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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... Continue Reading →
Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) climbed to victory on a shortened stage 20 of the 2019 Tour de France as Egan Bernal cemented his yellow jersey. After organizers shortened the route, stage 20 ran just 59 kilometers from Albertville to the Val Thorens, with only one climb. Nibali went clear of the day’s breakaway at 12 kilometers... Continue Reading →
Stage 15 of the 2019 Tour de France offered up plenty of action. Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) took his second stage victory of this Tour de France out of the breakaway. Further down the road, the GC contenders were busy throwing attacks at one another. Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) and Mikel Landa (Movistar) took second and third... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) won stage 8 of the 2019 Tour de France as the last survivor of the day’s breakaway, having held off a late chase by Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) and Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step). “I had a really good feeling all day so I believed in it all day,” De Gendt said. The duo... Continue Reading →
Esteban Chaves took an emotional win today after a war of attrition broke out among the breakaway group on the day's final climb of San Martino di Castrozza. Things in the GC battle remain mostly unchanged, Astana's Miguel Angel Lopez was the only General Classification rider to steal any time. Lopez took about 45 seconds off... Continue Reading →
Nans Peters (Ag2r-La Mondiale) soloed to victory on Stage 17 of the 2019 Giro d'Italia today after launching a bold attack with 16 kilometers to go. The Frenchman took his win in the biathlon stadium at Anterselva after building a 1:34 margin over the next best man, Esteban Chaves (Mitchelton-Scott). Peters and Chaves were both... Continue Reading →
Despite the Passo Gavia climb being removed from Stage 16 due to avalanche risk, today's stage at the 2019 Giro d'Italia still saw plenty of action. It was a miserable, rainy day of racing in northern Italy, but Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) rose to the challenge and took the stage win from the breakaway ahead of... Continue Reading →
FinaasdfRussia’s Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha) took a solo stage win on the snow-capped summit finish of a very chaotic 13th stage of the Giro d’Italia today. The stage also saw some big movement in the overall picture for the Giro. Jan Polanc (Team UAE) held onto the overall lead while Primoz Roglic and Vincenzo Nibali finished... Continue Reading →
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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUTfpAyVDp8 Primoz Roglic put his mark on the Giro d’Italia on Sunday, winning the... Continue Reading →
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 Roglic... Continue Reading →
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