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TdF stage 7: Third for Bini in Bordeaux
Biniam Girmay displayed his best result at the Tour de France since the opening stage of last year’s race as he sprinted to third in Bordeaux. Having placed sixth in Wednesday’s chaotic opening sprint in Pau. Bini showed his speed into the famous wine city. Third place earned him 40 points in the green jersey classification, which, combined with the 14 he pi
Valgren’s lucky charm breakaway, Gianni Motta
With only a handful of chances remaining in this year’s Giro, all eyes turned to stage 17 and the 202km route from Casanova d’Adda to Andalo. Michael Valgren (EF Pro) joined a large group early on the stage. Winner of a Tirreno-Adriatico stage win earlier this year, Valgren was one of the strongest riders in the break. On the final climb, Valgren was part of
Giro stage 18: Confidence!
France’s Paul Magnier has taken his third stage win on stage 18 and returned to the maglia ciclamino after the sprinters had their way in Pieve di Soligo. On a tough finish featuring a cat-four climb with 10km to go, it didn’t always look as though the sprinter would have their day. But the race came back together in the final kilometres for the fast men. “I
Kuss on the queen stage in the Dolomites
Sepp Kuss (Visma Lease a Bike) conquered the queen stage in the Dolomites of the Giro d’ltalia to take a debut stage win at the Corsa Rosa. The American climber outlasted the rest of his breakaway companions to win atop the Piani di Pezze as his teammate Jonas Vingegaard has a solid hold on overall victory at the Giro. Derek Gee-West was second, gaining time
Giro stage 20: Emphatic victory
Jonas Vingegaard rode to victory on the final mountain stage of the Giro d'ltalia on Stage 20, attacking on the final ascent of Piancavallo (14.5km at 7.8%). The Dane went clear 11km from the summit and won minute 15 seconds over his rivals. When Vingegaard attacked he briefly drew Felix Gall with him, then dropped his closest overall rival and swept past th
Giro: Relief in Rome
Jonathan Milan ended his long wait for a stage win at the Giro d’ltalia with victory on the final day in Rome, as Jonas Vingegaard completed overall victory and added the Maglia Rosa to this Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana titles. Vingegaard wins the Giro with five stage victories and becomes only the eight men’s rider in history to win all three Grand To
Kern Pharma one-two triumphs at the Classic Alpes-Maritimes
Team Kern Pharma is seeking a new title sponsor into the upcoming season; today they have taken a most important win of their season. Ibon Ruiz and Ivan Sosa finished first and second at the Mercan Tour Classic Alpes Maritimes, one of the most mountainous one-day races on the racing calendar. All the action was left for the final climb, the ascent to Valberg
Giro d’ltalia Women: a perfect magical Giro
“When you have the best lead-out in the world, it’s just easy. I mean, it’s never easy, but with Lucinda, I don’t have to fight for position. I just need to trust her, and I know she’s the best one. So, this victory is more on her than on me, honestly. À lot of sprinters thought it was a really good opportunity today. I could see a lot of full lead-outs in t
Baudin wins big in Tour-Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes stage 1
For French rider Alex Baudin (EF Education Easypost) took the biggest win of his career on stage 1 of the renamed Criterium du Dauphine - now the Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, with more than 120km in the day’s early breakaway and 28km solo. Baudin attacked from the breakaway in the final 25 kilometres on the Cote de Roussel to take the leader’s jersey. The EF E
Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes: Charmig rides to glory
Riding to glory Stage two of the Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes was all about Danish rider Anthon Charmig (Uno-X Mobility) and his escape to victory after spending his day in the break. He proved himself best of a 10-man breakaway, which had led the peloton of over 5 minutes for most of the day, taking only his second pro win, and his first victory on European ro
Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes: Stage 3 TTT
The team time trial in Perereux on day 3 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes was thrilling and delivered with a special format that will also serve as the opener of the Tour de France next month in Barcelona. Netcompany Ineos led at the intermediate checkpoints but Visma Lease a Bike surged to victory after 28.4 kilometres of tactical racing. Matteo Jorgenson c
Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes: Breaking away
Quinn Simmons (Lidl Trek) burst from the breakaway on stage four as the peloton ran out of road of the Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes. Simmons was part of a 10-man group which just made it to the finish in Montrond-les-Bains, metres ahead of the peloton. After a gutsy effort by Pablo Castrillo, Simmons opened up the sprint, holding off Finn Fisher-Black and Matte
Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes: No Doubt
Just days after being dropped in the team time trial and suffering a freak crash before the race even started, Wout van Aert was no doubt the victor on stage 5. What’s next? Three summit finishes across the French Alps will decide France’s second-biggest stage race, but who carries momentum into the Tour de France. “It was painful after the crash I had just
Tour Rhone-Alpes: A day for Red-Bull
The final three mountainous stages of the Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes started with a new climb to Crest-Voland. Around sixty riders broke away from the peloton of 182km day. Aussie Luke Tuckwell (Red Bull-Bora) was the main GC threat and trailed by 1’03” in the overall standings. The young climber claimed yellow and blue leader’s jersey on the line, finishing
Tour Rhone Alpes: Del Toro wins stage 7 & Seixa’s brave ride
Stage 7 consisted of pure pain; 133.6kms mountain stage featured six classified climbs and 3,728 metres of elevation gain from La Bridoire to the famous summit up the Grand Colombier. French wonderkid Paul Seixas crashed on a downhill section, 32kms after the start. And, the French star made his way back to the bunch after 65kms of chasing. But he couldn’t k
Tour Rhone Alpes: Rise of the young stars as Del Toro dominates and takes the overall
French rising star, Pau Seixas didn’t complete the Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, as he abandoned on the final day of racing. Having won on stage 7 at the Grand Colombier, Isaac Del Toro took over on the final ascent at the Plateau de Solaison and also claimed the yellow and blue leader’s jersey on the final day. He becomes the first Mexican winner in the 78 edi
Baloise Tour: Bini! Tour de Suisse
With over two weeks to go until the start of the Tour de France, Biniam Girmay (NSN Cycling) has his form winning stage one of the Baloise Belgium Tour. Girmay, who took third in the Brussels Cycling Classic, was guided by teammate Jake Stewart at the finish line to take victory in Scherpenheuvel-Zichem. “I want to thank my teammates, they did a super job fo
Tour de Suisse: Grégoire avoids a rampaging Pogacar. Baloise Belgium Tour
It was a chase all the way to the line by Tadej Pogacar could not stop breakaway rider Romain Grégoire (Groupama FDJ) from taking victory in Locarno on stage two of the Tour de Suisse. Grégoire was part of a 14-rider escape. With a stage of small, tricky climbs preceding the finish the break was almost caught by Pogacar and his fellow GC riders. But side rid
Baloise Belgium Tour: Aranburu takes the queen stage. Tour de Suisse stage 3
Alex Aranburu (Cofidis) sprinted past Lewis Askey for his second win of the season on the hilly queen stage of the Baloise Belgium Tour in a tough uphill sprint finish in Durbuy. The Basque rider made an exceptional effort coming past a last-kilometre attack from Toon Aerts and then Lewis Askey, who led the sprint into the final metres. Aranburu also takes t
Tour de Suisse: Stage 4 razor-thin drama, Baloise Belgium Tour
Tadej Pogacar has won the stage 4 ITT by just four hundredths of a second, denying Mathieu van der Poel after a dramatic finale in Aarburg. Van der Poel had looked like he clocked the winning time after setting the fastest time in the hotseat, 23.7km in 26:38:03. The Slovenian Slayer stopped the clock in 26:37:99 taking the stage win by the smallest possible