Tullins, Tuesday june 6th 2017 – Koen Bouwman opens his record book at the age of 23 as he claimed his first pro victory in stage 3 of the 69th Critérium du Dauphiné in Tullins. He outsprinted his five breakaway companions who stayed away from the peloton for 182 out […]
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BORA – hansgrohe Presents Tour de France Long List
UCI World Champion Peter Sagan and climber Rafal Majka are set to be the team leaders for the Tour de France 2017. But who will be the riders to support them? BORA – hansgrohe presents its long list, with a final selection to be made after the Tour de Suisse. […]
Herklotz in the break of the day, Buchmann gains some seconds in the final of the Dauphiné opener
A hilly opening stage saw attractive racing in the Critérium du Dauphiné today. Silvio Herklotz was part of today’s breakaway, but couldn’t hang on to De Gendt in the final, who took the win. Emanuel Buchmann attacked on the last climb, took 5th place and gained 2 seconds on his […]
Van Avermaet Secures Overall Victory With Final Stage Win in Luxembourg
4 June 2017, Luxembourg Ville (LUX) Greg Van Avermaet secured overall victory at the SkodaTour de Luxembourg in emphatic style, winning the final stage after an impressive show of strength on the final climb to the line. In a change to tradition, four riders went clear within the opening kilometers […]
TEAM SUNWEB WINS FIRST GRAND TOUR IN TEAM HISTORY
In the final showdown to an intense three weeks of racing, Team Sunweb’s Tom Dumoulin (NED) secures the overall victory at the 100th anniversary edition of the Giro d’Italia, Team Sunweb’s first Grand Tour general classification win. Team Sunweb made history today in what is a huge step, becoming the […]
Glory just 31″ away for Quintana & Movistar Team
28 May 2017 Movistar completes excellent 2017 Giro – two stage wins, historic first team GC (making them sixth organisation ever to complete the Grand Tour treble) – yet comes just short to claiming the final Maglia Rosa as Tom Dumoulin (SUN) bests Nairo over final TT from Monza to […]
Giro d’Italia Stage 21: Quinziato and Rosskopf Crack the Top Five
28 May, 2017, Milan (ITA) The 100th edition of the Giro d’Italia wrapped up with a 29km time trial from Monza to Milan which saw Manuel Quinziato and Joey Rosskopf put in impressive rides to clock the third and fifth-fastest times respectively. After 20 days of racing, during which time […]
Dumoulin!
Dumoulin is the 2017 Giro d’Italia winner! He finished second in the stage, and beat Quintana by 1:37. Full Results # Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 33:08:00 2 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:15:00 3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team […]
All down to final TT in Italy
27 May 2017 Nairo Quintana gives it his all through Foza climb and down to Asiago, finishes 5th to keep his Maglia Rosa: 38″ over Nibali (TBM), 43″ to Pinot (FDJ), 53″ against Dumoulin (SUN) before 29km ITT to Milan decides GC outcome in Giro d’ItaliaThe 2017 Giro d’Italia will […]
Nibali climbs ranking and is now second in the GC
Asiago, May 27th – With his third place at the end of the 20th stage (Pordenone-Asiago, 190 km), Vincenzo Nibali gains a ranking position and he is now second with a 39” gap from the race leader the Colombian Nairo Quintana. “It was a complicated stage – comments Vincenzo Nibali […]