Team Sunweb’s Tom Dumoulin was forced to abandon the Giro d’Italia in the early kilometres of stage five, with the injuries sustained in yesterday’s crash proving too much for the 2017 winner to continue with the race. Dumoulin said: “I came here for a three week adventure and I wanted […]
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Carapaz claims second career stage win in Giro d’Italia
14th May 2019 Ecuadorian bounces back after misfortune on Monday: gets through another pile-up en route to Frascati, jumps away from selected lead group with 500 meters to go, holds off punchy climbers and sprinters to take first Movistar Team success in 2019 ‘Corsa Rosa’. Barely 24 hours after a […]
Dani Navarro out of Giro d’Italia
Team KATUSHA ALPECIN’s Spanish rider Dani Navarro crashed heavily at 6 km from the finish of stage 4 of the 2019 Giro d’Italia. Navarro was transported to the hospital of Tor Vergata in Rome, where he was diagnosed with multiple fractures. Dani Navarro broke his right collarbone as well as […]
Pascal Ackermann on the podium again at the Giro d’Italia
The third stage, at 220 km in length, commenced in Vinci, the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci, and concluded in Orbetello on the Tuscan coast. The route crossed through slightly hilly landscapes around Siena before reaching the area around Grosseto, and was tailor-made for the sprinters to shine. After the […]
First Giro d’Italia stage victory for Pascal Ackermann in Fucecchio
The second stage of the Giro d’Italia consisted of 205 km from Bologna along the Apennin range to Fucecchio. It was earmarked as a stage for the fast men, however the course was more hilly than many had expected. The first 50 km of the parcours ran uphill, followed by […]
ROGLIC DOMINATES GIRO OPENING TT
There are shades of celeste on the first pink jersey of 2019 Giro d’Italia. Team Jumbo Visma’s Primoz Roglic dominated the opening ITT of the 102th edition, starting in downtown Bologna and ending at the famous San Luca Sanctuary (8 km) on Saturday, May 11th. The Slovenian delivered a dominating […]
Nibali 3rd in the inaugural ITT
A good third place for Vincenzo Nibali in the ITT around Bologna with which the 2019 Giro d’Italia started, On the 8k of the route with the final climb of the San Luca, the Italian champion concluded with a 23” gap from the stage winner and first race leader the […]
Team KATUSHA ALPECIN and Marcel Kittel Terminate their contractual relationship before its terms
Marcel Kittel: “On my request Team KATUSHA ALPECIN (TKA) and I have mutually decided to an early termination of my current contract. It was for me a long decision process where I raised a lot of questions about how and where I want to go as a person and athlete […]
ROMANDIE, ROGLIC GIVES ENCORE AND SEALS GC SUPREMACY
Team Jumbo-Visma’s Primoz Roglic goes on sending impressive messages to his Giro d’Italia’s rivals. Winner of the Tour de Romandie’s opening stage, the GC leader gave encore with Oltre XR4 in the stage 4, 107,6 km from Lucens to Torgon uphill finish, on Saturday, May 4th. Taking advantage from the […]
Van Avermaet Sprints to Tour de Yorkshire Stage Win and Second Overall
05 May 2019, Leeds (ENG) Greg Van Avermaet sprinted to his second win of the season on stage four of the Tour de Yorkshire which saw the Belgian secure second place overall. Van Avermaet, who won the race in 2018, started the final day six seconds behind eventual winner Chris […]