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Daily Tribune
5 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Tribune
Danish veteran Fuglsang to quit after Giro
AFP | Milan Danish rider Jakob Fuglsang, winner of two Monuments and twice of the Criterium du Dauphine, announced yesterday that he would be retiring after the final stage of the Giro d'Italia, at the age of 40. 'The last stage of the Giro on Sunday will be my last race for Israel Premier Tech,' the Dane said in a video released by his team. 'I've had a fantastic career that has given me much more than I ever dreamed of. But all good things come to an end and it's time for me to spend more time with my family and make way for the young riders.' After beginning his professional career on mountain bikes, Fuglsang made a successful switch to the road.
Eyewitness News
25-04-2025
- Sport
- Eyewitness News
Vingegaard turns attention to Tour de France after concussion
PARIS - Two-time champion Jonas Vingegaard said on Thursday he has turned his focus to the Tour de France after recovering from a concussion sustained in a nasty fall in March. Dane Vingegaard crashed on 13 March during Paris-Nice and is not expected to compete again until the Criterium du Dauphine, which runs from 8-15 June. Vingegaard won the Tour in 2022 and 2023 but finished second to Tadej Pogacar in the last edition. This year's race takes place from 5-27 July. "The focus is now fully on the Tour de France," Vingegaard said in Visma-Lease a Bike statement. "I no longer have any issues from the concussion I sustained earlier, or any other physical problems. "It's important to work on that and to leave nothing to chance."
CBC
02-03-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Canadian cyclist Derek Gee wins O Gran Camino race in Spain
Canadian cyclist Derek Gee won the O Gran Camino road race in Spain on Sunday, finishing with a 35-second edge over Italy's Davide Piganzoli. The 27-year-old from Ottawa, riding for the Israel-Premier Tech team, moved into the overall lead of the five-stage race Friday after winning the individual time trial. And he stretched the lead from five to 37 seconds after finishing runner-up in Saturday's stage. He was 24th in a large group in Sunday's final stage won by Denmark's Magnus Cort, who finished third overall. It's the first overall stage race victory of Gee's career. "It's pretty cool to win my first GC (general classification)," said Gee. "I love this race, I wanted to win it coming in — that was the goal — but winning races is not easy. I'm overjoyed." Israel-Premier Tech teammate Hugo Houle, from Sainte-Perpetue, Que., was 41st overall after finishing 69th Sunday. Gee credited Houle and his other teammates — Daniel Lima, Marco Frigo, Pau Marti, Simon Clarke and Jakob Fuglsang — for their help in securing the win. "I was pretty stressed going into it but I couldn't have asked for a better team. I mean, I was at the front all day," he said. "They won every fight into all the important sectors, they controlled the breakaway and there was almost no stress because they were so good today. These are class bike riders." Sunday's finale covered 165.3 kilometres, ending up in Santiago de Compostela after a difficult Category 3 climb with 20 kilometres to go followed by three challenging gravel sections. Gee last led a race at the Criterium du Dauphine last June in France, spending one day in the yellow jersey coincided with an individual time trial. Gee was promoted to Israel-Premier Tech's WorldTour squad from its academy in May 2022. He signed a new long-term deal in June 2023 following his breakout performance in his Grand Tour debut at the 2023 Giro d'Italia when he finished second four times and fourth twice. He eventually finished 22nd in the Giro's final general classification standings and was runner-up to Italy's Jonathan Milan in the points race and France's Thibaut Pinot in the King of the Mountains standings. Gee was also honoured as the Giro's "super combative rider." Gee followed that by finishing ninth overall in last summer's Tour de France. The Canadian is slated to lead the Israel-Premier Tech team at this year's Giro, which runs May 9 to June 1. Gee missed two months of racing last year after breaking his collarbone in a crash in Belgium. He finished 44th in last summer's Olympic road race in Paris and was the top Canadian in the individual time trial, placing 20th. In September, Gee was 22nd in the individual time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in Zurich. He did not finish the road race. Gee is also an accomplished track cyclist, coming fifth in the team pursuit at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Canada's best Olympic result in the event since 1932. In 2019, he was part of the Canadian squad that finished fourth in the team pursuit at the UCI Track World Championships.
Reuters
24-02-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Four-time Tour de France winner Froome breaks collarbone
Feb 23 (Reuters) - Four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome suffered a broken collarbone in a crash during the final stage of the UAE Tour in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday. "A CT scan has confirmed a distal non-displaced fracture of his right clavicle (collarbone). Chris will be examined (on Monday) by an orthopaedic surgeon in Dubai to determine whether surgery will be require," the team said in a statement. The British rider, who has won a total of seven Grand Tours, has struggled to return to his best form since being seriously injured in a high-speed crash during training for the 2019 Criterium du Dauphine. Froome's injury raises concerns about his fitness for what is expected to be his final season, having said in November he was dreaming of one last Tour de France before calling time on his illustrious career. The 39-year-old, a two-time Olympic bronze medallist, twice winner of the Vuelta a Espana, and winner of the Giro d'Italia, has one year left on his contract with the Israeli Premier Tech team.
