USA Cycling, the national governing body for the sport of cycling in the United States, and FloSports, a leader in sports streaming and original content, have signed a three-year partnership to bring elite cycling competition to fans in North America starting in June 2021. Each year, the partnership will feature multiple cycling events on FloBikes, considered one of the leading destinations for live and on-demand cycling races, content, news, and analysis. The partnership will begin with the USA Cycling Professional Road National Championships in Knoxville, Tenn., on June 17-20, 2021, followed by a series of major competitive events scheduled throughout the year, including the USA Cycling…
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Henri Giroud
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Highlights Report Not only did Stefan Bissegger win a stage in his home country today — but he was victorious after a dramatic sprint finish. The only thing that could have made this day even more cinematic would be a dose of heavy rain showers pounding on the peloton as they made their way through the Alps. And the Swiss weather delivered. Yet some rain and slippery roads weren’t going to stop Bissegger from crossing the line first in Gstaad. “As soon as he could smell the victory, nothing was going to stop him,” said teammate Neilson Powless. A fast…
The Movistar Team’s two main references for the upcoming 2021 Tour de France, Miguel Ángel López and Enric Mas, completed their preparations with an impressive display at the Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenges (UCI 1.1), held on Thursday over a really tough course -153km with 4,400m of elevation gain-, featuring two final climbs of the ‘Giant of Provence’, where the Telefónica-backed squad was the absolute protagonist. The great work from Mathias Norsgaard, Lluís Mas and Juri Hollmann to control the peloton into the early climbs allowed the Blue duo reaching the final 21km uphill fresh and calm, with a seven-man breakaway…
Highlights Results Stage 1Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix4:24:262Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis3Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep4Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange5Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe General Classification 1Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix8:49:142Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep0:00:013Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ0:00:044Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe0:00:065Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep0:00:136Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Movistar Team0:00:167Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers0:00:178Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-Nippo0:00:299Andreas Kron (Den) Lotto Soudal0:00:3710Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education-Nippo0:00:39 Points 1Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix242Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ123Claudio Imhof (Swi) Switzerland124Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep105Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe10 Mountains 1Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Rally Cycling102Tom Bohli (Swi) Cofidis103Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe64Claudio Imhof (Swi) Switzerland65Matteo Dal-Cin (Can) Rally…
Over the past two days 2,800 cyclists ranging in age from 12 to 88 representing 48 states and 28 countries raced on the gravel of the Flint Hills surrounding Emporia, Kans. for the 2021 Garmin UNBOUND Gravel presented by Craft Sportswear and produced by Life Time. With two 350-mile cyclists riding for 24-hours without sleep, the battle to the finish brought athletes into a new realm of determination. 100-Mile Distance Women’s Division 1st: Lauren Stephens, 35, of Dallas, Texas, with a time of 5:41:582nd: Emma Langley, 25, of Richmond, VA, with a time of 5:51:113rd: Jessica Cygan, 28, of Colorado Springs,…
Highlights Is this the worst highlights package you’ve ever seen? Gotta be up there, right? Results Stage 1Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix4:12:302Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe0:00:013Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious0:00:044Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Movistar Team5Marc Hirschi (Swi) UAE Team Emirates General Classification 1Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ4:24:522Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep0:00:013Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe0:00:024Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix0:00:065Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Movistar Team0:00:126Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep7Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers0:00:138Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-Nippo0:00:259Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious0:00:3010Andreas Kron (Den) Lotto Soudal0:00:33 Points 1Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ122Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix123Claudio Imhof (Swi) Switzerland8 Mountains 1Tom Bohli (Swi) Cofidis102Nickolas Zukowsky…
Highlights Report Unlike the Critérium du Dauphiné, which ended under bright sunshine this Sunday, the Tour de Suisse started under gloomy weather in the canton of Thurgau, in the north part of the country. The weather conditions could therefore have an impact on the results in what was quite a technical time trial, including a dozen of turns. “According to the forecast, there was one moment where the weather could have been better, and many teams had chosen the same time slot for their leader,” said Franck Pineau. “But in the end, almost everyone competed the time trial in the rain and on…
Highlights Report Mark Padun rounded off an incredible week for Bahrain Victorious winning his second consecutive stage at the Critérium du Dauphiné. After winning the queen stage, Mark Padun went away in the break with a group of around 20 riders. The group made a gap of over five minutes with Padun going over the climbs to secure points and move him into the KOM jersey. Padun was out on his own with 10 kilometres remaining and cruised home to the win for the second consecutive day. Meanwhile, Richie Porte put in an assured performance on the final stage to put the finishing…