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The 27th edition of the Südtirol Dolomiti Superbike ended on Saturday with two victories of the favourites. In glorious weather, Colombian Leonardo Paez came out on top in the men’s elite race, winning the MTB classic in Villabassa for the fourth time. In the women’s event, Italian Claudia Peretti, who had won the bronze medal at the European Championships just under a month ago, retained the upper hand. 2500 bikers from 36 different nations took up the challenge of the MTB marathon in the Dolomite region 3 Peaks. Leonardo Paez did it again! For the fourth time after 2006, 2016…

Report Wout van Aert has won the eighth stage of the Tour de France in an impressive way. The green-jersey wearer beat Michael Matthews and Tadej Pogacar on the steep final climb in Lausanne. For Van Aert, who was the best in Calais on Tuesday, it is his eighth stage win in the Tour and his seventh victory of the season. The hill stage’s finish was on the Cote du Stade Olympique, a five-kilometre climb with a maximum gradient of twelve percent. His teammates controlled the stage well, and Van Aert maneuvered to the front and got himself in the…

Report There was a spectacular duel at the finish line of La Super Planche des Belles Filles, with Tadej Pogačar winning the 7th stage of the Tour de France at the end of an exciting head-to-head with Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma). The Slovenian of UAE Team Emirates finished off the work done during the stage from the Emirati team at the head of the group: the 10 members of the main escape of the day (originally 11, with the presence of Vegard Laengen, who then stopped to wait for the group) they took the final ascent (7 km at 8.5% average…

Report After yesterday’s stage characterized by many cobbled sections, the Tour de France today brought the riders to the Ardennes, with 219.9km from Blinche to Longwy. The break of the day featured maillot jaune Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), who was brought back with 15km to go as the teams lifted the pace in the peloton. In a classic finish of the Ardennes, the riders tackled the Cote Montingny sur Chiers in quick succession, 1.6 kilometers at 4.4%, then Cote de Pulventeux, 800 meters at 12.3% which crested at five to the finish, and finally the Cote Religieuses, 1.6 kilometers at…

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Report Wout van Aert has won the fourth stage of the Tour de France in spectacular fashion. The rider was fired like a rocket by his teammates on the last slope of the day and finished the job with a powerful solo ride in the final ten kilometers. Van Aert finally got his win after three second places in a row. In the more than 170 kilometer stage, spectacle took some time to arrive. Finally, with twelve kilometers to go, the Jumbo-Visma team opened the burners to ignite the race. “It was a planned action”, Nathan Van Hooydonck describes the…

Report Dutch sprinter Dylan Groenewegen returned to the top step of the podium in style at the Tour de France with a stunning and emotional victory on stage three in Denmark for Team BikeExchange-Jayco. Groenewegen put his hands to his head as he crossed the line, unsure if he’d taken the win, but the emotions soon poured out as his first Tour de France stage win in three years was confirmed. The 29-year-old notched up his fifth career Tour victory with a typically powerful and well-timed dash to the line after superb work from his Team BikeExchange-Jayco teammates in the…