Road Roundup – February 19, 2020
In today’s road racing news, Jakobsen repeats in Algarve, Fuglsang starts 2020 with a win and increased interest in Boucles Drôme-Ardèche
In today’s road racing news, Jakobsen repeats in Algarve, Fuglsang starts 2020 with a win and increased interest in Boucles Drôme-Ardèche
Deceuninck – Quick-Step will send 15 team members to the 2019 World Championships in Yorkshire
Elia Viviani grabbed the headlines for Deceuninck-Quick Step in Alkmaar, where the 30-year-old Italian captured the European Road Championships.
Damiano Cima won Stage 18 of the 2019 Giro d’Italia, the last remnant of a three man breakaway that started early in the day.
From Yahoo Sports, the final eight man rosters for the 18 World Tour teams as well the the four wildcard teams for the 2019 Giro d’Italia, starting Saturday morning in Bologna, Italy.
Winner of the maglia ciclamino last year, Elia Viviani will make his sixth Giro d’Italia appearance after a consistent start to the 2019 season.
Deceuninck – Quick-Step celebrated their 700th victory today in the most appropriate place today with Philippe Gilbert coming out on top at Paris-Roubaix after 257 kilometers, over 6 million cobblestones and 29 pavé sectors.
Fabio Jakobsen is back to winning ways, capitalizing on his teammates’ superb work and quality lead-out in the final kilometer of Scheldeprijs for a repeat win.
For Philippe Gilbert, Paris-Nice will be the first stage race of the season, one which the 2012 World Champion will tackle with a strong morale following a strong showing last weekend at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.
It’s been a long time in the making, but Florian Sénéchal has finally nabbed his first pro win at a highly-entertaining edition of Le Samyn