Author: Harold Dalton

Report Trek-Segafredo had red-circled this day for some time and came in with high ambitions and a big plan: all hands – or legs in this case – on deck for one goal: a third win. Mads Pedersen had already promised his teammates, twice, that if they carry out their job, he will win. And Friday, for an incredible third time, he delivered on it again. “After a team effort like today it’s really, really nice to give the boys a victory. I think this was, by far, the hardest victory for the whole team, so it’s a good feeling,”…

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VIDEO: ICON Livigno Xtreme Triathlon This year in Livigno the temperature was not so cold as the previous editions and ICON athletes found 3 degrees Celsius on the shores of Lago Gallo with clear weather. The starting line was moved several hundreds of meters down because of the low water level. However, the distance in water remained unchanged and the athletes faced 3,8 km in pitch black water in the swimming fraction. Giulio Molinari, pillar of Livigno athletes and winner of ICON 2021, clearly is among the favourites. However, this year he is not alone. Saverio Zini, national biathlon athlete…

Report Dropping his head in disbelief, Rigoberto Urán was the first to cross the line on stage 17 of La Vuelta a España. The win not only moves the Colombian into the top ten overall but also sees him join an elite group of racers who have won a stage at all three grand tours. “It’s beautiful to win in the Vuelta,” says Rigoberto Urán. “I’ve been looking for this for several years because I’d already won at the Tour and the Giro. So as a three-week rider, to win here is very special. It’s not just this year that…

From Hawaii to Trentino… Molveno is preparing for the first Italian XTERRA World Championship. After twenty-five years, the main event of the most famous cross triathlon circuit in the world changes home and lands on the shores of Lake Molveno. The best of the discipline will for the first time meet in Italy for the final act of the season: the conquest of the world title. A high-adrenaline show in the setting of the Brenta Dolomites, an UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is not only the conclusion of the 2022 XTERRA season, it is the most expected and spectacular event,…

Report It was a tranquil race for 170 of the 189 kilometers of Stage 16, which all changed with the first climb at 15 kilometers to go and culminated with a dramatic 2.5-kilometer rise to the line. Similar to Stage 13, it was a stage suited perfectly to the red-hot Mads Pedersen, and before the race, he made a promise to his teammate Alex Kirsch. In the end, Mads delivered – but it was not as straightforward as he would have liked! “I promised Kirsch to win today. He missed the birth of his daughter yesterday and the whole team…

Report Making progress throughout the race, Thymen Arensman climbed to an incredible stage success for Team DSM this afternoon on the Vuelta a España’s queen and summit finish atop Sierra Nevada. A fierce start to the day saw lots of attacks where the team was active in following, looking to get Arensman into right move if it was a large group. Going to plan perfectly, Arensman made it into the large break after some good teamwork and the gap to the peloton increased. Although during the stage it looked like they might be brought back, Arensman and the rest of…

Report Richard Carapaz (INEOS Grenadiers) put in a dogged performance to seal a dramatic solo victory on Sierra de La Pandera. Carapaz had been part of a 10-rider break before attacking his fellow escapees in the closing kilometres to reduce the size of the group before going solo with 3.5 kilometres remaining. The Olympic champion was clear of the break, but faced a battle against the chase group behind as Primoz Roglic (Jumbo Visma) attacked from the considerably thinned group of general classification contenders. With the lead dwindling to seconds from minutes, Carapaz kicked in the final kilometre to hold…