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CHERASCO, Italy, May 17, 2013 (AFP) - Mark Cavendish claimed his fourth win of the 96th Giro d'Italia on Friday after sprinting to victory in the 13th stage, at 254 km the longest of the race, from Busseto to Cherasco. Italian Vincenzo Nibali remained in the race leader's pink jersey with Australia's Cadel Evans in second place at 41secs. Earlier, top favourite Bradley Wiggins and … [Read more...]
TREVISO, Italy, May 16, 2013 - Britain's Mark Cavendish won the rain-lashed 12th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Thursday as ailing Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins fell further off the pace. It was Omega Pharma rider Cavendish's third stage win of this year's race. Italy's Vincenzo Nibali, of Astana, kept the overall leader's pink jersey after the 134km run from Longarone to … [Read more...]
MARGHERITA DI SAVOIA, Italy, May 09, 2013 (AFP) - Britain's Mark Cavendish claimed his second win on the 96th Giro d'Italia Thursday when he dominated a bunch sprint at the end of the 169km sixth stage between Mola di Bari and Margherita de Savoia. Cavendish burst out from behind the wheel of Omega-Pharma teammate Gert Steegmans to finish ahead of Italian Elia Viviani and Australian … [Read more...]
NAPLES, Italy, May 04, 2013 (AFP) - British sprint king Mark Cavendish won a chaotic opening stage of the Giro d'Italia on Saturday to pull on the race leader's pink jersey for the third time in his career. The Isle of Man rider, winning his 11th stage in the epic Italian race, dominated a small but hectic group sprint to leave Elia Viviani of the Cannondale team in second place after … [Read more...]
by Justin DAVIS NAPLES, Italy, May 03, 2013 (AFP) - British sprint king Mark Cavendish could pull on the Giro d'Italia race leader's pink jersey on Saturday as his Omega-Pharma team's sprint-train credentials face their first big Grand Tour test of the season. Cavendish, arguably cycling's most successful sprinter, has since 2008 won a total of 10 stages on the three-week … [Read more...]
PARIS, April 30, 2013 - Isle of Man sprinter Mark Cavendish is the leading name in the Omega Pharma Quick-Step team for this year's Giro d'Italia, which starts in Naples on Saturday. Cavendish, 27, will not however be able to count on the support of the Italian sprint veteran Alessandro Petacchi, who had been linked with a move to the team by local media. Petacchi had said after … [Read more...]
18th Win for OPQS in Three Disciplines 27-Mar-2013: Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team had complete control of the front of the peloton in the final kilometers of the 204.2km Stage 2 of Driedaagse Van De Panne-Koksijde, putting all riders on the front working very hard for sprinter Mark Cavendish. However, with just 1km to go, Iljo Keisse and Niki Terpstra — in a headwind — were … [Read more...]
by Justin DAVIS MILAN, March 14, 2013 (AFP) - Slovakian Peter Sagan will be among the big names to watch when Milan-SanRemo kicks off the season of major cycling classics this weekend. Although only 23 years old, Sagan is already regarded as one of cycling's next big stars and could take his stock further with a maiden, historic history in "La Primavera" on Sunday. The … [Read more...]
Donoratico, March 6, 2013 (AFP) - British sprint ace Mark Cavendish is the first leader of the Tirreno-Adriatico race after his Omega Pharma team won the opening team time-trial over 16.9km from San Vincenzo to Donoratico on Wednesday. The former world road-race champion led his teammates over the finish line in 19min 24sec, 11sec ahead of Movistar with the BMC team of former Tour … [Read more...]
Seals Overall, Eighth Win for OPQS in 2013 08-Feb-2013: Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team rider Mark Cavendish snuck his way through a tough situation inside the final kilometer at Tour of Qatar Stage 6 on Friday. The peloton was determined to try and prevent his fourth straight victory, and as he was slightly boxed in within the final meters, it looked to be a tough task for the Manx … [Read more...]