Alex Dowsett Wins Stage 8 Giro d’Italia 2013

Alex Dowsett beat out Bradley Wiggins (Sky) by 10 seconds and Tanel Kangert (Astana) by 14 seconds for the win. Yesterday’s maglia rosa winner Benat Intxausti (Movistar) fought valiantly, but this was not his discipline, and he dropped out of the top ten, losing over four minutes on the day.

Mark Cavendish Felicita a Alex Dowsett en Maglia Rosa

Do proud of @alexdowsett today, winning a proper hard @giroditalia time trial. Such a hard worker and a brilliant guy. Congrats dude!

— Mark Cavendish (@MarkCavendish) May 11, 2013

Alex Dowsett gana la 8va. etapa del Giro de Italia, de 54.8 kilometros de recorrido desde Gabicce Mare hasta Saltara haciendo CRI, Contra Reloj Individual (en Inglés, ITT o Individual Time Trial).
Vincenzo Nibali y Cadel Evans tratan de ganar la etapa pero se quedan atrás, sin embargo, los dos suben en la clasificación general pero Níbali salta a la Maglia Rosa. Bradley Wiggins baja a cuarto lugar.

CLAFISIFACION GENERAL después de la etapa 8va.
1 Vincenzo Nibali AST
2 Cadel Evans BMC +29″
3 Robert Gesink BLA +1:15
4 Bradley Wiggins SKY +1:16
5 Michele Scarponi LAM +1:24
6 Ryder Hesjedal GRS +2:05
7 Sergio Henao SKY +2:11
8 Mauro Santambrogio VIN +2:43
9 Przemyslaw Niemiec LAM +2:44
10 Rigoberto Urán SKY +2:49

 

Mark Cavendish Gana la Primera Etapa Giro Italia

Mark Cavendish gana la primera etapa de 130 kms de recorrido del Giro d’Italia 2013 con una forma de acelerar tremenda, con fuerza fenomenal y con sapiencia al saber cuando meterse y pegarle duro a los pedales para pasar el primer lugar. Ahora se viste con la MAGLIA ROSA!!!

Mark Cavendish Wins Tour de France Stage 18 Wiggins still Leads

Mark Cavendish wins today´s stage, the way he did it was outstanding. He followed behind 3 or 4 riders then 50 mts before the finish line he went across the racers, surprised them with a tremendous speed and won the stage, just like to proof the world that HE still the best sprinter of the world.

TOP 10 OF TODAY´S STAGE

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling
2 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
3 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale
4 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
5 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
6 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin – Sharp
7 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
8 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
10 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne

Andre Greipel Wins Tour de France Stage 4

Agressive and fast final sprint. Massive crash at the 3 final kilometers of the final. Mark Cavendish on the floor and couldn´t get up. Peter Sagan couldn´t make it this time because it came with a bunch of sprinters and solo works better for him.

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION after stage 4

1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 20:04:02
2 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:00:07
3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:00:07
4 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:10
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:00:11
6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:00:13
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:17
8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:18
9 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin – Sharp 0:00:18
10 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:19

Peter Sagan Wins Tour de France Stage 3

It seems to me that Mark Cavendish is in great danger of not getting what he wants so much: beat Eddy Merckx record Tour de France stage winnings, and all due to this charismatic, fantastic cyclist, PETER SAGAN.

Sagan wins today´s tour with such a style, from the heart, spontaneity and dancing on the bike; I just loved to see him fly and cross the line that way.

PETER SAGAN DANCING ON THE BIKE

VIDEO PETER SAGAN DANCING ON THE BIKE!

Tour de France 2012 Stage 3 ON With Updates

The stage is flat again. There is no real-good climbs until stage 10. Mark Cavendish needs to win 3 more stages to pass Eddy Merckx as all time stage winner of the Tour de France. I hope he can do it, he is such a talented cyclist, he deserves it!

In the meantime, Fabian Cancellara still wears the yellow jersey, and he looks good!

FABULOUS CANCELLARA

UPDATES are on Pacific Time:

-5:43 107.7 kms to go. Nothing of relevance going on right now.

-6:22  84.5  kms to go. Started to rain on them!!

-6<.42  Cav wins the sprint at the sprint 70 kms mark.

- 7:04 Ryder Hesjedal and Vinokourov involved at a big crash!!

- 7:36 No news on Ryder nor Vino at the moment (hope they are both ok)

-7: 38 Riders climbing a category 3, the Cote de Mont Violette.

-7:46 Big crash and JOSE JOAQUIN ROJAS falls badly and ABANDONS the Tour!!! ahhhhhh….

-8:20   PETER SAGAN WINS!

Mark Cavendish Wins Stage 2 Tour de France 2012

Mark Cavendish crowns himself today on his own in the finale and he showed his supreme bike ability to sprint.
on today’s 207.5-kilometre second stage from Vise to Tournai to win ahead of Andre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) and Matt Goss (Orica-GreenEdge).

MARK CAVENDISH

‘I had to leave it a little bit late but I should have gone earlier…I really had to lunge for the line,’ he told British Eurosport.
‘I’m not really chasing (the green jersey) this year. I’ll keep it in the back of my mind and go for every opportunity but I’m not going to put myself in the ground for it.
‘It’s not possible to chase the green jersey alone so I’m just trying to get the stages and then see.
‘I’ll go for the intermediates but I’m not going to chase down breaks to go for it. It’s about minimising points lost really.’

Fabian Cancellara retains the yellow jersey.

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION after stage 2

Stage 2 Results
GBR  1  CAVENDISH, Mark (SKY PROCYCLING)                    4:56:59
GER  2  GREIPEL, André (LOTTO BELISOL)                      
AUS  3  GOSS, Matthew Harley (ORICA - GREENEDGE)            
NED  4  VEELERS, Tom (ARGOS-SHIMANO)                        
ITA  5  PETACCHI, Alessandro (LAMPRE - ISD)                 
SVK  6  SAGAN, Peter (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE)                  
BLR  7  HUTAROVICH, Yauheni (FDJ-BIG MAT)                   
ARG  8  HAEDO, Lucas Sebastian (SAXO BANK - TINKOFF BANK)   
AUS  9  RENSHAW, Mark (RABOBANK)                            
USA  10 FARRAR, Tyler (GARMIN - SHARP)

Links to Watch LIVE Tour de France 2012 Stage 1

Today´s  Tour de France stage 2 is absolutely flat,  with only few 3 or 4 CAT climbs, and it will be up to the sprinters to fight for the crown. We have Mark Cavendish, Tyler Farrar, Peter Sagan, Marcel Kitter, André Greipel and some more that could give us a surprise.

But I doubt that Mark Cavendish will let this opportunity go and will sprint like he know how to do it until the end. We will se what surprises this stage will bring us.

http://sports-livez.com/channel/ch-5.php  (English)

http://www.rtve.es/deportes/ciclismo/directo/ (Spanish)

http://www.francetv.fr/sport/tour-de-france (French)

FABIAN CANCELLARA PROUD!

Superheroes And The Giro d’Italia 2012

I love superheroes, they are stronger than the average human and have a special ability such as being able to fly, change shape, throw fire or create storms, and on it goes. They also get to wear cool costumes and of course their bodies look perfect with muscles and waistlines to envy. In everyday life, for the most part, they can function with the appearance of an everyday person (of course there are always exceptions!) and not be bothered by people who want a favor.

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