Tag: Elia Viviani
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WorldTour Pro-Cycling Transfers Round-Up
It’s that time of the year, the part of the season where riders start making moves ahead of next year. Here’s a round-up of who’s moving WorldTour teams? Team Ineos Transfers Team Ineos will be adding Giro winner Richard Carapaz from Movistar to add to its existing three Grand Tour winner lineup. It’s only fitting…
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Caleb Ewan Does it Again with Victory at Stage 16 of 2019 Tour de France
On today’s flat transition stage before the alps, Caleb Ewan took his second stage victory of this year’s Tour de France on stage 16. He out sprinted Elia Viviani (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) and Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma) to be the first man to the line. “To be honest I felt so bad today during the day. I think…
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Caleb Ewan Grabs his First Tour Stage Win in 2019 Tour de France Stage 11
Caleb Ewan picked up his first Tour de France stage win today, I doubt it will be his last. In a mass sprint at Toulouse on Wednesday Ewan grabbed the stage victory with no more than the width of a road tire as Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe kept the overall lead. Defending champion Geraint Thomas and…
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A Nearly Complete List of 2019 Tour de France Rider Strava Profiles
I got a few emails telling me the list of rider Strava profiles I shared the other day was incomplete, missing a favorite rider, etc… So here you all are, a damn near complete list of 2019 Tour de France rider Strava profiles: 2019 Tour de France Rider Strava Profiles TEAM INEOS Dylan Van Baarle…
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Van Aert Wins 2019 Tour de France Stage 10 and Some Big GC Contenders Lose Time
What a day in the Tour de France! Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) sprinted to his first career Tour de France stage victory today on Stage 10 and a handful of GC contenders lost serious time. Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo), Jakob Fuglsang (Astana), Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), Rigoberto Urán (EF Education First), and Mikel Landa (Movistar) all gave…
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Groenewegen Takes Sprint Win in 2019 Tour de France Stage 7
The Tour’s longest stage was held today and it was decided by a few hair widths. Dylan Groenewegen won today’s 230 kilometer (143 mile) stage 7 just ahead of Caleb Ewan after an uphill sprint in Chalon-sur-Saône. It’s Groenewegen’s first stage win at the 2019 Tour de France and his fourth career stage victory. It’s…
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Elia Viviani Sprints to 2019 Tour de France Stage 4 Win
The almost entirely flat parcours of the 213.5-kilometer Tour de France Stage 4 today had the sprinters’ hopes up from the start. Bad news for the day’s three-rider breakaway, when the sprinters smell blood you’ll never get too much breathing room. Such was the story today, as the final breakaway survivor Michael Schär was caught…
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Jumbo-Visma Takes Decisive TTT Win in 2019 Tour de France Stage 2
Two days into the Tour de France and Jumbo-Visma already has two stage victories. The Dutch team took a decisive win in today’s stage 2 team time trial in Brussels, leaving Ineos in their dust by a good 20 seconds to secure the victory. Stage 1 winner Mike Teunissen will keep the yellow jersey another…
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2019 Giro d’Italia 2019 Stage 10 Recap
Frenchman Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ) grabbed his first career Giro d’Italia stage victory in today’s stage 10. The 27-year-old launched a long-range, high-speed sprint which topped Elia Viviani (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) and Rudiger Selig (Bora-Hansgrohe). The hectic finish also saw a handful of riders hit the deck with a kilometer to go. “We came to the Giro for…
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Giro d’Italia Stage 1-3 Recap
The Giro d’Italia kicked off Saturday, with Three days of riding behind us, here’s a quick recap of what’s happened so far. Lots of racing left to go. Primož RogliÄ wins stage one time trial Primož RogliÄ (Jumbo-Visma) won the stage one time trial of the 2019 Giro d’Italia securing the overall lead. The Slovenian…
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Who Will Win Gent-Wevelgem?
Will Sunday’s Gent-Wevelgem end with a solo move or a bunch sprint? Gent-Wevelgem’s 251-kilometers of racing includes; three climbs up the Kemmelberg and the road between Deinze and Wevelgem features 10 steep cobbled climbs. Those climbs annihilate the field throughout the day. Add in the race’s infamous gusting winds and rain from off the North…
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2019 Milan-San Remo Guide: The Longest Race of the Year
The 110th edition of Milan-San Remo is this Saturday, the first of five Monuments for the 2019 season. Here’s a look at the course and the riders to watch. The Course Milan-San Remo is the longest single-day race on the professional cycling calendar. The race covers a rather horrifying 291km which will see riders in…
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2019 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race Results & Recap
Viviani sprints to victory at CEGORR Elia Viviani (Deceuninck-QuickStep) snagged his second WorldTour win of the season on Sunday when he sprinted to victory at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, holding off Australian rival Caleb Ewan and South African Daryl Impey in a tight finish. https://www.instagram.com/p/BtIEgzgg6S5/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link The 163 kilometer (101 mile) race, which…