Author: Henri Giroud

Highlights Report “The Giro is the most beautiful race in the most beautiful country in the world. This year I would love to win a stage.” Yet it was clearly not enough for Alberto Bettiol to simply be a stage winner. This is his home country after all. He was victorious in the most unforgettable way possible. “It’s really special to win a stage like this. It feels like the Tour of Flanders years ago,” said Bettiol. It was a promising start for the Italian pro who joined the breakaway group that quickly set an unforgiving pace. “We had to first…

Highlights Report A combination of endless courage, unbelievable strength and superb tenacity on a day that recalibrated the general classification saw João Almeida deliver a memorable performance on the lung-busting climb of Sega di Ala, which made its first appearance at the race after being previously used in the Giro del Trentino, a couple of years ago. The day witnessed a brisk start to the affairs, a breakaway finally being established after 50 kilometers. James Knox and Pieter Serry were the two delegates of Deceuninck – Quick-Step in that move that gained five minutes on a peloton who began a…

Highlights lol they only managed to broadcast about 19km of cycling today due to the weather Report Egan Bernal made another big step in his quest for the Giro d’Italia title with an emphatic victory on the queen stage.The Colombian attacked his rivals on the Passo Giau, securing the Cima Coppi prize and soloing to victory in difficult conditions in Cortina d’Ampezzo. Bernal crossed the line 27 seconds ahead of his nearest rivals, proudly displaying the maglia rosa as he extended his overall race lead out to two minutes and 24 seconds.Romain Bardet (Team DSM) and Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Victorious) finished…

Highlights Report Victor Campenaerts raced to an incredible 3rd stage win at this year’s Giro d’Italia for Team Qhubeka ASSOS, at today’s stage 15 ending in Gorizia. This victory followed his teammates, Mauro Schmid and Giacomo Nizzolo, triumphs on stages 11 and 13 respectively. Team Qhubeka ASSOS, already having it’s best ever Giro d’Italia, started the 147km stage 15 with clear intentions to continue chasing success. From the gun, Campenaerts and teammate Max Walscheid were the first two riders to attack. After getting an initial gap, the race was then neutralized due to a mass crash in the peloton, which included…

Highlights Report Lorenzo Fortunato put his name to it, but the signature was a group one. A signature of a whole project, with twenty cyclists and many people working to assist them, which was born a few months ago in the ProTeam category. Lorenzo Fortunato won this Saturday on the summit of the Monte Zoncolan, he released the palmares of the EOLO-KOMETA Cycling Team and certified the fulfilment of a dream for a structure that faces the Corsa Rosa after the invitation of his organization. That invitation was a responsibility. And the ambitious objective was to win a stage. A…

Highlights Report Giacomo Nizzolo sprinted to an incredible first-ever grand tour stage victory, on stage 13 of the Giro d’Italia. The Team Qhubeka ASSOS sprinter broke his duck of 19 grand tour stage podiums without a win, by taking the top step in Verona today. Starting in Ravenna, the stage covered a mostly flat 198km route to finish with a mass sprint in Verona. The Italian and European champion, Nizzolo, already having placed 2nd twice at this year’s Giro d’Italia, was determined to not be denied once again. Team Qhubeka ASSOS took the reins in the peloton over the final 10km,…

Highlights Interview « This is my first victory at the Giro d’Italia and my first with AG2R Citroen Team, it’s just amazing. I am Italian, and I’ve won a stage in my national tour. It’s the biggest day of my career. The first goal of the day was to take maximum points for Geoffrey in the King of the Mountain classification. Then at the end, I knew I needed to anticipate the final climb if I wanted to make the selection. I saw that I could win. When I attacked, Geoffrey spoke to me on the radio; he encouraged me.…

Highlights Report Mauro Schmid stormed to victory on stage 11 of the Giro d’Italia, claiming the first professional win of his career and Team Qhubeka ASSOS first win at this year’s Giro d’Italia. The young Swiss rider (21), who was drafted into our Giro team two weeks before the Grande Partenza, got into the early break of the day with fellow teammate Bert-Jan Lindeman, along with 10 other riders. It was to be a very special stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia as the 162km route through the Tuscan countryside included 4 gravel sectors, totaling more than 35km inside the…