Tag: Tom Dumoulin
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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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Tour de France 2019 Preview & Guide
Despite a new face taking the win last year (Geraint Thomas), last year’s Tour de France has faced some fair criticism for being boring. Despite Thomas’ win, it marked the sixth win in seven tries for Team Sky (now Team Ineos). And the first week of racing in 2018 was a slog. In an effort…
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Tom Dumoulin will miss Tour de France
Tom Dumoulin has confirmed that he will miss the 2019 Tour de France. The knee injury he sustained at the Giro d’Italia will keep him out of competition. Team Sunweb confirmed in a press release that the Dutchman will miss next month’s Grand Tour ‘after a physically challenging run up to the race. He crashed…
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The 2019 Giro d’Italia Heads Into Week Two
Week one of the Giro d’Italia is behind us and the tension is building for the general classification battle is beginning but the second time trial this weekend caused a major shake-up among the favorites. Yates Falters and Roglic Pulls Ahead Primoz Roglic put his mark on the Giro d’Italia on Sunday, winning the stage…
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2019 Giro d’Italia Stage 6 Recap
Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) gave up control of the pink jersey to UAE-Team Emirates rider Valerio Conti today as Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec’s Fausto Masnada took the first Grand Tour stage win of his career on Stage 6 of the Giro d’Italia. Masnada was the strongest of two survivors of the day’s large breakaway, making the race-winning attack…
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2019 Giro d’Italia Stage 5 Recap
Pascal Ackermann took Stage 5 of the 2019 Giro d’Italia in a wet and wild sprint finish, the stage saw no changes in the General Classification standings. The time for the GC was neutralised at the first time across the finish line, with 10km still to race, due to the foul weather and treacherous road…
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2019 Giro D’Italia Stage 4 Recap & Results
It was a wild day for the general classification at the Giro d’Italia today thanks to a large crash with 6km remaining on Stage 4. The crash split the peloton and left 2017 Giro champion Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) injured, by the time he crossed the line he was down four minutes on race leader Primoz…
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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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Giro d’Italia 2019 Preview
The 2019 Giro d’Italia begins on Saturday, May 11. After last year’s Grande Partenza in Israel and Chris Froome’s eventual victory in Rome, this year’s Giro d’Italia will be a far more Italian affair. Here’s a preview of the race and a little musing on who might walk away with the maglia rosa. This 102nd…
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2019 Liege-Bastogne-Liege Preview
The Spring Classics come to a close for 2019 this Sunday with Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Here’s what you need to know. Liège-Bastogne-Liège closes out the Spring Classics. It also comes as the last race in a micro-season known as the Ardennes Classics, which consists of three race: Flèche Wallonne, the Amstel Gold Race, and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Of the…
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2019 Milan-San Remo Recap
The first of the five 2019 Monuments took place in Italy on Saturday at Milan – San Remo. The “sprinters’ classic” saw Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain – Merida) escape on the Poggio and ride solo to the finish last year, avoiding a sprint. The big question for 2019, would the race end in a sprint once…
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List of Teams Set to Start the 2019 Giro d’Italia
Seven summit finishes and three time trials, the 2019 edition of the Giro d’Italia is set to be one hell of a race. Organizers just released the full list of teams who will ride this year’s Giro, so we can start speculating on who’s going to come out on top. The race starts in…
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UAE Tour Start List Looks Stellar with Chris Froome, Vincenzo Nibali and Tom Dumoulin Headlining
The inaugural UAE Tour sets off on February 24th and it looks like it will do so with a stellar line-up as Chris Froome, Vincenzo Nibali and Tom Dumoulin will all be along for the ride. The UAE Tour is a merger between the Abu Dhabi and Dubai tours into one seven-day stage race making…
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A Guide to the 2018 Giro d’Italia
With the Spring Classics in the rear-view mirror it’s now time for the first Grand Tour of the season, the Giro d’Italia. The race is always big news, but with twin swirling controversies added to the mix for 2018; Chris Froome’s participation in the race and the race’s start in Israel, this year is sure…
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Is a Poop the Same as a Crash?
Tom Dumoulin, general classification leader of the Giro d’Italia, abruptly pulled over during stage 16 yesterday. The reason wasn’t immediately clear. The race was ramping up for the final 30 kilometers, a terrible time in the race for a flat or other technical. The reason became much more clear as he took off his gear…