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Rider reactions to dropping of Genting Highlands from Tour of Langkawi
March 15, 2015
One of the most distinctive landmarks of the Tour de Langkawi has been removed from the Tour of Langkawi with the always-crucial Genting Highlands climb being dropped by the organisers. As you can see, the rider’s reactions are mixed. The official line from race organisers is that the climb was removed due to safety concerns […]
Reguigui wins atop Fraser Hill, replaces Ewan at top of Tour de Langkawi classification
March 15, 2015
Scooping the biggest success thus far of his career, Algerian rider Youcef Reguigui won a ten man sprint to the line atop Frazer’s Hill and springboarded into the yellow jersey of race leader of the Tour de Langkawi. The MTN Qhubeka rider beat Sebastian Henao (Sky), Valerio Agnoli (Astana) and the others, with the result […]
Jolien d’Hoore sprints to victory at Ronde van Drenthe
March 15, 2015
Jolien d’Hoore (Wiggle Honda) sprinted to victory at Ronde van Drenthe, coming off teammate Chloe Hosking’s wheel with the finish line in sight. The Belgian national road champion had a full bike length on Amy Pieters (Liv-Plantur) in second place. Ellen van Dijk (Boels-Dolmans) rounded out the podium in Hoogeveen. “The final was quite hectic. […]
How Andrea Guardini is getting his mojo back
March 14, 2015
When he burst on the pro scene in 2011, clocking up 11 UCI victories in his debut year as a 21 year old, it appeared that cycling had found a new star sprinter. Earning comparisons with Mark Cavendish’s own debut year and having a similarly aero sprinting style, many predicated that Andrea Guardini was set […]
Ewan retains yellow with a flourish prior to crucial mountain stage
March 13, 2015
Race leader Caleb Ewan defended his yellow jersey in style on stage six at the end of the Tour de Langkawi, sprinting home first at the end of the 96.6 kilometre kilometre race to Karak. The Orica GreenEdge rider beat Jakob Mareczko (Southeast) and Chris Sutton (Sky) to the line, with Juan Molano Benavides (Colombia) […]
Daily News Digest
March 13, 2015
In this morning’s edition of the CyclingTips Daily News Digest: Richie Porte leads Sky 1-2 on stage 4 of Paris-Nice; Jens Debusschere claims crash-marred stage 1 at Tirreno-Adriatico; Joon Yong Seo wins stage 5 of the Tour de Langkawi; Giorgia Bronzini wins Molecaten Drentse 8; Women’s WorldTour, two-tiered system amongst changes proposed by UCI Women’s […]