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ROME, March 12, 2013 - Italy's Vincenzo Nibali successfully defended his Tirreno-Adriatico crown on Tuesday as the Astana racer held off the challenge of Britain's Chris Froome. Froome had begun the day 34sec behind his rival and Nibali was able to hold him off to take the overall win following a 9.2km time-trial around San Benedetto del Tronto on Italy's eastern Adriatic coast. … [Read more...]
ROME, March 11, 2013 - Slovakia's Peter Sagan won the sixth stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico over 209km around Porto Sant'Elpidio on Monday as Italy's Vincenzo Nibali took the overall lead. In wet conditions, Sagan of the Cannondale team sprinted away in the final 300 metres to beat Nibali, with Spain's Joaquim Rodriguez in third. Despite finishing second on the day, Nibali, of … [Read more...]
ROME, March 10, 2013 (AFP) - Spain's Joaquim Rodriguez won the fifth stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico over 230km from Ortona to Chieti on Sunday as Britain's Chris Froome moved into the overall lead. Sky's Froome finished in a group, including former Tour de France winner Alberto Contador, just a few seconds behind Rodriguez. That was enough for the Briton to wrench the leader's blue … [Read more...]
ROME, March 9, 2013 - Britain's Tour de France runner-up Chris Froome won the fourth stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico on Saturday to close in on the leader's blue jersey. Poland's Michal Kwiatowski took fourth on the bumpy 173km run from Narni to Prati di Tivo to take charge of the general classification. He finished 13sec behind Froome and now leads the Sky man by 4sec overall. … [Read more...]
ROME, March 8, 2013 - Slovakian star Peter Sagan held off sprint ace Mark Cavendish to win the third stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico over 190km from Indicatore to Narni Scalo on Friday. With former world champion Cavendish on his wheel, Sagan attacked from well back and reeled in Andre Greipel to claim the victory. Race leader Cavendish left his attack too late while a fading … [Read more...]
ROME, March 7, 2013 (AFP) - Australian Matthew Goss of Orica-Greenedge won the second stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico over 232km from San Vincenzo to Indicatore in a sprint finish on Thursday. Britain's Mark Cavendish of Omega-Pharma retained the leader's blue jersey despite finishing only fifth on the stage. "It was quite chaotic in the final laps because it was raining, there … [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...]
ROME, March 5, 2013 (AFP) - Italy's Vincenzo Nibali will on Wednesday begin the defence of his Tirreno-Adriatico title, looking to hold off competition from 2011 winner Cadel Evans and Tour de France contenders Alberto Contador and Chris Froome. The early season stage race, seen as a warm-up for the Milan-Sanremo on March 17, starts with a 16.9km team time-trial from San Vincenzo to … [Read more...]
The BMC Racing Team will be looking for a fast start to help Cadel Evans on his way toward a strong performance when Tirreno-Adriatico begins Wednesday. A Talented Field A 16.9-kilometer team time trial that opens the seven-day race is an opportunity to immediately set the tone, BMC Racing Team Assistant Director Max Sciandri said. "The most important thing is to get the team started in the … [Read more...]
African cycling is taking another step forward. This coming Wednesday, Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung will take on its first season highlight at the Itallian race Tirreno-Adriatico (March 6-12, UCI WorldTour). This is the first time in the history of international cycling that an African team will start in a WorldTour race, the highest ranking of the UCI. The Professional Continental team will be … [Read more...]