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…
Author: Henri Giroud
Fifty years of pro cycling journalism and television commentary. It gets easier after the first forty years.
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…
Highlights Report Mark Padun secured his first WorldTour win on Stage 7 of the Critérium du Dauphiné, showing impressive climbing on La Plagne. The Queen stage was set to be a decisive fight in the GC, with the riders taking on 3,980 vertical meters, including two Hors Categorie climbs. An early breakaway managed to stay away until the final climb, with around 10 kilometres remaining by a reduced peloton. An attack from Richie Porte (Ineos Grenadiers) sparked the GC fight, but it was Mark Padun who latched onto the move with Sep Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) and Enric Mas (Movistar). Padun and Kuss pushed…
Highlights Report The Movistar Team got back to winning ways, in a big, pre-Tour event like the Critérium du Dauphiné, with the talent of his biggest reference for two decades, Alejandro Valverde, following a great collective exhibition on the final stretch of the 163km stage six, from Loriol-sur-Drôme to the Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse, on the first of three Alpine routes in this year’s French race. In a day covered at a whopping 43kph average, despite the last four categorized climbs -riders finished more than half an hour ahead of schedule-, the Movistar Team saved all of its power for the decisive…
Highlights Report Geraint Thomas launched an audacious late attack to catch a reduced peloton off-guard to win stage five of the Critérium du Dauphiné. With just over a kilometre remaining, Thomas attacked out of a tight right turn, stealing a march on the chasing pack in a technical finish, leaving the chasing pack scrambling to close the gap. Sonny Colbrelli was the only rider close to catching him, with Thomas edging the onrushing Bahrain Victorious man on the line to secure his first stage win of the season to move up into the top 10 overall. Thomas rounded off what…