After the great win yesterday and already looking forward to the next possible sprint stage tomorrow, today was a day without pressure for BORA – hansgrohe in Paris – Nice. Today’s 4th stage of Paris – Nice was an individual time trial. The course between Beaujeu and Mont Brouilly was […]
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Quick-Step Floors Team to Tirreno-Adriatico
A strong and experienced squad, which includes three former stage winners, will head to the start of the Italian race. 06-Mar-2017: Tirreno-Adriatico will once again be bookended by stages against the clock, with a team time trial opening the proceedings and an individual one drawing the curtain over the 52nd […]
2017 Paris-Nice: Gilbert on the Attack on Dantesque Day
The Belgian Champion stayed clear until the final six kilometers, and despite being caught by the bunch, he moved to the GC podium. There’s a good chance that if you look up the dictionary, you’ll find a new definition of craziness: Paris-Nice! For the second day in a row, the […]
Van Emden Tops Dwars Door West Vlaanderen
Team LottoNL-Jumbo’s Dutchman precedes Dillier in a two-man sprint. Castelijns finishes ninth. Team LottoNL-Jumbo’s Jos Van Emden claimed win at Dwars door West-Vlaanderen Johan Museeuw Classic, a 203,6 km one-day race with start in Nieuwpoort and finish in Ichtegem (Belgium) on Sunday, March 5th. Equipped with Oltre XR4, the 32-year-old […]
Tom Boonen Road To Roubaix
05-Mar-2017: One of the most accomplished riders in history, Tom Boonen – the symbol and captain of Quick-Step Floors since 2003, when he joined Patrick Lefevere’s squad – is set to bring down the curtain over his prestigious career in around five weeks, at his beloved Paris-Roubaix, which he has […]
Fontana and Tempier: Verona is all-Celeste
Stephane Tempier on Parco delle Colombare’s The Bianchi Countervail duo makes a one-two in the rain at Verona MTB International, at the end of a hard and much contested race. In the women’s series, Serena Calvetti wins and sends a message to Italy’s coach Celestino. Zaccaria Toccoli soloes among Junior […]
Rainclouds dampen spirits at Strade Bianche after Peter Sagan retires due to illness
On a day that saw miserable weather dominate the middle section of the race, the black clouds continued as BORA-hansgrohe’s Peter Sagan was forced to retire from the race due to illness. The UCI World Champion started the day, keen not to disappoint his fans, but as the day went […]
Van Avermaet Back on the Podium at Strade Bianche
4 March, 2017, Siena (ITA) Greg Van Avermaet battled it out in one of the toughest editions of Strade Bianche in recent times to take second place, for the second time in his career, behind solo winner Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky). The one-day race through the Tuscan countryside, which was […]
Former Champs Say Armstrong’s Victories Should Stand
According to an article in CyclingToday, Dutch newspaper Telesport did a survey two years ago of former Tour winners. The majority say his victories shouldn’t have been stripped.There are 25 surviving winners. Two are too old to weigh in. Of the rest, 12 say yes, 2 no opinion, 2 don’t […]
Fever sidelines Valverde from Paris-Nice
3 March 2017 Illness prevents Spaniard from seeking victory in France after Andalucía success. Rojas debuts in Strade Bianche as Bennati DNS due to sickness; Quintana back in LarcianoAlejandro Valverde will eventually skip Sunday’s start of the 75th edition of Paris-Nice. The Movistar Team will be unable to travel to […]