Cycling: Mads Pedersen won the sixth stage of the Giro d'Italia. The Dane prevailed in the mass sprint ahead of Jonathan Milan and Pascal Ackermann. For a long time, it looked like a victory for the breakaway riders. The duo were only caught 400 meters from the finish. Mads Pedersen completes his hat trick. A thrilling chase between the breakaway riders and the peloton… read more
Cycling: The big winner of the fifth stage of the Tour de France is Simon Clarke. The Australian won the cycling spectacle to the Arenberg Forest as a breakaway rider ahead of Taco van der Hoorn. The strongest general classification contender was – as almost expected – Tadej Pogacar. His compatriot Primoz Roglic, on the other hand, lost a lot of time today. Clarke wins the sprint of the year. It was… read more
Cycling: Two professionals in particular have reason to celebrate after today's fifth stage of the Vuelta a España. Simon Clarke (EF Education) won the stage, while Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ) secured the red jersey. Both were part of the breakaway group, which finished well ahead of the peloton. Once again, the breakaway riders prevailed. After yesterday's... read more
Giro d'Italia: Setback for Richie Porte of Team Sky in the fight for the Maglia Rosa of the Giro d'Italia. The race jury handed him a two-minute time penalty. Anger erupted online. Porte – who was third in the overall standings, 22 seconds behind leader Contador – suffered a front tire puncture about 10 kilometers from the finish. The Australian… read more
Slovakian Peter Sagan (Cannondale) celebrated his 60th professional victory at the end of the third stage of Tirreno-Adriatico. He triumphed in Arezzo after a classic-like finale, ahead of Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge), and Philippe Gilbert (BMC). Kwiatkowski's second-place finish took over the overall lead from… read more
