Tag: Vincenzo Nibali

  • WorldTour Pro-Cycling Transfers Round-Up

    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…

  • Nibali Wins 2019 Tour de France Stage 20, Bernal Poised for GC Victory

    Nibali Wins 2019 Tour de France Stage 20, Bernal Poised for GC Victory

    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…

  • Simon Yates Does it Again at 2019 Tour de France Stage 15

    Simon Yates Does it Again at 2019 Tour de France Stage 15

    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…

  • A Nearly Complete List of 2019 Tour de France Rider Strava Profiles

    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…

  • 2019 Tour de France Stage 8 Recap

    2019 Tour de France Stage 8 Recap

    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…

  • 2019 Giro d’Italia Stage 19 Recap & Highlights: Chaves with an Emotional Win

    2019 Giro d’Italia Stage 19 Recap & Highlights: Chaves with an Emotional Win

    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…

  • 2019 Giro d’Italia Stage 17 Recap: Peters solos, Movistar looks strong

    2019 Giro d’Italia Stage 17 Recap: Peters solos, Movistar looks strong

    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…

  • 2019 Giro d’Italia Stage 16 Recap: Ciccone wins, Roglic and Yates lose more time

    2019 Giro d’Italia Stage 16 Recap: Ciccone wins, Roglic and Yates lose more time

    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…

  • 2019 Giro d’Italia Stage 13 Recap: The Big Mountains Shake Things Up

    2019 Giro d’Italia Stage 13 Recap: The Big Mountains Shake Things Up

    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…

  • The 2019 Giro d’Italia Heads Into Week Two

    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…

  • 2019 Giro D’Italia Stage 4 Recap & Results

    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…

  • Giro d’Italia Stage 1-3 Recap

    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 Roglič wins stage one time trial Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) won the stage one time trial of the 2019 Giro d’Italia securing the overall lead. The Slovenian…

  • Giro d’Italia 2019 Preview

    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…

  • 2019 Liege-Bastogne-Liege Preview

    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…

  • Giro di Sicilia Returns After 42-year Hiatus

    Giro di Sicilia Returns After 42-year Hiatus

    With a summit finish atop Mount Etna as its centrepiece stage racing returns to the Italian island of Sicily The Giro di Sicilia will return to the professional calendar next month after a 42 year hiatus, climaxing with a summit finish on Mount Etna. The Giro di Sicilia took place sporadically over 70 years spanning…