Successful seasonal debut for the XCO World Champion at Internacionales Chelva (Spain). The Italian biker mastered the men’s race doing an encore after Verona MTB International Looks like another great MTB season awaiting athletes in view of the UCI XCO World Cup’s opening stage, to be held next Saturday in […]
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PARIS-NICE 2018 STAGE 2: GROENEWEGEN’S SHOW OF STRENGTH IN VIERZON
Vierzon, Monday, March 5th 2018– Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen overpowered the other leading sprinters of the season to snatch his first stage win on Paris-Nice on Vierzon on Monday. The Lotto-Jumbo fast man easily upstaged Elia Viviani to equal the Italian’s tally of five victories this season. Germany’s Andre Greipel was […]
Van Garderen Sustains Cervical Sprain in Paris-Nice Crash
4 March, 2018, Meudon (FRA) Tejay van Garderen was involved in two crashes on the opening day of Paris-Nice which saw the American forced to withdraw from racing. Van Garderen initially crashed with a handful of riders on the wet roads, but it was a second crash into another team […]
Rémi Cavagna gets First Pro Victory in Spectacular Fashion
Florian Sénéchal ensured another 1-2 for Quick-Step Floors, who left its mark over an action-packed Dwars door West-Vlaanderen 04-Mar-2018: Rémi Cavagna turned frustration into aggressiveness and disappointment into huge joy as he stormed to victory at the 72nd edition of Dwars door West-Vlaanderen (189.3 kilometers), making the most out of […]
Wild claims Fourth Gold in Points Race
The 2018 UCI Track World Championships in Apeldoorn (Netherlands) gave Northwave a superb outcome consisting of four World titles – Kirsten Wild (Scratch, Omnium, Points Race) and Filippo Ganna (Individual Pursuit) – and seven medals overall – four golds, a silver (Kirsten Wild: Madison), two bronzes (Simone Consonni: Omnium and […]
PARIS-NICE 2018 STAGE 1: Demare claims Paris-Nice stage and lead again
Meudon, Sunday, March 4th 2018– Already winner and first leader of Paris-Nice a year ago, French champion Arnaud Demare repeated the feat in Meudon but in a rather different finale. The Groupama-FDJ team leader, who held the Race to the sun’s Yellow Jersey for several days in 2017, was not […]
TEAM SUNWEB’S FLOORTJE MACKAIJ WINS OMLOOP VAN DE WESTHOEK
After a strong solo ride to the finish, Team Sunweb’s Floortje Mackaij (NED) has today secured the victory at Omloop van de Westhoek. After the race Mackaij said: “I’m really happy with the win today. On the local laps there was a cobbled section with a climb and I saw […]
Solo victory for Matej
Great victory for Matej Mohoric at the end of GP Larciano. The 23 year-old Slovenian arrived alone on the finish line after a splendid solitary action and a creepy descent. “I have to thank all my teammates – says Matej – for the great work they have done throughout the […]
Benoot Wins Strade Bianche
Tiesj Benoot has won Strade Bianche today after an impressive effort! It’s the first pro victory ever for the nearly 24-year-old Lotto Soudal rider! And what a victory it is! This twelfth edition of Strade Bianche (WorldTour) became an epic race because of the cold and the rain that made […]
Ganna and Wild Swim in a Pool of Gold
The athletes scored two impressive titles at the UCI Track World Championships, in Apeldoorn (Netherlands) on Friday, March 2nd. An outstanding double gold delighted Northwave during at the UCI Track World Championships as Italian Filippo Ganna and Dutch Kirsten Wild claimed two gold medals in the men’s individual pursuit and […]