By Nick Bensley ? @StayTrue_Racing Stage Two of the 2013 Tour of Tasmania was a stereotypical bike race. An early break goes, the team holding the yellow jersey (Huon Genesys) takes station at the front to manage the gap. Apart from the standard NRS unnecessary crashes and wild chopping, not much else occurred. CMDDT had…
Month: September 2013
Argos-Shimano Previews Upcoming Races
After the furore that is the World Championships last week, riders return to the [W:Team Argos-Shimano] jersey to take on some of the final races of the season. The first race for the team is, like the Championships, in Italy, Milano-Torino (1.HC) ? a one-day race covering 193.5km. ?Milano-Torino is a race for the specialists,?with…
Belkin Pro Cycling Team Extends Contracts With Martens, Bol, Garate
The [W:Belkin Pro Cycling Team] will be able to rely on Paul Martens, Jetse Bol and Juanma Garate again in 2014. The team is glad to announce that the German, the Dutchman and the Spaniard have extended their contracts for two years, one year and one year, respectively. [W:Paul Martens] Nico Verhoeven is very pleased…
2013 Tour of Tasmania From The Lions Den: Stage 2
By: Darcy Woolley The first road stage of the Tour of Tasmania dawned and in spite of a bit of breeze, conditions (for early Spring Tasmania) were, dare I say, spring like. No rain and no snow. Success! Today?s course stretched over 120km, with as much up and down as the Aussie dollar. People might…
Nathan Elliott?s Daily Diary: 2013 Tour of Tasmania Stage 2
By Nathan Elliott ? @n_sumo23 Today’s stage was a 120km trek from New Norfolk to Lake Pedder/Strathgordon. This is the same stage that saw Darren Lapthorne(Drapac) win solo last year and take the leaders jersey. The majority of today’s race was pretty uneventful due to a block headwind for most of the course. Once the…
Alex Edmondson Sprints To Victory In Tour of Tasmania
London Olympian Alex Edmondson (Euride Racing) has clinched victory on stage two of the Caterpillar Tour of Tasmania in Strathgordon after the 19 year old was a part of a breakaway for most of the challenging 120 kilometre race. A noted sprinter and reigning world champion on the track,?Edmondson took out the stage ahead of…
Shaun O?Callaghan Daily Diary: 2013 Tour of Tasmania Stage 2
By Shaun O?Callaghan ? @shaunocall Today’s 2nd stage of the 2013 Caterpillar Tour of Tasmania took a slightly smaller peloton along the 120km journey west from New Norfolk to Strathgordon. Yesterday’s TTT saw the cream rise to the top yet even with the extended 25% cut off time, six riders were cut due to such…
Portuguese N?lson Oliveira Joins 2014 Lampre Roster
In 2014 at?LAMPRE-MERIDA roster there will be one place for a Portuguese young talent: N?lson Filipe Santos Sim?es Oliveira. Twenty-four years old, four seasons as a pfrofessional, the cyclist born in Vilarinho do Bairro is a strong rouleur that could be competitive also on light climbs and support a big leader in the flat…
Four More Re-Signings For Lotto Belisol
Four names can be added to the list of riders who prolong their contract with Lotto Belisol. [W:Gert Dockx] stays two more years. [W:Olivier Kaisen], [W:Tosh Van der Sande] and [W:Jonas Van Genechten] signed for one extra season. The 25-year-old Dockx, who rides for the team since 2011, took his first pro victory in the…
2013 Tour of Tasmania: Stage 2 Results
Alex Edmondson has taken out Stage 2 of the 2013 Tour of Tasmania, with Nathan Earle moving into the leaders jersey. 1. 21 Alex Edmondson (ERD) ? 3h31:34 11 2. 33 William WALKER (DPC) ? +0 5 3. 95 Luke Parker (VIS) ? +0 3 4. 6 Patrick Shaw (HGP) ? +0 1 5. 161…