Cycling: Fausto Masnada scored a double victory on the fourth stage of the Tour of Oman. The Italian won the stage and thus took the lead in the overall standings. Masnada completes a strong performance for Quick-Step. The Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl team continued its strong performance, even under a partially new name. On the fourth stage of the Tour of... read more
Cycling: The Tour winner also won the Tour of Lombardy. Tadej Pogacar relegated Fausto Masnada to second place in the final Monument of the year. The Italian rode the race of his life in his home country, but lost the decisive two-man sprint to the Slovenian. No one can keep up with Pogacar. Today's Tour of Lombardy featured 4.500 meters of elevation gain over... read more
Cycling: As expected, the breakaway riders won today at the Giro d'Italia. Fausto Masnada (Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec) proved to be the strongest rider in a 13-man breakaway group, winning the stage ahead of Valerio Conti (UAE Team Emirates). With this advantage, the runner-up was able to take the pink jersey from Primoz Roglic (Jumbo – Visma)… read more
Cycling: 3,518.5 kilometers are to be covered at the 2019 Giro d'Italia. On Saturday, 22 teams and 176 riders will start the three-week Grand Tour of Italy in Bologna. Some renowned, world-class riders will be taking part. But some relatively unknown pros have also been nominated by their team bosses. We look at five riders who will be competing at the 2019 Giro d'Italia... read more
Cycling: Pavel Sivakov (Sky) has won the Tour of the Alps. The Russian and his team fended off all attacks on the final day of the race. However, the stage victory went to the breakaway riders. Fausto Masnada (Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec) – who briefly even posed a threat in the overall standings – won the two-man sprint against Carlos Julian Quintero (Manzana… read more
