Author: Henri Giroud

Report After his courageous effort on stage 17, Santiago Buitrago went in the breakaway again and this time tasted his first Grand Tour victory over the Monterovere, crossing the line in Lavarone solo. Buitrago joined an early breakaway of about 20 riders over Passo del Tonale. However, on the descent down, Buitrago was involved in a crash but fortunately had a quick change of bike and was able to stay with the group. Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix), and Gijs Leemreize (Jumbo-Visma) eventually split the break and jumper clear with 30km to go and gapping the group of Buitrago by…

Ellen van Dijk has today beaten the UCI Hour Record, covering the distance of 49.254 kilometres on the track at the Tissot Velodrome in Grenchen (Switzerland). This exceptional performance by the 2021 time trial UCI World Champion sees the Dutch rider from the UCI Women’s WorldTeam Trek – Segafredo better the record of 48.405 km established by Great Britain’s Joscelin Lowden on the same Tissot Velodrome on 30 September 2021. After her achievement, Ellen van Dijk declared: “When I started, I saw the black line and I saw that for 190 something laps I think. At the beginning… I did…

Report The Giro d’Italia of Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux was further embellished this Tuesday thanks to a victory of Jan Hirt in the sixteenth stage between Salo and Aprica, exactly one week after the success of Biniam Girmay in Jesi. With over 5000 meters of climbing, it was one of the important stages of this 105th edition with notably the Passo del Mortirolo, one of the mythical climbs of the event. The winner of the Tour of Oman joined a breakaway of 22 riders together with Lorenzo Rota and fought for a long time to increase its advantage. The gap grew over…

Report Only 24 hours after Trek-Segafredo ceded the Maglia Rosa, Giulio Ciccone took the reins and delivered the Team a stage win in the 2022 Giro d’Italia. It has been a race to behold for the US-registered WorldTour team. When Juan Pedro Lopez finished 2nd in Stage 4 and claimed the pink jersey, holding it through Stage 14, Trek-Segafredo’s Giro already has been its best in a few years, but when Ciccone grabbed a dominating and emotional solo win in Stage 15 – a day later – the Team topped all expectations. And there’s still a week to go! “I…

Report Simon Yates has bounced back in style with stinging late attack and a superb solo victory on a relentless stage 14 of the Giro d’Italia. The British climber put his Blockhaus disappointment behind him by claiming his sixth Giro stage win, with a masterful and calculated performance on a brutal day of action in Italy. The 29-year-old was active in the opening kilometres of the short 147km stage as he infiltrated an early breakaway group with teammate Damien Howson. However, Team BikeExchange-Jayco looked to have missed their chance when an escape group of 12 was eventually allowed to get…

Romain Bardet has today withdrawn from the Giro d’Italia on stage 13 after struggling with sickness that developed during yesterday’s stage. Having started the stage, attempting to get through the day, Bardet eventually pulled out early in the race. Bardet leaves having sat in fourth place on GC, contributing a strong first time trial in Hungary, an impressive performance at Blockhaus, and supporting Alberto Dainese’s victory on stage 11. Quotes Romain Bardet commented after the stage had concluded: “I’m really disappointed to leave the race like this – we’ve all worked really hard to get here and invested a lot…

Report The trigger went well in Messina on Wednesday, for Arnaud Démare and his teammates. The day after his first victory of the season, on the Giro, the Picard rider has therefore recurred this Thursday in Calabria. Still perfectly put into orbit by his train, this time he set all the sprinters on the board, although the victory was granted to him only for a few millimeters. Thanks to this new prestigious success, he now has seven stage successes in the Giro d’Italia, making him the most prolific Frenchman in history on the event. In front of Bernard Hinault and…

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