He sprinted everyone off the wheel after great work by the Lotto Soudal train. The Australian beat Arnaud Démare and Pascal Ackermann in a bunch kick to take his second stage victory in five days. Like yesterday, it was an entirely flat course through the Po Valley. The riders covered […]
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Demare Wins Giro Stage 10
After the first rest day of the Giro d’Italia, the riders had to take on a short and flat stage of 145 km. The tenth stage from Ravenna to Modena at the edge of the Po valley, offered no topographical difficulties and with a 2km long straight and completely flat […]
GIRO D’ITALIA, ROGLIC RIDES TO SUCCESS IN SAN MARINO
The Slovenian preceded Campenaerts (+0:11) and goes back to second overall, gaining ground on his main GC rivals. Primoz Roglic remarked his status as king of TT races at the 102nd Giro d’Italia, and one of the men to beat for the overall glory at the Corsa Rosa to top […]
Victor Campenaerts Second in Giro TT
Victor Campenaerts finished second today in the over 34 kilometres long hilly time trial between Riccione and San Marino along the Adriatic coast.. Despite a bike change at the very end, Campenaerts set – with an impressive time of 52’03” – an early mark. For a long time, no one […]
Nibali Second
“Tomorrow we enjoy a well-deserved rest day – smiles Vincenzo Nibali – after an ITT that has satisfied me very much. From Tuesday, a new Giro d’Italia will start with many climbs and very demanding stages “. “I tried not to take risks facing the many curves of the initial […]
Caleb Ewan has taken the second Giro stage win of his career
After fantastic work by the Lotto Soudal team, the young Australian sprinter beat Elia Viviani and Pascal Ackermann in a bunch kick. This is his fourth victory of the season, after previous wins in the Tour of Turkey and the UAE Tour. The longest stage of the Giro was scheduled […]
Carapaz claims second career stage win in Giro d’Italia
14th May 2019 Ecuadorian bounces back after misfortune on Monday: gets through another pile-up en route to Frascati, jumps away from selected lead group with 500 meters to go, holds off punchy climbers and sprinters to take first Movistar Team success in 2019 ‘Corsa Rosa’. Barely 24 hours after a […]
Dani Navarro out of Giro d’Italia
Team KATUSHA ALPECIN’s Spanish rider Dani Navarro crashed heavily at 6 km from the finish of stage 4 of the 2019 Giro d’Italia. Navarro was transported to the hospital of Tor Vergata in Rome, where he was diagnosed with multiple fractures. Dani Navarro broke his right collarbone as well as […]
Pascal Ackermann on the podium again at the Giro d’Italia
The third stage, at 220 km in length, commenced in Vinci, the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci, and concluded in Orbetello on the Tuscan coast. The route crossed through slightly hilly landscapes around Siena before reaching the area around Grosseto, and was tailor-made for the sprinters to shine. After the […]
First Giro d’Italia stage victory for Pascal Ackermann in Fucecchio
The second stage of the Giro d’Italia consisted of 205 km from Bologna along the Apennin range to Fucecchio. It was earmarked as a stage for the fast men, however the course was more hilly than many had expected. The first 50 km of the parcours ran uphill, followed by […]