Cycling: Matteo Trentin secured the gold medal in the men's European Championship road race. The Italian proved to be the strongest sprinter in an eleven-man breakaway group. Silver went to Mathieu Van der Poel (Netherlands) ahead of Wout Van Aert (Belgium). Matteo Trentin takes gold, Nico Denz & Michael Albasini unlucky. The Italians can celebrate their first gold medal… read more
Cycling: The 101st Tour de France begins today in Leeds with the team presentations. Ten Germans, nine Swiss, and one Austrian will be called to the stage. In this article, we introduce the riders to watch from a German-speaking perspective. Ten German starters: The German professionals make up the largest group in this list… read more
Cycling: Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEdge) is dominating his home tour – at least in terms of stage wins. After losing the leader's jersey of the Tour de Romandie to Slovenian Simon Spilak (Katusha) the previous day, he triumphed again on the 174-kilometer fifth stage, which took the peloton to Fribourg. In a sprint finish among three riders… read more
The second stage of the Tour de Romandie ended with a victory for Swiss rider Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEdge), who thus celebrated his second win after his victory on yesterday's opening stage. After 166 kilometers from Sion to Montreux, he finished ahead of Frenchman Tony Hurel (Europcar) and Italian Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek). Albasini now takes over the overall lead… read more
The first stage of the Tour de Romandie was originally scheduled to take the peloton 200 kilometers from Ascona to Sion. However, due to heavy snowfall, the crossing of the Simplon Pass had to be removed from the route at short notice, and the stage was shortened to 88 kilometers. Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEdge) coped best with the route change and won the stage… read more
