Archive | May, 2013
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Vincenzo Nibali wins the Giro d’Italia

Astana Pro Team rider Vincenzo Nibali is the winner of the 2013 Giro d’Italia. Nibali finished safely in the peloton on Sunday’s 197km day from Riese Pio X to Brescia, in the same time as stage winner Mark Cavendish of Great Britain. In the General Classification Nibali accumulated a total time over 20 full stages […]

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Cycling : Nibali keeps Maglia Rosa at Giro d’Italia.

Astana Pro Team rider Vincenzo Nibali finished third on Tuesday in the first real mountain test of the 2013 Giro d’Italia, adding bonus seconds to his overall lead in a relatively short but steep day into the Alps. Nibali finished 31 seconds behind stage winner Rigoberto Uran of Colombia, but kept his lead in the […]

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Anti – doping :WADA Statement on the prohibited substance IGF-1

WADA has carefully reviewed the issues surrounding the banned substance IGF-1 arising out of the Vijay Singh case and other inquiries. IGF-1 is a prohibited substance and has been included on the Prohibited List for years. On the other hand, very small quantities of IGF-1 can be found naturally in animal products (e.g. colostrums, deer […]

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Ironman 70.3 Triathlon Busselton 2013

After a week of terrible weather, race day put up a perfect day for racing and fast times to boot. Although the morning was fresh, the ocean was calm unlike the previous days where there were people surfing out there. With such a star-studded field in both the male and female pro fields, the race […]

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Triathlon Yokohama : Jonathan Brownlee triumphs in injury come back race

Jonathan Brownlee made a successful return to the ITU World Triathlon Series with gold in Yokohama. Jodie Stimpson earlier won her first ever World Series medal with bronze in the women’s race. Having been told earlier this year that injury may force him to miss the season, Brownlee dominated the 10km run section to establish […]

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Jorgensen Golden Again at ITU World Triathlon Yokohama

Back-to-back wins give Jorgensen lead in ITU World Triathlon Series standings   Yokohama, Japan — Just three weeks after a historic win in San Diego, Gwen Jorgensen raced her way to another gold medal Saturday at the International Triathlon Union World Triathlon Yokohama, earning the lead in the ITU World Triathlon Series standings. Jorgensen (St. […]

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Jonathan Brownlee back for ITU World Triathlon Yokohama.

Olympic bronze medallist, Jonathan Brownlee, starts his ITU World Triathlon Series campaign this Saturday in Japan. Jonathan missed the first two races of the Series with an ankle injury, but will line-up against Olympic silver medallist, Javier Gomez and current world number one, Joao Silva. Jodie Stimpson will also hope to make an impact on […]

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Triathlon : British juniors racing in Vierzon

British juniors will be in action this weekend as a squad of 13 athletes compete in the 2013 Vierzon ETU Triathlon Junior European Cup on Sunday 12 May. In the women’s race, Kate Curran, Megan McDonald and Florie McLeish will all be in action. Both Kate and Megan are part of the Sport England funded Triathlon England Talent Squad with […]

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Cycling Giro d’ Italia : Luca Paolini keeps the pink jersey after 6th stage

Today, 9th May, the 6th stage of Giro d’Italia was held. Riders passed 169 km from Mola di Bari to Margherita di Savoia. The stage finished with the bunch sprint, won by Mark Cavendish from Omega Pharma – Quick Step. Second place took Elia Viviani from Cannondale, while third was Matthew Goss from Orica-GreenEdge. Pavel […]

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Gwen Jorgensen Honored as USOC’s April Athlete of the Month

Gwen Jorgensen Honored as USOC’s April Athlete of the Month   Jorgensen made history at the 2013 Omegawave World Triathlon San Diego   COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) honored triathlete Gwen Jorgensen as its female Athlete of the Month for April following a gold-medal performance at the 2013 Omegawave World Triathlon […]

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Giro d’Italia : Angel Vicioso is second, Luca Paolini holds the pink jersey

Today, the 5th stage of Giro d’Italia, 203 km fromCosenza toMatera, was held in the south ofItaly. Katusha Team during the whole stage tired to control the race and to protect the pink jersey of Luca Paolini. Russian team worked well and put a great effort to neutralize the daily breakaway of 5 riders, who […]

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Giro d’Italia : Katusha Team kept the pink jersey after a long rainy day

Katusha’s rider Luca Paolini was able to hold his pink jersey after today’s hard, long and rainy 4th stage of Giro d’Italia. The stage from Policastro to Serra San Bruno of 246 km was characterized by cold weather, rain and two climbs, the last one Croce Ferrata with just 7 km to the finish line. […]

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Olympics Day 11 – Triathlon

ITU World Triathlon Series moves to Yokohama.

Variety and depth have been the catch words of the ITU World Triathlon Series so far this season with five different athletes on the podium in just two events. You can expect a few more new faces to emerge as the eight-race series visits Yokohama in Japan this weekend. Joao Silva, who is the only […]

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Ironman Triathlon Australia 2013 :Results

Luke Bell and Rebecca Hoschke have turned adversity to victory to claim breakthrough wins in IRONMAN Australia, Port Macquarie Injury forced both to pull out during the bike leg of the URBAN Hotel Group IRONMAN Asia Pacific Championship Melbourne last month. Rather than waste all that training both decided to front up in Port Macquarie today. It proved […]

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Giro d’Italia : Luca Paolini brings stage victory and the pink jersey to Katusha Team

GIRO D’ITALIA 2013 Luca Paolini brings stage victory and the pink jersey to Katusha Team   Katusha Team tasted its real triumph today in stage 3 of Giro d’Italia: Luca Paolini won the stage and took the pink jersey of GC leader. Third stage of Giro d’Italia – 222 km fromSorrentoto Marina di Ascea was […]

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