March 11, 2015 | Lido di Camaiore Italian specialist from Movistar repeats splendid performance from closing time trial in 2014, becomes first GC leader in Tirreno-Adriatico after narrowly beating Fabian Cancellara (TFR) After becoming a surprise victor exactly twelve months ago by beating Wiggins, Martin and Cancellara over the same […]
Tag: pelotonpost, cycling, news
Matthews moves into Paris-Nice lead with stage 3 victory from perfect team ride
Multiple grand tour stage winner Michael Matthews is the new leader of Paris-Nice following a perfectly executed sprint on stage three by the entire ORICA-GreenEDGE outfit. The slightly uphill finish caught the eye of Matthews and his intentions were clear as a full train of ORICA-GreenEDGE jerseys proved prevalent at […]
Tom Boonen Update
Surgery Performed for Grade 3 AC-Joint Dislocation 11-Mar-2015: The team communicates that Tom Boonen underwent surgery at Hospital in Herentals to repair the Grade 3 AC-Joint dislocation suffered on Monday. “The joint is stable and the surgery went well,” Doctor Yvan Vanmol said. “It’s too early to state a precise […]
Matti Breschel sixth after hectic finish in Paris-Nice
Tinkoff-Saxo’s Matti Breschel was in the mix in the sprint finish at Paris-Nice featuring a steep section within the last kilometer. Both Breschel and sports director Sean Yates noted that they were pleased with the team performance after crossing the line. Tinkoff-Saxo had given Matti Breschel free rein to try […]
No Kittel for Tirreno
RACE PREVIEW: MARCH 09 – 17TIRRENO – ADRIATICO (WT) With Paris-Nice underway on French roads, over in Italy Tirreno-Adriatico rolls out this Wednesday, starting with its usual team time trial before tackling various different terrains over the course of the week. Team Giant-Alpecin will head to the seven-day race with […]
Danny van Poppel sprints to victory in Three Days of West Flanders
Danny van Poppel once again stomped his sprinting authority on the Three Days of West Flanders taking the stage win on the final day after winning the first stage – his first ever professional win – one year ago. Finishing second was Kris Boeckmans (Lotto Soudal) and Michael Van Staeyen […]
Another Two-Victory Day for Etixx – Quick-Step
Kwiatkowski Wins Paris-Nice Prologue, Lampaert 3-Daagse West-Vlaanderen GC08-Mar-2015:Etixx – Quick-Step riders Yves Lampaert and Michal Kwiatkowski each earned victories in the second straight day of double-wins for Etixx – Quick-Step this weekend. Lampaert Wins Overall at 3-Daagse van West-Vlaanderen Etixx – Quick-Step rider Yves Lampaert took ?several jerseys at the […]
Dennis Runner-Up In Paris-Nice Prologue
Maurepas, France – World hour record holder Rohan Dennis of the BMC Racing Team was edged out by 0.31 seconds in Sunday’s prologue at Paris-Nice, finishing runner-up to world road champion Michal Kwiatkowski (Etixx-Quick Step). Starting 55th of 160 riders, Dennis was 20 seconds faster than anyone else to that […]
Tinkoff-Saxo’s Kiserlovski satisfied with prologue performance at Paris-Nice
Paris-Nice got off to an intensive start at the 6.7km prologue in Maurepas, as the time trial specialists competed not only for the stage win but also for the overall GC lead. Michael Kwiatkowski won the stage, while Tinkoff-Saxo, without outright prologue specialists in the squad, had to settle for […]
Nairo Quintana back into racing
March 9, 2015 | Madrid Solid Movistar Team to join Colombian at Tirreno-Adriatico for first clash of top international GT specialists in 2015 While eight of its riders battle in France during Paris-Nice, the Movistar Team will take the start on Wednesday of the other big WorldTour stagerace in the […]