Cycling-Girmay becomes first Eritrean to win World Tour race
(Reuters) - Biniam Girmay became the first rider from Eritrea to win a cycling World Tour (elite) race when he prevailed in the Ghent-Wevelgem classic on Sunday.
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Biniam Girmay becomes first Eritrean to win cycling World Tour race
The Intermarche-Wanty Gobert rider beat France’s Christophe Laporte (Jumbo Visma) and Belgian Dries Van Gestel (TotalEnergies) after he and three other riders attacked 24 kilometres from the finish.
Jumbo-Visma one-two as Wout van Aert wins E3 Saxo Bank Classic ahead of teammate Christophe Laporte
Jumbo-Visma’s stellar season continued after Belgian champion Wout van Aert and the versatile Frenchman Christophe Laporte combined to devastating effect in the opening race of so-called Flanders Week. The duo established a lead of almost two minutes over a chasing group of eight before sitting up to take in the applause on the home straight of the E3 Saxo Bank Classic, where they locked arms in celebration.
Matej Mohoric: The daredevil descender who 'destroyed cycling' at Milan-San Remo – Blazin Saddles'
As UAE Team Emirates and Jumbo-Visma fronted a stellar group of 26 riders towards the foot of the Poggio, Eurosport commentator Rob Hatch told viewers to buckle up for “the most electrifying 10 minutes of the cycling season”. He wasn’t wrong.
Tour de France can only be a Primoz Roglic v Tadej Pogacar showdown, Ineos in deep trouble – Blazin’ Saddles
Two hard-fought stage races over the same time period amounted to manna in the musette for cycling fans, although the final results – a commanding victory for Tadej Pogacar and a slender breakthrough win for Primoz Roglic – will have many fearing for the inevitable later this summer. Here are 10 talking points from an absorbing week of racing both sides of the French and Italian border… Ad/> Anything UAE can do, Jumbo-Visma can do better Paris — NiceRoglic wins Paris-Nice despite familiar late wobble as brilliant Yates deniedYESTERDAY AT 16:10 When UAE Team Emirates channelled their inner Gewiss and pulled off an uncanny one-two-three in the Trofeo Laigueglia at the start of the month, no one expected their clean sweep to be replicated just days later and on a far greater stage – and by their big rivals, no less.
Mads Pedersen takes stage 3 victory at Paris-Nice
Denmark's Mads Pedersen [Trek-Segafredo] earned victory on stage three of Paris-Nice on Tuesday.
Mats Pedersen takes Stage 3 victory at Paris-Nice as leader Christophe Laporte crashes on home straight
A classics-style Stage 3 ended in a slimline bunch finish, with the 2019 World Champion, Mads Pedersen, able to outsprint Wout van Aert (Jumbo Visma), to take Trek-Segafredo’s first WorldTour win in nine months. The second longest stage of the week took the race from the still somewhat northern Vierizon, in the Loire Valley, to the commune of Dun-le-Palestel in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. While far from the most mountainous, it had enough about it to tempt the breakaway king, Thomas De Gent, into trying his luck.
Fabio Jakobsen bursts to impressive Paris-Nice win
Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl rider Fabio Jakobsen sprinted to another impressive victory in stage two of Paris-Nice on Monday.