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19/05/2019

Giro d’Italia. Stage 9. Pello Bilbao is 9th on rainy time trial in San Marino

It was a tough rainy day for everyone at the 9th stage of the Giro d’Italia with a hard 34.8-km-long individual time trial with a mountain profile to the city of San Marino. Astana’s Pello Bilbao did quite a good race, finishing with the ninth time, 1 minute 43 seconds behind the Slovenian Primož Roglič, who won his second time trial at this Giro.

Race

19/05/2019

Amgen Tour of California. Stage 7. Davide Ballerini is King of the Mountain after breakaway hattrick

After being three times in the day’s breakaway, including during today’s final stage, Davide Ballerini is the King of the Mountain of the 2019 Amgen Tour of California.

Giro d'Italia

18/05/2019

Giro d’Italia. Stage 8. A day for sprinters ahead ITT in San Marino

Day by day, the Giro d’Italia is approaching to its decisive phase. Tomorrow, the race will face the second individual time trial this year – a 34.8-km-long race from Riccione to San Marino. For sure, this stage will have a big impact over the situation in the general classification, currently led by the Italian Valerio Conti.

Race

18/05/2019

Amgen Tour of California. Stage 6. Davide Ballerini secures KOM jersey, while Hugo Houle made it into the breakaway

With still one stage to go, Davide Ballerini secured the KOM jersey of the 2019 Amgen Tour of California today. Hugo Houle was part of the day’s breakaway and collected the KOM points, so his teammate knew he would be the King of the Mountains. The break with Houle didn’t make it to the finish line in today’s Queen Stage, as they got caught on the final climb with the summit finish on Mt. Baldy. Tadej Pogacar won the stage and is the new overall leader. Jonas Gregaard dropped out of the top 10 overall and is now eighteenth.

Giro d'Italia

17/05/2019

Pello Bilbao takes a great win on stage 7 of Giro d’Italia

Stage 7 of the Giro d’Italia to L’Aquila became a day of glory for Pello Bilbao. The Astana’s rider took a great solo victory, attacking from a breakaway group with around 1.5 km to go.