Cycling Three years after the lost millimeter sprint against Wout van Aert, Tom Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers) can finally cheer in the Amstel Gold Race. The Briton defeated his fellow escapees Marc Hirschi (UAE Emirates), Tiesj Benoot (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Mauri Vansevenant (Soudal Quick-Step) in a sprint with four. Marnix Taes and Hugo Coorevits Today … Read more
Brabant Arrow Elisa Longo Borghini also won the Brabantse Pijl after the Tour of Flanders. The Italian champion of Lidl-Trek rode away from Tour winner Demi Vollering in the final and soloed to her second victory in Overijse. A group of four, including Laura Molenaar and former Tour of Flanders winner Coryn Labecki, had a … Read more
Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) has won the Tour of Flanders. In a rain-drenched Oudenaarde, Longo Borghini defeated her two fellow escapees in the sprint. Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM) came second, Shirin van Anrooij (Lidl-Trek) third. Van Anrooij started the sprint for her leader. It is the second time for Longo Borghini to win Flanders Most Beautiful. … Read more
With this victory, Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin–Deceuninck) entered history: his third victory in Flanders Most Beautiful (he also won in 2020 and 2022), meaning that he joins Fabian Cancellara, Tom Boonen, Johan Museeuw, Eric Leman, Fiorenzo Magni and Achiel Buysse are shown. The fact that he won his victory with the rainbow jersey around … Read more
Cycling Marianne Vos has written Dwars door Vlaanderen. The Dutch veteran beat Shirin van Anrooij in a sprint by two, good for her 250th victory on the road. World champion Lotte Kopecky impressed along the way, but fell just short of the podium. Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at 6:10 PM After 130 kilometers with start … Read more
Cycling World champion Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) succeeds herself as winner in Nokere. She thus becomes the co-record holder with two victories. Last year, Kopecky, not yet wearing the rainbow jersey, soloed to victory in the Flemish cobblestone race. And that seemed to be what she had in mind for this edition. After a first … Read more
The final stage of Paris-Nice was barely 109.3 kilometers long, but fireworks were still expected among the favorites. Brandon McNulty entered the final day as the leader, but his lead over Matteo Jorgenson was only 4 seconds. Remco Evenepoel was fourth in the rankings, 36 seconds behind McNulty and barely 1 second behind the third … Read more
The no vote won in the Irish referendums on gender equality and a broader vision of the family. This is what Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar says. The Irish government had put forward an amendment in which the role of Irish women ‘at the hearth’ would be deleted. Varadkar said it was “clear at this … Read more
Aleksandr Vlasov (BORA – hansgrohe) won the queen stage, which was shortened to 104 kilometers, in the 82nd Paris-Nice (WorldTour) on Saturday. At La Madone d’Utelle (Alpes-Maritimes), the 27-year-old Russian was eight seconds ahead of Remco Evenepoel, who left the Slovenian Primoz Roglic for second place. Brandon McNulty (UAE Emirates) retained the yellow leader’s jersey. … Read more
Cycling Olav Kooij has won the fifth stage in Paris-Nice, after impressively remounting Mads Pedersen. Along the way, the Belgians showed themselves: Victor Campenaerts set up a duo attack, and in the final, Remco Evenepoel tried it himself. Both without success. On the fifth day of the race, the peloton was presented with a bumpy … Read more