The fifth stage of the 53rd Tirreno-Adriatico was dubbed the ‘the stage of the walls’, with the parcours dotted with short, but steep climbs and Mitchelton-SCOTT went into the stage with a plan to win, a plan they executed perfectly with Adam Yates taking the victory. After suffering some misfortune […]
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Second for Peter Sagan on day dedicated to Scarponi at Tirreno-Adriatico
On a stage dedicated to Italian rider, Michele Scarponi, one would expect a parcours filled with hard, punchy climbs, and that was certainly the case, with no fewer than five categorised climbs spread out over the stage. The Fillotrano was the climb where the race came to life, sapping […]
PARIS-NICE 2018 STAGE 8: SOLER SHINES IN THE RACE TO THE SUN
Nice, Sunday, March 11th 2018 Spanish hopeful Marc Soler outshone Briton Simon Yates in a nail-biting final stage on the hills surrounding Nice to win the Race to the Sun by the blink of an eye. The 24-year-old Movistar rider, 37 seconds behind Yates at the start in the morning […]
BMC Racing Team Set for a Trio of One-Day Races
11 March, 2018, Santa Rosa, California (USA) BMC Racing Team is set to line up at three semi-classic one-day races next week in Belgium and France with Danilith Nokere Koerse on Wednesday (14 March), followed by Handzame Classic on Friday (16 March), and Grand Prix de Denain on Sunday (18 […]
MTB World Cup: Fagerhaug and Degn
Malene Degn crossing the finish line in Stellenbosch In Mountain Bike Cross Country World Cup’s opening stage in Stellenbosch, South Africa, the Norwegian prospect dominated the men’s race while the Team Ghost Factory claimed a superb one-two in the women’s category with Malene Degn and the World Champion Sina Frei. […]
Landa Claims First Win in Movistar Team Colors
10th March 2018 Spanish climber victorious atop Sassotetto after intelligent, well-timed moved in Tirreno-Adriatico Queen stage’s finale; Mikel now 4th overall. He didn’t have to wait more than nine racing days to notch up a victory in his new colours. Mikel Landa has already shown at Saturday’s stage four of […]
Knee pain forces Giacomo Nizzolo to leave Tirreno-Adriatico
Sarnano, March 10 – In the opening kilometers of Stage 4 of Tirreno-Adriatico, Giacomo Nizzolo and his team, Trek-Segafredo, made the decision for Nizzolo to not continue in the race due to knee pain. Nizzolo sprinted to third place on the second stage of this year’s race but will be […]
BENNETT STEPS ON TIRRENO-ADRIATICO STAGE 4 PODIUM
Team LottoNL-Jumbo’s New Zealander rode to third on Sarnano Sassotetto’s uphill finish on Saturday, March 10th Team LottoNL-Jumbo stepped on the Tirreno-Adriatico’s podium again on Saturday, March 10th. George Bennett was third in the stage 4, 219 km from Foligno to Sarnano (Italy) on Saturday, March 10th. The day after […]
Izagirre brothers 2nd and 3rd in GC before final stage at Paris Nice
Valdeblore La Colmiane, Saturday 10th March – Incredible team work for Team Bahrain Merida on Stage 7. »The team did an incredible job for us today. Without their support we would not been able to achieve those great results today,« commented the two extremely happy Izaguirre brothers. »We knew Yates […]
Caruso Back in Blue After Dramatic Finale to the Tirreno-Adriatico Queen Stage
10 March, 2018, Sarnano-Sassotetto (ITA) A tough race on the Tirreno-Adriatico queen stage saw the riders tackling close to 4500 meters of climbing with Damiano Caruso, who started the day in fourth place on the General Classification, just eight seconds back, reclaiming the blue leader’s jersey following a dramatic showdown […]