Wednesday 14 October 2020 João Almeida kept his pink jersey, which he will wear on Thursday for the ninth time. Alvaro Hodeg earned his maiden Grand Tour top 3 finish in Rimini, where a Giro d’Italia stage finished for the first time in 60 years after a quiet day that […]
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Demare takes another Giro Stage
Reactions: Démare: “Immense team work”. Almeida: “Frenzied stage” Demare now equals Bernard Hinault with four wins in the same edition of the Giro. “A truly exceptional victory, the fourth in this Giro d’Italia. My teammates did an immense job to mend the breakaway and we slowly recovered. I’m very happy.” […]
Peter Sagan makes his masterpiece on stage 10 taking first Giro d’Italia win in style with stunning solo victory
An undulating parcours welcomed riders back to the Giro d’Italia after its first rest day. The 177km stage featured four short but steep categorized climbs, but with the hardest of these being third category, this wouldn’t slow the peloton down too much as they headed towards the finish in Tortoreto. […]
Almeida defends Giro d’Italia lead with panache
Tuesday 13 October 2020 Portuguese extends his advantage after another top 3 finish at the Corsa Rosa. João Almeida’s dream Giro d’Italia continued Tuesday afternoon, when the race resumed following a well deserved rest day, with a 177km stage between Lanciano and Tortoleto, which awaited the riders with three hard […]
McNulty rides home to 2nd place in Tortoreto
American has his best day of the race, jumps to 13th overall. Tuesday 13 October, 2020 It was another ray of sunshine from the young UAE Team Emirates riders on another rainy day at the Giro d’Italia.After the 3rd place obtained on Sunday by Mikkel Bjerg on the 9th stage […]
Kruijswijk leaves Giro d’Italia after positive Covid-19 test
Steven Kruijswijk will not appear at the start of the tenth stage of the Giro d’Italia. The Dutch leader of Team Jumbo-Visma tested positive on Covid-19 on the rest day. As a result, he has to leave the race. Kruijswijk has no complaints or symptoms and he was very motivated […]
Mitchelton-SCOTT withdraws from Giro d’Italia
Mitchelton-SCOTT, in agreement with RCS Sport, has withdrawn its team from the current Giro d’Italia following the results of the first rest day RT-PCR tests. Following two rounds of negative COVID-19 test results on Friday and Saturday, the team was notified of four positive results for staff members from testing […]
João Almeida carries pink into Giro d’Italia second week
Sunday 11 October 2020 Portuguese rider survives the miserable conditions and the tough finale thanks to a strong team effort. João Almeida became the Portuguese rider with the most Grand Tour leader’s jerseys in history, after concluding the leg-sapping stage 9 to Roccaraso just a few seconds behind the other […]
Guerreiro wins Stage 9
Guerreiro: “We Portuguese have talent” It was a miserable day in the mountains. The first rest day of the 2020 Giro d’Italia is tomorrow, and that gave the riders a reason to push hard today and recover tomorrow. The 208km stage was undulating, steadily rising upwards as the day went […]
IT’S OUR DAY! First Israeli win with Alex Dowsett
– First WorldTour VICTORY– Alex Dowsett WINS stage 8 in Giro– Dowsett: “Matthias and I never stopped believing”– Co-owner Sylvan Adams: “I could not be more proud”– Co-owner Ron Baron: “This is inspiring” The blue and white dream began five short years ago with a small continental team run by […]