Mark Cavendish sprints to 16th career Giro d’Italia stage victory
Mark Cavendish ensured a winning return to the Giro d’Italia as he sprinted to victory on stage three in Hungary.
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Cavendish sprints to stage three victory on Giro d'Italia return
KAPOSVAR, Hungary : Mark Cavendish marked his return to the Giro d'Italia with a commanding sprint on stage three of the Grand Tour race, a 201km-ride from Kaposvar to Balatonfured, on Sunday as Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel retained the overall lead.
Simon Yates wins Stage Two time trial as Mathieu van der Poel keeps Giro d'Italia lead
British rider Simon Yates of Bike Exchange-Jayco won Stage Two of the Giro d'Italia on Saturday, crossing the Budapest finish line of the 9.2km time trial three seconds faster than Mathieu van der Poel, who retained the overall lead, while Tom Dumoulin was third.
Van der Poel sprints to victory to win first stage of Giro d'Italia
BUDAPEST : Mathieu van der Poel of Alpecin-Fenix won the first stage of the Giro d'Italia on Friday, beating Biniam Girmay on the final sprint to claim victory on the a 195-km flat ride from Budapest to Visegrad.
Giro d’Italia 2022 sprinters’ guide: Who will win the maglia ciclamino? Mark Cavendish, Mathieu van der Poel?
The last of our pre-race previews for the 105th edition of the Giro d’Italia homes in on the fast men of the peloton: the sprinters who will do battle over at least six stages, and perhaps as many as nine. Stages 3 (Kaposvar to Balatonfured), 5 (Catania to Messina), 6 (Palmi to Scalea), 11 (Santarcangelo di Romagna to Reggio Emilia), 13 (Sanremo to Cuneo) and 18 (Borgo Valsugana to Treviso) look nailed on to finish with a bunch sprint.
'Hopefully we can get a win' - Mark Cavendish excited for start of Giro d'Italia, Mathieu van der Poel feeling confident
Mark Cavendish says he has been blown away by the reception he has received from the Hungarian supporters and hopes to add to his stage win tally ahead of the Giro d'Italia. Cavendish, who has 15 career Giro d'Italia stage wins, will ride at the 105th instalment of the Giro after a nine-year hiatus. Ad/> The Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl rider is part of a team that has won 26 stage victories with 14 different riders.
Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert mong best riders of spring Classics – but what about biggest disappointments?
With just a single top-10 finish in Monuments going into Sunday’s Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl were feeling the pressure ahead of La Doyenne. After the horrific mass pile-up that ended Julian Alaphilippe’s chances and sent the French world champion to hospital, it looked like the Belgian team’s terrible run would continue – only for Remco Evenepoel to put in a timely reminder of his stardom with a pulverising attack on La Redoute to save Patrick Lefevere’s bacon.
‘I was crying and screaming!’ – Sonny Colbrelli on that mud-soaked day at Paris-Roubaix
“It sinks in every morning when I see the cobble on the table, staring at me.” The reigning men's Paris-Roubaix champion, Sonny Colbrelli, will not be on the startline in Compiegne on Sunday to defend his title. The Bahrain-Victorious rider suffered a cardiac arrest after crossing the line in the opening stage He subsequently underwent clinical cardiovascular evaluation, where he was diagnosed with a cardiac arrhythmia and was fitted with a “life-saving” subcutaneous defibrillator. Ad/> Colbrelli may never race again, let alone win.