A spectacular showdown on the final ramps to Hungerburg, the hill overlooking Innsbruck, saw Michele Scarponi (Astana) come off as winner of the Tour of the Alps’ opening stage, beating Thomas and Pinot The Tour of the Alps did not take long to start giving up huge emotions to the […]
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3rd place for Vincenzo Nibali at 2nd Stage of Tour of Croatia
Biokovo, Sv. Jure, 19th April – Vincenzo Nibali took 3rd place at today’s shortened 2nd stage of Tour of Croatia. Kanstantin Siutsou was in top ten with 6th place and the whole team is satisfied with their performance in the tough weather conditions. Bad weather, unusual for this time of […]
Teuns Claims First WorldTour Podium at La Flèche Wallonne
19 April, 2017, Huy (BEL) Dylan Teuns put in a breakthrough performance at the second race of the Ardennes Classics series, La Flèche Wallonne, with an explosive burst of acceleration on the final ascent of Mur de Huy to claim third place, the first WorldTour podium result of his career. […]
Give me five: Valverde dominates Mur de Huy again
19 April 2017 Spaniard claims splendid fifth career win in Flèche Wallonne to conquer tenth individual success in 2017, 19th for Movistar Team as Blues complete impeccable raceAlejandro Valverde has no rivals at the Flèche Wallonne. After breaking a tie against Merckx, Kint, Argentin and Rebellin, all with three victories […]
One-Two Sky in Funes: Thomas takes win and overall lead
The Brit squad dominated Tour of the Alps’ stage 3 that started in Villabassa. Pozzovivo completed the day’s podium Team Sky’s strong forcing knocked out the opponents in Tour of the Alps’ stage 3 (Villabassa – Funes 137,5). Mikel Landa controlled Domenico Pozzovivo before Geraint Thomas’ attempt in the last […]
Tour of the Alps discovers South Tyrol’s landscapes
Third stage of the Euro-regional race: 135.6 kilometers from Villabassa to Funes (San Pietro). Landscape of Villabassa, Val Pusteria Good morning from Tour of the Alps. The snowfall forced the organizers to change also this third stage, Villabassa-Funes (San Pietro). The race don’t pass on the 2000 mt. Erbe Pass, […]
ESCHBORN-FRANKFURT – PETER SAGAN: “I HOPE IT WILL BE A BIG CYCLING PARTY”
27-year-old world champion Peter Sagan will start the 56th edition of Eschborn-Frankfurt, spearheading the German Bora–Hansgrohe WorldTour team on its home turf. It will be the first time Sagan takes part in the “Rund um den Finanzplatz”. The eleven UCI WorldTeams on the start list already made it the strongest […]
Young Reporters: Three “Bibs” to Win for the 2017 Tour
Key pointsØ Three students between the ages of 18 to 25, supervised by a social network “coach”, will participate in the 2017 Tour de France as Digital Reporters, credentialed with the same access as the professional journalists. Ø The contest is open to students from all five continents and begins […]
Lotto to 2017 Fleche Wallonne
Wednesday 20th of April the riders will compete in the penultimate spring classic. The 81st edition of the Flèche Wallonne kicks off at Grand Plance in Binche and finishes two hundred kilometres and nine climbs later in Huy. The race ends with two local laps of 29 kilometres in and […]
Quick-Step Floors Team to Flèche Wallonne
The only Irishman ever to finish in the top three, Daniel Martin will be the team’s leader for the Belgian race. 18-Apr-2017: When you say Flèche Wallonne, you say Mur de Huy. One of cycling’s most steepest and punishing finishes, the 1300m-long climb has welcomed the riders since 1983 and […]