At the request of the Préfet du Nord, Préfet des Hauts de France and following the Health Minister Olivier Véran’s announcement yesterday, that placed the Lille Metropolitan area on maximum alert, the 118th edition of Paris-Roubaix (UCI WorldTour) and the 1st edition of Paris-Roubaix Femmes (UCI Women’s WorldTour), originally scheduled […]
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World Champion Julian Alaphilippe wins Brabantse Pijl
The Frenchman scored his first victory since triumphing in Imola, ten days ago 07-Oct-2020: One year after finishing runner-up in Overijse, Julian Alaphilippe took the spoils at Brabantse Pijl, adding the Belgian one-day race to his ever-growing palmares. Making just his second appearance since becoming World Champion at the end […]
The Wolfpack and the Giro d’Italia sent a message of support to Fabio Jakobsen and Remco Evenepoel after the stage.
João Almeida gained his place in the race’s history books Wednesday afternoon, when he safely retained the overall lead in Camigliatello Silano, overtaking countryman Acacio da Silva and becoming the Portuguese rider with the most pink jerseys, which on stage 6 he will wear for the third consecutive day. Deceuninck […]
Caicedo crushes the Volcano and wins the Etna climb! Almeida is the new Maglia Rosa
Caicedo takes flight on Mount Etna It wasn’t just the drizzly weather that made it a day for ducks — Mount Etna proved the perfect launch pad for Jonathan Caicedo to take flight and pull off his first Grand Tour victory on stage three of the Giro d’Italia. Having to […]
Roglic wins Liège-Bastogne-Liège after a memorable sprint
Primoz Roglic has won Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The Slovenian from Team Jumbo-Visma won his first monument after a memorable sprint. Julian Alaphilippe seemed to be heading for the victory, but put his hands in the air too early, resulting in Roglic pushing his wheel over the line earlier. The new world champion […]
Alaphilippe relegated in tense Liège-Bastogne-Liège finale
Sunday 04 October 2020 Liège-Bastogne-Liège – which this year ran its 106th edition – was a hectic race which saw newly-crowned World Champion Julian Alaphilippe battle through a crash and a few mechanicals with 70 kilometers to go before launching a trademark attack on the final climb of the day, […]
Van Avermaet sustains multiple injuries in Liège-Bastogne-Liège crash
04 October 2020 Greg Van Avermaet was forced to abandon Liège-Bastogne-Liège today (04 October) after sustaining a torn ligament and multiple fractures in a crash inside 100 kilometers to go, CCC Team doctor, Dr. Piotr Kosielski confirmed. “X-rays performed at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire du Sart-Tilman in Liège revealed that […]
Payback for Roglic
October 4 th 2020 Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) won the 106th Liège-Bastogne-Liège with an exhibition of race craft and experience to make the most out of his legs and the circumstances in the final kilometres. Two weeks after a heart-breaking defeat on the Tour de France, the Slovenian got his payback […]
Ulissia Takes the Win in Sicily
Shrewd tactics, a great team effort and a perfect finish were the key ingredients that led to success for Diego Ulissi in the 2nd stage of the Giro d’Italia, on the 149 km from Alcamo to Agrigento. On the final slope towards Agrigento (3.7 km at 5.3%), UAE Team Emirates […]
2020 Giro Stage 1 in Sicily won by Filippo Ganna
Filippo Ganna won the first stage of the 103rd edition of the Giro d’Italia. After the triumph in the time trial of the world championships in Imola, the 24-year-old from Verbania repeated himself in the inaugural time trial from Monreale to Palermo. “I was one of the great favorites, but […]