Cycling: Sam Bennett (Bora-Argon 18) won the first stage of the Critérium International. After the 90,5km around the port city of Porto-Vecchio on Corsica, the Irishman prevailed in a sprint against Rudy Barbier (Roubaix Lille) and Romain Feillu (HP BTP-Auber 93). The Bora captain thus also takes the overall lead. A thrilling start in fantastic conditions for the... read more
Cycling: Today, the ASO announced the participating teams for the two-day Critérium International race, which will take place in Corsica at the end of March. From a German perspective, it's encouraging to see three German teams competing: Giant-Alpecin, Bora-Argon18, and Team Stölting Service Group. Nevertheless, the ever-declining standing of this once top race is also becoming clear: ... read more
Swiss rider Mathias Frank celebrated his first victory for Team IAM. At the Col de l'Ospedale, where the Critérium International traditionally finishes, he prevailed over Frenchman Jean-Christoph Peraud and Portuguese NetApp Endura pro Tiago Machado. In the final kilometer, Frank and Peraud broke away from a strong group... read more
Frenchman Nacer Bouhanni (FdJ.fr) secured the opening stage of the Crtérium International. After 89 kilometers around the Corsican port town of Port Vecchio, last year's opening stage of the Tour de France, he clearly won the peloton sprint ahead of Nathan Haas (Garmin-Sharp) and Marko Kump (Tinkoff-Saxo). The race had been going strong with just under XNUMX kilometers to go... read more
