CyclingTips

2020 Tour de France, Features, Race reports, Racing - September 13, 2020

Soren Kragh Andersen times attack perfectly to take solo victory in stage 14

Sunweb put on an exhibition of teamwork into Lyon, attacking one after another to propel Soren Kragh Andersen to a solo victory in stage 14, taking advantage of a hilly, technical finale to pull one over on the sprinters. Luca Mezgec of Mitchelton-Scott led the reduced peloton across the line for second, followed by Cofidis’ …

The post Soren Kragh Andersen times attack perfectly to take solo victory in stage 14 appeared first on CyclingTips.

Annemiek van Vleuten wastes no time, takes pink in Giro’s second stage

The five-second time loss in the Giro Rosa’s opening team time trial meant little to Mitchelton-Scott’s Annemiek Van Vleuten, who won stage two of the Giro Rosa solo by a minute. The chasers, Anna van der Breggen of Boels-Dolmans Cycling Team and Kasia Niewiadoma of Canyon // SRAM Racing, didn’t have the road or the …

The post Annemiek van Vleuten wastes no time, takes pink in Giro’s second stage appeared first on CyclingTips.

Read more

2020 Giro Rosa, Features, Photo galleries, Racing - September 12, 2020

Giro Rosa gallery: Trek-Segafredo wins the opening TTT

The biggest stage race in women’s cycling got underway on Friday in the town of Grosetto, Italy. The 2020 Giro Rosa comprises nine stages and the first of those was a 16.8 km team time trial, won by Trek-Segafredo. Photgrapher David Powell is at the race for CyclingTips to capture all the action. Here’s what …

The post Giro Rosa gallery: Trek-Segafredo wins the opening TTT appeared first on CyclingTips.

Tour de France gallery: Slovenia storms the podium on stage 13

After a couple days for the sprinters and the opportunists, the climbers and GC men got their chance on stage 13 of the Tour de France. Dani Martinez (EF) took an impressive win from the breakaway, beating two Bora-Hansgrohe riders in the process, while in the GC group Slovenia took command of the overall podium. …

The post Tour de France gallery: Slovenia storms the podium on stage 13 appeared first on CyclingTips.

Bardet out of Tour after suffering concussion in stage 13 crash

Supported by

Romain Bardet will not start stage 14 of the Tour de France after suffering a concussion in a crash on stage 13. His AG2R La Mondiale team announced the news on Friday after a difficult day in the Massif Central. “This stage on my home roads was the complete opposite of what I had hoped …

The post Bardet out of Tour after suffering concussion in stage 13 crash appeared first on CyclingTips.