30th Road Win for Etixx – Quick-Step 31-May-2015: Etixx – Quick-Step rider Iljo Keisse earned the 30th victory of the road season for the team on Sunday, winning a two-up sprint against Luke Durbridge (Orica-GreenEDGE) after the duo escaped with 30km remaining in the conclusive 21st Stage of the Giro […]

Giacomo Nizzolo secured the maglia rossa on the final day in the Giro d’Italia by taking the third place points in the second intermediate sprint behind a two-rider breakaway, then sprinting to fifth place as the escapees contested the stage win.Nizzolo: “It was hard to control today, and during the […]

May 31st, 2015 Eusebio Unzué dissects overall strong 2015 Giro d’Italia performance from Movistar Team, as Blues conquer one stage with Intxausti, King of the Mountains’ jersey with Visconti, add Andrey Amador’s 4th overall. Milan received the 163 survivors of the 98th Giro d’Italia on Sunday, with Alberto Contador (TCS) […]

Milan, Italy – Damiano Caruso of the BMC Racing Team finished eighth Sunday at the Giro d’Italia while teammate Philippe Gilbert earned “most aggressive rider” honors and was also awarded the Bonacossa Trophy for his two stage wins. Caruso’s result was a career-best in a grand tour, bettering his ninth […]

May 30th, 2015 Amador maintains historic 4th place in Giro overall after demanding Finestre / Sestriere climbing; Visconti suffers but ultimately conserves his Maglia Azzurra, just 24 hours away from MilanThough they weren’t able to get into the mix for the stage honours, again awarded to Fabio Aru (AST) today, […]

30-May-2015: Etixx – Quick-Step concluded a second consecutive race day with riders on the podium in two different races. Rigoberto Uran finished 3rd in a breathtaking Giro d’Italia Stage 20, and Tom Boonen earned a 2nd place finish in a bunch sprint at Baloise Belgium Tour Stage 4. Giro d’Italia […]

May 29th, 2015 Huge break by Visconti en route to Cervinia awards him KOM jersey with only Finestre and Sestriere remaining; Amador struggles, conceeds more than 2′ to stage winner Aru (AST) but stays in 4th overallCervinia, the mountain-top finish of stage 19 in the 2015 Giro d’Italia, left the […]

Tinkoff-Saxo’s Alberto Contador was well aware of what lay ahead on the decisive climb Monte Ologno, as he launched a strong attack at the bottom with 43km to go on stage 18. The determination would eventually net him 1’13” to his main rivals and at the finish line he had […]

On the second rest day of the Giro d’Italia 2015, Tinkoff-Saxo and Alberto Contador held a press conference in which the team captain assessed the situation he will be facing in the last and decisive week. Tinkoff-Saxo’s leader acknowledged that he came to Italy “better than I imagined, but there […]