Kirsten WILD has taken out Stage 1 of the 2013 Giro Rosa, while Marianne VOS is in the pink jersey after picking up bonus seconds out on the course. 2013 Giro Rosa Stage 1 Results 1 Kirsten WILD 2:53:55 2 Marianne VOS 0 3 Marta TAGLIAFERRO 0 4 Edita JANELIUNAITE 0 5 Oxana KOZONCHUK 0…
Month: June 2013
2013 Giro Rosa: Sungeun Gu Crashes Out Of The Giro Rosa
A hectic sprint in Margherita di Savoia provided the excitement on an otherwise mild first stage of the Giro Rosa. Kirsten WILD (Dutch National Team) proved quickest amongst the sharp elbows and swarms to claim the top step of the stage podium. Compatriot Marianne VOS (Rabobank Women) crossed the line behind Wild but…
2013 Giro Rosa: Giorgia Bronzini Denied By Late Punctures In Stage 1
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling?s former two-time World champion Giorgia BRONZINI was denied the chance to sprint for victory in the opening stage of the Giro d?Italia Femminile – the Giro Rosa – by a puncture in the closing kilometres. The flat 117.8km stage between between Giovinazzo and Margherita di Savoia was largely uneventful until it…
2013 Giro Rosa: Marianne Vos In Pink At Giro Rosa
On the waterfront of Margherita di Savoia Kirsten WILD of the?Team Argos-Shimano?won a ?photo finish?against Olympic and world championship Marianne VOS (Rabo Cycling Team Woman). Thanks to the bonus seconds?earned in the two sprints of the day?Vos will?wear the first pink jersey of the ?2013 edition.?An elated Wild couldn’t contain her joy at the end…
2013 Tour de France: Jan Bakelants Surprises All And Takes Yellow
With 1800 meters to go Jan Bakelants seized the moment to attack his breakaway group and challenge for the win in the 100th Tour de France.? Known as a rider who always attacks and willingly takes his chances, Bakelants, 27, took the win by one second and in doing so, earned the honor of wearing…
2013 Giro Rosa: Kirsten Wild Back to Winning Ways on Stage 1
[W:Team Argos-Shimano] rider [W:Kirsten Wild] (NED) has won the first stage of the eight-day [W:Giro d’Italia Femminile] (2.1) where she is riding for the Netherlands. Wild was quickest at the finish of the 124.3km stage between Giovinazzo – Margherita de Savioa, outpacing World and Olympic champion [W:Marianne Vos] (Rabobank-Liv Giant). Back in April she broke…
The Logistics Of A Bike Race
Earlier this year Caelli Greenbank covered Paris-Nice and spent Stage 5 on Montagne de Lure with the ASO.? Here she takes a timely look at the logistics of organising a massive bike race! By Caelli Greenbank (Twitter @fireflycaelli) The black cables weave across the ground like dozens of huge dark snakes.? There are kilometres of…
2013 Preston Mountain Classic – Photo Gallery
Today Strath Creek played host to the?2013 Preston Mountain Classic, which was the 37th edition of one of Australia’s great one day races. Riders set off from Stratch Creek toward Flowerdale & Yea, then though Jerrisdale and back to Strath Creek. The elite men had the joy of completing two gruelling laps of this course,…
2013 Tour de France: Marcel Kittel Takes Out Tour Stage 1
[W:Marcel Kittel] (GER) got [W:Team Argos-Shimano] off to a perfect start at the 100th edition of the [W:Tour de France] by winning stage 1. Kittel and the team successfully negotiated a confusing and technical finale but finished off the job to perfection after keeping cool heads throughout the chaos. As expected, the stage featured a…
Sam Schneider Wins Fond du Lac Classic at ToAD
Samantha SCHNEIDER secured her second victory today on the 9th day of racing at the Tour of America?s Dairyland — an 11-day race series in Wisconsin. The Team TIBCO rider won the day at the Fond du Lac Commonwealth Classic criterium, moving her into 1st place in the overall standings. Younger sibling Skylar Schneider (age…