Saturday sees the first of the five ‘Monuments’ take place in Italy – so-called because they are regarded as the oldest, hardest and most prestigious one-day races in cycling. Milano-Sanremo – ‘La Primavera’ – is known as the sprinters’ classic, but this doesn’t mean the racing will be easy – […]
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Tom Dumoulin Out of Milan SanRemo
Tom Dumoulin (NED) will unfortunately not line up for the start of Milano-Sanremo this Saturday due to sickness. He will be replaced by Bert De Backer (BEL). Team physician Anko Boelens (NED) explained: “Tom has the flu and with only two days to Milano-Sanremo, we decided it won’t be possible […]
Etixx – Quick-Step to Milan-Sanremo
We are going to “La Primavera”, the season’s first Monument, with a strong and balanced team 17-Mar-2016: The longest one-day race in the calendar, totaling a whopping 291 kilometers, will take place on Saturday, March 19th, when 200 riders will leave from Milan’s via della Chiesa Rossa and head to […]
Lotto Soudal Milan San Remo 2016
Saturday it’s time for the first big Classic of the season: Milan-Sanremo. A real monument in cycling, it’s already the 107th edition. It’s difficult to predict who will triumph on the Via Roma after 291 kilometres through the north of Italy. Lotto Soudal has several cards to play. Herman Frison, […]
BMC Racing Team Tops UCI WorldTour Rankings
15 March, 2016, Santa Rosa, California (USA) BMC Racing Team’s success at the first three UCI WorldTour races of the 2016 season has seen the team top the team and individual rider rankings. BMC Racing Team is currently ranked number one in the team classification with 272 points, 19 points […]
Van Avermaet Wins Tirreno-Adriatico
15 March, San Benedetto del Tronto Greg Van Avermaet has put in a stellar individual time trial performance on the final day of Tirreno-Adriatico to secure the overall race victory. Van Avermaet was the last rider to hit the course and stopped the clock on the 10km ITT with one […]
Bob Jungels’ First World Tour podium
The Luxembourg rider finished 3rd in Tirreno-Adriatico, while the squad won the team classification 15-Mar-2016: It was the decisive day of this season’s “Race of the Two Seas”, and Bob Jungels didn’t disappoint. Fourth in the overall ranking ahead of the 10.1-km long, the 23-year-old – who was lying 13 […]
Nail-Biting Finish Sees Peter Sagan Takes Second Overall and Maglia Rossa at Tirreno-Adriatico
In one of the closest-fought races in the history of Tirreno-Adriatico, Peter Sagan took second in the overall GC, just one second off the top spot of the podium. In an incredible performance on the Individual Time Trial on the last day, Peter completed the 10.05km course in 11:32, with […]
Cancellara Crushes Tirreno-Adriatico Time Trial
Fabian Cancellara crushed the Tirreno-Adriatico final day time trial, powering through the flat 10.1-kilometer course in a time of 11:08 (54.4km/h) and grabbing his fourth victory in six years. Cancellara won the stage seven race against the clock in 2011, 2012, finished second in 2014 and obliterated his time of […]
Van Avermaet to Captain Milan-San Remo Team
15 March, Santa Rosa, California (USA) On the back of his Tirreno-Adriatico win, Greg Van Avermaet will lead BMC Racing Team at Milan-San Remo this Saturday. Van Avermaet showed his form when he took the win on Tirreno-Adriatico stage 6 yesterday and secured the overall race win in today’s Individual […]