Author: Harold Dalton

Report Primoz Roglic has won the fourth stage of Tirreno-Adriatico. The Slovenian of Team Jumbo-Visma had the best punch on the vicious final climb to Tortoreto. Wout van Aert crashed at the bottom of the final climb, denying him the stage win. The most challenging part of the stage came at the end, with four climbs in the last 50 kilometres. On the second pass of the Tortoreto, Julian Alaphillipe took off. Van Aert was quick to react, and although the rest of the peloton joined him a little later, the Belgian’s intentions were clear. For Van Aert, things went…

Race Report La Loge des Gardes (6,8 km at 7%) is where it all kicked off. After some intense work by his teammates, Pogačar countered an attack by Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) at -4,2 km; the duo were caught by the first chasing group after a few hundred meters and in that moment David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) went solo. Pogačar waited until there were 2.3km to go and then attacked, bridging the gap to the French rider, while Vingegaard struggled in the attempt to reach the two riders. UAE Team Emirates’ captain and Gaudu then sprinted for the victory and the Slovenian…

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Stop the presses. Stages has launched a dual sided power meter for Shimano’s latest 12-speed Ultegra 8100 cranksets. That’s not relevant to us at all, but it might be relevant to you, and so we’ll pretend to be enthusiastic about it. Wow! Finally, the 12-speed Ultegra 8100 cranksets are getting some affordable power meter love! The drive-side Stages R crank arms and dual sided Stages LR cranksets for Shimano’s 12-speed groups feature a new power meter design including new strain gauge placement and sensors. That’s awesome! We always wanted our strain gauge placed differently! Available Now for $839.99 Units are…

SPOILERS BELOW! Race Report Team Jumbo-Visma has won the team time trial of Paris-Nice. After a lightning-fast race against the clock, the Dutch team had the fastest time at the finish line. Team Jumbo-Visma won the race with an average speed of almost 57 kilometres per hour, earning them their eighth victory of the season. The team time trial was right up the yellow-and-black team’s alley. Team Jumbo-Visma, which consists of time trial experts Rohan Dennis, Edoardo Affini, and Tobias Foss, already had the best time at the intermediate point and could hold onto the first position. Despite being small,…

Race Report Fabio Jakobsen nabbed the win on the second stage of the Italian race, unleashing a huge acceleration before cunningly throwing his bike over the line for Soudal Quick-Step’s 12th success of the year. Follonica – a small town in the province of Grosseto, more accustomed to welcoming the peloton of the Giro d’Italia than the one of Tirreno-Adriatico – was the site of Jakobsen’s 40th pro win, which came at the end of a stage that our team controlled from the beginning until the end. Dries Devenyns kept the breakaway on a tight leash, making sure the gap…

Race Report “I was not totally sure until it was announced so I am pretty happy that it was enough to win.” Mads Pedersen sprinted to victory on Stage 2 of Paris-Nice after a superb team performance all day and a perfect lead-out towards the line from Alex Kirsch. The finish was close. So close in fact that initially even Pedersen wasn’t totally sure he had secured the win in Fontainebleau. However, once the news came through over race radio the Danish rider was able to celebrate his second victory of 2023 with his teammates before heading onto the podium.…

Race Report Filippo Ganna stormed to a dominant victory in the opening time trial at Tirreno-Adriatico to move into an early race lead. The Italian national champion went 28 seconds quicker than anyone else across the chilly 11.5-kilometre test to pull on the race’s first maglia azzurra. “We did an amazing performance today. I was just thinking about riding as fast as possible. Two days ago I didn’t know what my performance level today would be. But I wanted to do my maximum. It’s really really nice, after many podiums, getting the victory is important for me. I think for…