Sam Bennett claims fifth in European Championship road race
Sam Bennett just missed out on the medal places after earning a fifth-place finish in the men's road race at the European Championships in Munich.
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Fabio Jakobsen strikes gold for Netherlands in elite men's road race at European Championships
Fabio Jakobsen (Netherlands) came out on top of a thrilling mass sprint to take gold in the elite men’s road race at the European Championships in Munich on Saturday. The 25-year-old got his nose in front at the finish line to edge Arnaud Demare (France) and Tim Merlier (Belgium), who took silver and bronze respectively.
I’m sorry!’ – Mark Cavendish leaves Tour of Poland to focus on Commonwealth Games for the Isle of Man
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team have confirmed that sprint star Mark Cavendish will leave the Tour of Poland to put his whole focus on the Commonwealth Games. Cavendish will represent the Isle of Man in the road race on Sunday in Warwick, and will have familiar faces for company with Geraint Thomas of Ineos Grenadiers representing Wales.
Alexander Kristoff broke away late on to grab a second Scheldeprijs victory, seven years after his first
Alexander Kristoff (Intermarche-Wanty Gobert) grabbed a stunning victory in Scheldeprijs, riding his luck through the crosswinds early on and then launching an audacious late lone break to cross the line well clear of the chasing pack. Danny van Poppel (Bora-Hansgrohe) out-sprinted Sam Welsford (Team DSM) to grab second, but no one had the pace to catch the Norwegian on a wet and windy day.
Pogacar wins the Tirreno-Adriatico as Bahrain - Victorious rider Bauhaus claims sprint finish on Stage 7
A “dog’s breakfast” of a sprint finish in which “the favourite’s teams all got it wrong” was won with a delayed but daring dart for the line by Phil Bauhaus of Bahrain Victorious. Though the last hundred metres of Tirreno-Adriatico’s final stage looked chaotic on camera, everyone stayed upright, and all the riders made it home safely.
Caleb Ewan sweeps by Arnaud Demare to win stage 3 of Tirreno-Adriatico after Tadej Pogacar attack
Caleb Ewan (Lotto–Soudal) timed his sprint to perfection to claim stage 3 of Tirreno-Adriatico 2022, on a day that was lit up by another audacious attack from Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates). The stage had the look of one that would play out for the sprinters to dominate, and that was the case as Ewan came over the top to take the win from Arnaud Demare (Groupama–FDJ). But only after the peloton had to work hard to reel in Pogacar and a select group who went away after the intermediate sprint.
Merlier exhibe poderío al esprint ante una gran actuación de Soler
Tim Merlier llegaba con resultados discretos a esta más allá de un segundo puesto en la tercera etapa de la Vuelta al Algarve. Pero hoy, en la jornada más larga de la 'carrera de los dos mares' en esta edición (219 km) el belga del Alpecin-Fenix estrenó su casillero de victorias en 2022 al apuntarse el esprint masivo en la localidad de Sovicille. Un desenlace que a punto estuvo de evitar un Marc Soler pletórico: el catalán atacó en el tramo final del recorrido y mantuvo un intenso pulso con el pelotón durante 17 km. Sólo una buena organización de los equipos de los velocistas evitó su primera victoria con los colores del UAE, lo que permitió a Filippo Ganna seguir líder un día más.
Tim Merlier wins bunch sprint to take Stage 2 of Tirreno-Adriatico ahead of likes of Peter Sagan
2020 Tirreno-Adriatico stage winner Tim Merlier has wasted no time in opening his 2022 account by taking the victory on Stage 2 on Tuesday. With the leading group reeled in by the peloton with just a few kilometres to go it was always going to be a tense and exciting sprint finish.