Tag: Giro d’Italia
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CYCLING: Carapaz the first Ecuadorian rider to capture the Giro d’Italia
No one was talking about Richard Carapaz and the famous pink jersey – the Maglia Rosa – worn by the leader of the Giro...
CYCLING: Attacks galore, but Carapaz minds the store to all but clinch Giro d’Italia...
Everyone knew what was coming, most of all Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz, the race leader of the 102nd Giro d’Italia. Saturday’s final mountain stage was...
CYCLING: Chaves breaks away for Stage 19 win, but Carapaz not safe yet in...
After 19 stages, the 102nd Giro d’Italia is not determined yet.
Friday’s stage featured a misery-inducing climb over the last 31 km up to the...
CYCLING: Peters surprises with first-time win, while Carapaz extends his lead in Giro d’Italia
In his first-ever ride in the Giro d’Italia, France’s Nans Peters had finished 75-104-38-119-48 in his last five stages before Wednesday’s 181 km climb...
CYCLING: Mountain man Ciccone rolls to impressive win as Nibali moves up and Roglic...
Tuesday’s misery-packed stage in the Italian Alps confirmed that Italy's Giulio Ciccone is the master of the mountains in the 102nd Giro d’Italia, winning...
CYCLING: Surprise win for Cataldo, but problems for Roglic in Giro Stage 15
Another crazy day at the 102nd Giro d’Italia, with 34-year-old Italian rider Dario Cataldo, who decided to go along with a breakaway by fellow...
CYCLING: Ecuador’s Carapaz wins brutal stage 14, takes the Maglia Rosa over Roglic
The 102nd Giro d’Italia is turning into a battle royal with the third new leader in the last four stages after the formidable Stage...
CYCLING: Russia’s Zakarin scores surprise win in Giro Stage 13 and rides into overall...
It had been three years since Russian Ilnur Zakarin had won a UCI World Tour stage, and certainly no one saw him coming to...
CYCLING: As the climbing starts, the leaderboard shifts at the 102nd Giro d’Italia
Most of the initial stages of the 2019 Giro d’Italia have been fairly flat, but not anymore. Thursday’s stage signaled the start of the...
CYCLING: Roglic routs Giro field in time trial again to close the first week,...
When Slovenia’s Primoz Roglic took the lead by winning the first-day time trial by 19 seconds over Simon Yates (GBR), he made a statement...