening stage in Stellenbosch, South Africa, the Norwegian prospect dominated the men’s race while the Team Ghost Factory claimed a superb one-two in the women’s category with Malene Degn and the World Champion Sina Frei. […]
Landa Claims First Win in Movistar Team Colors
10th March 2018 Spanish climber victorious atop Sassotetto after intelligent, well-timed moved in Tirreno-Adriatico Queen stage’s finale; Mikel now 4th overall. He didn’t have to wait more than nine racing days to notch up a victory in his new colours. Mikel Landa has already shown at Saturday’s stage four of […]
Knee pain forces Giacomo Nizzolo to leave Tirreno-Adriatico
Sarnano, March 10 – In the opening kilometers of Stage 4 of Tirreno-Adriatico, Giacomo Nizzolo and his team, Trek-Segafredo, made the decision for Nizzolo to not continue in the race due to knee pain. Nizzolo sprinted to third place on the second stage of this year’s race but will be […]
BENNETT STEPS ON TIRRENO-ADRIATICO STAGE 4 PODIUM
Team LottoNL-Jumbo’s New Zealander rode to third on Sarnano Sassotetto’s uphill finish on Saturday, March 10th Team LottoNL-Jumbo stepped on the Tirreno-Adriatico’s podium again on Saturday, March 10th. George Bennett was third in the stage 4, 219 km from Foligno to Sarnano (Italy) on Saturday, March 10th. The day after […]