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The Giro’s remaining sprinters and all-rounders could breathe a huge sigh of relief today, as after four mountain stages, it was their chance to take centre stage again. With 196km between them and the finish – and only one fourth category climb, the finale of today’s stage was almost certain […]
Team LottoNL-Jumbo’s Maglia Rosa is runner-up with Oltre XR.2 behind Valverde in Andalo. Another emphatic performance to tighten his hold on the Maglia Rosa: Steven Kruijswijk rode his Oltre XR.2 to second in Giro d’Italia stage 16, after the 132 km from Bressanone to Andalo (Northern Italy) extending his overall […]
Fresh from a day of rest, the GC contenders would be looking to see who had good legs and who was struggling. With three categorised climbs, stage 16 may have been the shortest stage of the Giro, but after a downhill start, became one of the toughest and most exciting […]
24 May 2016 Alejandro Valverde shatters Giro d’Italia field with impressive attitude on stage 16 to Andalo, arguably the most spectacular so far in this ‘Corsa Rosa’; enters podium, Nibali (AST) now at 1’20” as Spanish champion sits just 23″ short of Chaves (OGE), 3’23” to pink jersey. The most […]
The third week of the Corsa Rosa got underway with a crazy and fiery stage, and our rider was right in the thick of the action. Just 132 kilometers and three categorized climbs were on the menu on Tuesday, when the Giro d’Italia exploded from the very first kilometer, as […]
Excerpts from this Velo News article: “Jaksche on doping today: ‘A wolf cannot change his fur’ “BESSASONE, Italy (VN) — Ten years after Operación Puerto, Jørg Jaksche has a hard time believing much has changed in cycling. A decade on, Jaksche lives in Australia, where he is pursuing a master’s […]
Lotto Soudal is proud to announce that the contract of André Greipel and Marcel Sieberg has been extended until the end of 2018. Together the two dear friends have 24 years of experience in the pro peloton and they have been part of this team since 2011. The past years […]
The Dutchman finished 16 hundredths of seconds behind Foliforov:now Chaves’ gap is 2:12, Nibali’s 2:51 The 99th Giro d’Italia uphill ITT stage 15, 10,9 km from Castelrotto to Alpe di Siusi (Northern Italy) on Sunday, May 22nd re-affirmed Dutch Steven Kruijswijk among the main protagonists of the race. Team LottoNL-Jumbo’s […]
Stage 15 of the Giro d’Italia saw Colombian contender Esteban Chaves produce another incredible ride for ORICA-GreenEDGE to finish in sixth place on the day and move up to second in the general classification. Chaves, the winner of yesterday’s Queen stage, rode out of his skin in today’s 10.8kilometre race […]
A time trial for the climbers, there wasn’t an aero bike nor aero helmet to be seen today, and other than the occasional skinsuit to reduce wind resistance, there was no sign that a time trial – in the most traditional sense – was taking place. Passing through the intermediate […]
