A monumental Quick-Step Floors created a masterpiece in the final kilometers of stage 3 07-May-2017: Fernando Gaviria made history at the Giro d’Italia, at the end of a day in which Quick-Step proved its tactical masterclass, shattering the bunch in the heavy crosswinds with ten kilometers remaining, breaking away and […]
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Sütterlin Storms to First Pro Win
7 May 2017 24-year-old German claims sensational victory in final Vuelta a Madrid circuit race with solo attack, 800m from the finish in the Paseo de la Castellana, right in front of the Bernabéu stadium. Carapaz 6th overallA mighty move with less than a kilometer remaining on the fast stage […]
Rudi Selig on the podium in the third stage of the Giro d´Italia
The third stage of the Giro d´Italia was marked by heavy cross-wind, which made the race really hard. But Sprinter Rudi Selig showed his sprinter skills and takes a stron second place at today´s stage in Cagliari. Stage 3 was the last stage on Sardinia before the peloton travel to […]
The pink Granfondo Gimondi Bianchi ends with thriller
In Bergamo, the challenge of over 4.000 riders ends up in the sprint edged by Andrea Gallo, then disqualified for irregular start. The long-route success went to Enrico Zen among men, whilst Simona Parente led the field in the women’s race A coup de theatre sealed a beautiful 21st edition […]
Pöstelberger changes Rosa to Bianco at Giro d´Italia
André Greipel takes the second stage in a bunch sprint and overtakes Lukas Pöstlberger in the fight for Pink. Lukas keeps his lead in the Young Rider classification and therefore changes Pink to White for tomorrow’s stage. In the GC he still is in second place on the leaderboard. Today’s […]
Clean sweep for BORA – hansgrohe in the first stage of the Giro d´Italia
For the first time in history of the Grand Tours a team leads all the classifications. Cesare Benedetti was in the break of the day and took the Maglia Azzura for the best climber. An unbelievable Lukas Pösltberger historical took the stage victory and also the Maglia Rosa, the Maglia […]
BORA – hansgrohe starts its first Grand Tour as WorldTeam
On Friday one of the most famous Grand Tour has its 100th edition: 21 stages with 3615 kilometers, 2 individual time trials, 6 stages for sprinters, 8 medium mountain stages and 5 high mountain stages. The route brings this year’s Giro d’Italia from Sardinia, Sicily to the north of Italy […]
Lotto Comments in Advance of the Giro
This Friday, 5 May, the hundredth Giro d’Italia starts. The riders commence a three week ordeal on the island of Sardinia. After three stages, the caravan is heading for Sicily. Two days later, the peloton sets foot on the Italian mainland. From the foot of the boot, the riders are […]
Quick-Step Floors Team to Giro d’Italia
Between 5-28 May, we’re going on an adventure, which will see our riders cover 21 stages and 3572 kilometers 02-May-2017: The Giro d’Italia is celebrating its 100th edition this year, one that will set out from Sardinia, visit Sicily, the Apennines, the Alps and the Dolomites, before coming to a […]
Eschborn-Frankfurt. Kristoff-Zabel team up for 1-2 win
Cold, wet weather did nothing to dampen the team spirit on full display from Team KATUSHA ALPECIN at the 55th Eschborn-Frankfurt ‘Rund um den Finanzplatz’ on Monday as team leader Alexander Kristoff and key lead-out man Rick Zabel went 1-2 on the finish line. It was the third time Kristoff […]