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Riders to watch in 2021 – Ben O’Connor
By David Hunter “Knowing you could win each day is just so bloody exciting, no?!” Every so often you get a rider who enjoys a purple patch during a grand tour, when it seems inevitable that they’ll win stages. You know what I’m talking about, a breakaway rider who is so far ahead of the others…
English previews for the Tour
Dear all: Due to summer holidays there will be no English previews for the Tour. Previews will still be available in Spanish.
“We are Wales”, the new Welsh cycling team
St David’s Day, 2015, was celebrated in a very special way by Eifion Weinzweig as he revealed plans to launch a Welsh professional cycling team next year. The ‘We are Wales’ Pro Cycling Team is the brainchild of Bridgend-born Weinzweig, who has joined forces with his former professional coach Yann Dejan to create a new…
The Fantasy Giro d’Italia: at least 12.500 euros of prizes
The first big cycling race in 2014 is rapidly approaching. On Friday the 9th of May, the 97th Giro d’ Italia will start in Belfast (Northern Ireland). It is the first Grand Tour in 2014 and given the starting field, it promises to be three spectacular weeks. At the start, Joaquim Rodriquez can count on…
Tour de Romandie 2014 – Stage 2 Preview
By David Hunter Stage 1 Recap Team Sky made the climb too difficult for the sprinters and they exited the back door of the peloton, 1 by 1. My pick, Nizzolo, was caught behind a crash and didn’t get the opportunity to chase back on. In the sprint it was Swiss rider, Michael Albasini, that pulled…
The 28 sectors of pavé of Paris-Roubaix
By @pmpalermo On Sunday the hardest and most exciting of all the Classics, Paris-Roubaix, such a unique race that only a few can win and as such, deserves separate coverage. So you do not miss any details of “The Hell of the North” during transmission, we leave all sections of pavé that the protagonists must overcome located…
Worldwide stars at Giro del Trentino, Wiggins surprisingly back on the scene
16 teams enrolled, Team Sky replaces Richie Porte. Five Grand Tour winners at the start, including Horner and Evans, challenging Colombian climbers (in wait of Nairo Quintana) Seven World Tour teams (Astana, AG2R LaMondiale, Cannondale, BMC, Lampre-Merida, Movistar, Team SKY) made the final 16-outfit list along with 9 Continental-Pro lineups, including Italian Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela, Neri Sottoli Yellow Fluo, Bardiani-CSF…
Belkin goes for Bos in Scheldeprijs
The Belkin Pro Cycling TEAM will work for Theo Bos on Wednesday in the Scheldeprijs. Sports Director Michiel Elijzen hopes that the team can help the sprinter to achieve a big result. “Looking at the course, we will have a very strong team at the start,” said Elijzen. “Normally a bunch kick decides the Scheldeprijs…
MTN-QHUBEKA EXCITED TO RACE AT HOME MZANSI TOUR
Apart from the national championships, Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung have yet to race in South Africa as a UCI Professional Continental Team. That will all change when the team line up for the Mzansi Tour starting in Johannesburg on Tuesday. A race that will showcase the beauty and diversity of our home country is one we…
Tour of Flanders Conclusions
By @pmpalermo The Tour of Flanders has finished, second Monument of 2014 , which gave a sea of emotions not only for what Fabian Cancellara accomplished today, but also for what many others who for good or bad have their place in this analysis. 1-Fabian Cancellara’s intelligence: impossible not to start with him, who rode with…
Belkin Team is ready for the first race
The Belkin Pro Cycling Team kicks off its 2014 season with the Tour Down Under, January 21 to 26. Robert Gesink leads the team that includes three Australians. Gesink, who has been doing well overseas in recent years with victories in Quebec and Montreal, looks forward to starting his season in Australia for the first…
Campana and Lacambra Added To Management Team
Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung is proud to welcome Thomas Campana and Manel Lacambra to its management team. Campana formally joins the team as the General Manager after acting in a consultancy role the past season. Lacambra joins the team as a sports director. Campana has a wealth of knowledge in professional cycling and spent a…
Tour of Belgium:Tony Martin won the ITT
By @sneaitsab Tony Martin has won the time trail in the Tour of Belgium. The German rider om Omega Pharma Quickstep rode faster than Tom Dumoulin (Argos-Shimano) and Artem Ovechkin (Rusvelo). Martin also has taken the lead in the General classification. The first best time of the day was for Artem Ovechkin. The Russian rider rode…
Tour of Belgium.Greipel again
By @sneaitsab André Greipel has taken his second stage win in the Tour of Belgium. The Lotto Belisol rider beated Danny van Poppel and Tom Boonen in the bunch sprint after a hard stage with many climbs of the Tour of Flanders. At the beginning of the stage, five riders were breaking away. Their gap was…
TEAM NOVO NORDISK RECEIVES TWO PRESTIGIOUS TOUR INVITES
After a strong showing in its first one-day race at the Italian tour Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali, Team Novo Nordisk, the world’s first all-diabetic professional cycling team, has received invitations to two prestigious tours of the “hors catégorie”. The team has made the list for the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey in April and…
Cancellara won Paris Roubaix
By @sneaitsab Fabian Cancellara celebrated in the 111th edition of Paris-Roubaix. The Swiss rider of Radioshack-Leopard beat Sep Vanmarcke in a sprint on the Vélodrome of Roubaix. Niki Terpstra arrived 30 seconds later, and finished third. At the beginning of the race four leaders with Gert Steegmans, Mathew Hayman, Stuart O’Grady and Clement Koretsky took a…
Gavazzi takes leader’s jersey at Vuelta al Pais Vasco
Astana Pro Team rider Francesco Gavazzi is the new leader at the Vuelta al Pais Vasco following a podium sprint finish in Tuesday’s second stage. Gavazzi, from Italy, finished second behind South African rider Daryl Impey in the 170km stage from Elgoibar to Gasteiz, and with placement bonuses now moves into the overall lead at…
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