As the first Monument of the season, the racing at the 107th Milano-Sanremo was always going to be fast and frenetic. In a race that saw strong efforts from the team to deliver Peter Sagan to Sanremo, a crash a few hundred metres before the finish threw the World Champion […]
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Change of racing schedule for Valverde
March 19th, 2016 Spanish champion from Movistar Team switches to ‘Giro d’Italia preparation’ mode, avoids Flemish classics Alejandro Valverde and the Movistar Team have decided to modify the 2014-15 UCI WorldTour winner’s calendar for the first part of his 2016 season. The 35-year-old Spaniard, 15th today in Milano-Sanremo, will not […]
Neo Pro Erik Baška takes first victory in Tinkoff colours at Handzame Classic
Erik Baška has raced to the biggest victory of his young career so far at the 14th edition of the Handzame Classic in Belgium, sprinting clear in the bunch finish to take a convincing win in his first year at WorldTour level. The 22 year-old Slovakian sprinter was Tinkoff’s protected […]
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 2016
The Volta Ciclista a Catalunya will take place from Monday 21 March 2016 till Sunday 27 March 2016. The 96th edition of this stage race, which is part of the WorldTour, takes the riders in seven stages through the North of Spain. This race is something for the real climbers […]
Porte and van Garderen Team Up in Catalunya
18 March, 2016, Santa Rosa, California (USA) Richie Porte and Tejay van Garderen will race together for the first time in BMC Racing Team when they line up at Volta Ciclista a Catalunya from 21-27 March. After testing their legs at Paris-Nice (Porte) and Tirreno-Adriatico (van Garderen), the two riders […]
Brain doping – the newest weapon in the quest for athletic performance
By Gianni Merlo, AIPS President LAUSANNE, March 17, 2016 – Let’s face it – doping has sadly become the main issue facing sport. Almost every day we are bombarded by news of doping scandals at all levels. Athletes, federations, and clubs are under constant scrutiny and it’s becoming more and […]
Tour of Poland-Team Bardiani
An interview with Roberto Reverberi, team manager for Team Bardiani-CSF Warsaw, 17 March, 2016 – Team Bardiani – CSF is one of the Professional-Continental formations that received a Wild Card invitation to the 2016 Tour de Pologne – UCI World Tour, which is scheduled from July 12th to the 18th. […]
BMC Racing Team Rider Medical Update: Rohan Dennis
17, March 2015, Santa Rosa, California (USA) In the interest of increasing communication around the health and fitness of BMC Racing Team’s riders, the team will release a regular update from Chief Medical Officer Dr. Max Testa on all rider injuries and illnesses. The update below concerns four of BMC […]
Boeckmans Returns to Competition
At the Handzame Classic the 29-year-old Belgian sprinter will make his comeback after a severe crash in the eighth stage of the Vuelta more than six months ago. It took a long and sloping rehabilitation process, but now Kris is ready to take back his spot in the peloton. That […]
Lampre Merida to Milan San Remo
Modolo, Ulissi and Navardauskas head Team Lampre-Merida at Milan San Remo The 107th Milano – Sanremo, will start from Milan’s Castello Sforzesco on Saturday March 19th, with a whole team sponsored by Northwave, Lampre-Merida, and overall 16 athletes dreaming a successful finish in Sanremo on Via Roma’s iconic setting, after 291 […]
