14 March 2017 Colombian from Movistar Team -strongest squad in Italy- claims ‘Race of the Two Seas’, repeats success from 2015 in Tirreno-Adriatico after holding off specialists in final San Benedetto TT for 15th UCI stageraceNairo Quintana (Movistar Team) had no troubles to cover the 10km individual time trial in […]
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Dennis Wins Closing Time Trial To Secure Second Overall at Tirreno-Adriatico
14 March 2017, San Benedetto del Tronto (ITA) After over 1,000km of racing the final podium at Tirreno-Adriatico came down to a 10km time trial along the San Benedetto del Tronto seafront with Rohan Dennis proving that he was the fastest man against the clock, taking the stage win and […]
Gaviria Triumphs on Tirreno-Adriatico Penultimate stage
The Colombian’s first World Tour victory of the season came after a thrilling finale in Civitanova Marche 13-Mar-2017: Fernando Gaviria returned to winning ways, four weeks after nabbing a stage at Volta ao Algarve. This time, the 22-year-old South American came out on top at Tirreno-Adriatico, same race which last […]
Second for Sagan on stage 6 confirms World Champion’s hold on Tirreno – Adriatico points contest
From the drop of the flag on the penultimate day of Tirreno Adriatico, all eyes were on the finale. A relatively gentle stage would be concluded with a last kilometre dotted with tight turns, sudden gradient changes, roundabouts and other street furniture. While the UCI World Champion, Peter Sagan, got […]
Ion Izagirre 5th at the peak of Col de la Couillole and 7th in general classification
NICE – COL DE LA COUILLOLE – 177 km Nice, France, March 11th – Ion Izagirre crossed the finish line Col De la Couillole as 5th, after one more great performance, of course with the support of the whole BAHRAIN MERIDA Team. Today’s result brought him 7th place in general […]
Porte Triumphs on Paris-Nice Queen Stage
11 March, 2017, Col de la Couillole (FRA) Richie Porte launched an impressive attack on the Col de la Couillole summit finish to take the solo win on the queen stage of Paris-Nice, his fifth career win at the race. Four categorized climbs, including three category 1 climbs and the […]
Nairo king of Terminillo – again
11 March 2017 Quintana claims season’s 3rd win, Movistar Team’s eighth in 2017 to lead Tirreno-Adriatico GC: serene as a true champion, breaking apart from favourites one by one after great work from Castroviejo & Blues. He replaced the extraordinary, explosive style he showed by letting his rivals behind with […]
Strong BORA – hansgrohe teamwork on the Terminillo as climber Rafał Majka pushes hard on Tirreno – Adriatico Stage 4
This was the day the climbers and GC riders had been waiting for. After a time trial and two relatively flat stages, there was a decent climb for the grimpeurs to get their teeth into on stage 4 of Tirreno Adriatico – and a summit finish. BORA-hansgrohe’s Rafał Majka pushed […]
Successful Day of Racing at Tirreno-Adriatico and Paris-Nice
BMC Racing Team was in action on stage 3 of Tirreno-Adriatico, where Rohan Dennis inherited the leader’s blue jersey, and stage 6 of Paris-Nice, where Richie Porte finished in third place. Dennis Moves into the Blue Jersey after Chaotic Finish to Tirreno-Adriatico Stage 3 10 March 2017, Montalto di Castro […]
Quickstep Floors Struck by Bad Luck in Tirreno Adriatico
Fernando Gaviria and Bob Jungels hit the ground in the last kilometer, but the Luxembourger retained the white jersey. Stage 3 of Tirreno-Adriatico should have ended in a bunch sprint, but a crash which occurred after the flamme rouge disrupted the sprint and left a reduced group to fight for […]