4 March, 2018, Meudon (FRA) Tejay van Garderen was involved in two crashes on the opening day of Paris-Nice which saw the American forced to withdraw from racing. Van Garderen initially crashed with a handful of riders on the wet roads, but it was a second crash into another team […]
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Rémi Cavagna gets First Pro Victory in Spectacular Fashion
Florian Sénéchal ensured another 1-2 for Quick-Step Floors, who left its mark over an action-packed Dwars door West-Vlaanderen 04-Mar-2018: Rémi Cavagna turned frustration into aggressiveness and disappointment into huge joy as he stormed to victory at the 72nd edition of Dwars door West-Vlaanderen (189.3 kilometers), making the most out of […]
Wild claims Fourth Gold in Points Race
The 2018 UCI Track World Championships in Apeldoorn (Netherlands) gave Northwave a superb outcome consisting of four World titles – Kirsten Wild (Scratch, Omnium, Points Race) and Filippo Ganna (Individual Pursuit) – and seven medals overall – four golds, a silver (Kirsten Wild: Madison), two bronzes (Simone Consonni: Omnium and […]
PARIS-NICE 2018 STAGE 1: Demare claims Paris-Nice stage and lead again
Meudon, Sunday, March 4th 2018– Already winner and first leader of Paris-Nice a year ago, French champion Arnaud Demare repeated the feat in Meudon but in a rather different finale. The Groupama-FDJ team leader, who held the Race to the sun’s Yellow Jersey for several days in 2017, was not […]
TEAM SUNWEB’S FLOORTJE MACKAIJ WINS OMLOOP VAN DE WESTHOEK
After a strong solo ride to the finish, Team Sunweb’s Floortje Mackaij (NED) has today secured the victory at Omloop van de Westhoek. After the race Mackaij said: “I’m really happy with the win today. On the local laps there was a cobbled section with a climb and I saw […]
Solo victory for Matej
Great victory for Matej Mohoric at the end of GP Larciano. The 23 year-old Slovenian arrived alone on the finish line after a splendid solitary action and a creepy descent. “I have to thank all my teammates – says Matej – for the great work they have done throughout the […]
Benoot Wins Strade Bianche
Tiesj Benoot has won Strade Bianche today after an impressive effort! It’s the first pro victory ever for the nearly 24-year-old Lotto Soudal rider! And what a victory it is! This twelfth edition of Strade Bianche (WorldTour) became an epic race because of the cold and the rain that made […]
Ganna and Wild Swim in a Pool of Gold
The athletes scored two impressive titles at the UCI Track World Championships, in Apeldoorn (Netherlands) on Friday, March 2nd. An outstanding double gold delighted Northwave during at the UCI Track World Championships as Italian Filippo Ganna and Dutch Kirsten Wild claimed two gold medals in the men’s individual pursuit and […]
Sagan and Mühlberger take two top ten on Strade Bianche after grit and grime make the going tough in Tuscany
The cold and wet weather conditions of the twelfth edition of the Strade Bianche saw riders covered in the grit and grime of the famous white Italian roads. These conditions took their toll on riders, with the weather sapping both energy and morale. In his first race since the Tour […]
Kirsten Wild Scratch World Champion
The first day of the UCI Track World Championships is history, and so is first rainbow jersey conquered by Northwave in Apeldoorn (Netherlands) thanks to local hero Kirsten Wild, who grabbed the gold medal in the Scratch race, on Wednesday February 28th. The 35-year-old Dutch rider mastered one of the […]