Slipstream Sports announced the signing of Sacha Modolo on Friday. The Italian joins the American-registered squad on a two-year contract after one season with Team UAE Emirates. Modolo has raced exclusively for Italian-registered or Italian-staffed squads during his eight-year career. “The move to Slipstream is a big change, but it’s […]
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Quick-Step Floors to Resume Racing this Weekend
Marcel Kittel – the most victorious rider of the season – will lead the squad in the two Belgian one-day races. 29-Sep-2017: Quick-Step Floors will be one of the five World Tour teams to line up for the inaugural edition of Omloop Eurometropool. The race which rolls out from Nieuwpoort […]
Pasqualon Sprints to Win at Coppa Sabatini
Wanty-Groupe Gobert’s 29-year-old athlete claimed the success in the Italian race with Extreme RR shoes and Extreme Air socks preceding Colbrelli and Gavazzi Northwave ended in style the Tuscany triptych, winning the 65th Coppa Sabatini, in Peccioli (Italy), with Wanty-Groupe Gobert’s Andrea Pasqualon, that follows his teammate Guillaume Martin’s success […]
Colbrelli on the Podium
“I’ve lost a lot of speed – says Sonny Colbrelli, today second at the finish line in Peccioli – due to my opponent’s change of direction. After was too late to try to overcome him”. “It’s a shame – continues the strong Italian athlete – I’m demonstrating that I’m really […]
Logan Owen steps up to WorldTour with Slipstream Sports
Slipstream Sports announced the signing of American Logan Owen on Wednesday. The 22-year-old has spent the last four seasons racing for Axel Merckx’s U23 program, Axeon-Hagens Berman, where he became the first American to win Liège-Bastogne-Liége and delivered the team’s first Tour of Utah stage win. A ten-time cyclocross national […]
L’Eroica in Gaiole, Chianti
From Friday September 29th to Sunday October 1st is the renowned vintage event in Tuscany. L’Eroica Landscape It’s history matching history, passion joining passion. Again in 2017, Bianchi will be at L’Eroica in Gaiole in Chianti (Siena, Italy), the most famous historical cycling race. From Friday September 29th to Sunday […]
BMC Racing Team Set to Kick Off Italian One-Day Races at Giro dell’Emilia
87 September, 2017, Santa Rosa, California (USA) Nicolas Roche and Dylan Teuns will lead BMC Racing Team at Giro dell’Emilia this Saturday, 30 September, backed by a strong team of climbing specialists. Sports Director Fabio Baldato said the demanding course could see a number of situations play out. “Giro dell’Emilia […]
Martin Soloes in Volterra
Guillaume Martin grabbed the 2017 Giro della Toscana – Memorial Alfredo Martini, in Italy, taking the second and last stage, 165,1 Km from Lajatico to Volterra on Wednesday September 27th. The 24-year-old French climber outdistanced his rivals on the final ascent, claiming a solo win with 10 seconds of advantage […]
First official appearance of the triple UCI World Champion Peter Sagan in Lienz.
Two days after his historic third consecutive UCI World Championships title, Peter Sagan met the press for the first time in Lienz / Osttirol.Also the new “Alban Lakata Mountainbike-Trail” was presented. “It wasn’t easy! The last 5km, I said to myself it was already done – it’s gone. Then it […]
Willie Smit: First African Rider to Join Team KATUSHA ALPECIN
Team KATUSHA ALPECIN is happy to announce that it has reached an agreement for the 2018 season with South African rider Willem Jakobus Smit. In last Sunday’s elite World Championships road race in Bergen, Norway, the 24-year-old rider was the last rider to be caught after a break of more […]