Henderson sprints to victory in Paris-Nice, using Di2
Greg Henderson (SKY Professional Cycling Team) won the first stage of Paris-Nice by proving to be the fastest sprinter of a breakaway group, finishing 17 seconds ahead of the peloton.
It was an exciting stage, with many attacks in the strong cross-winds. Lars Boom (Rabobank) managed to strengthen his leading position by finishing in the first group, gaining valuable seconds to several favorites.... More
It was an exciting stage, with many attacks in the strong cross-winds. Lars Boom (Rabobank) managed to strengthen his leading position by finishing in the first group, gaining valuable seconds to several favorites.... More
Boom wins prologue Paris-Nice, using Di2
Lars Boom (Team Rabobank) had an excellent start in Paris-Nice by winning yesterdays’ prologue. The current Dutch time trial champion needed only 10.56 min. for the tough 8 km course in Montfort – L’Amaury, 3 seconds faster than Jens Voigt (Team Saxo Bank) and 6 seconds before Levi Leipheimer (Team Radioshack) and Alberto Contador (Astana). Boom was using the SHIMANO DURA-ACE Di2 electronic shifti...
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Flecha wins Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, using Di2
The cycling Classics season has started this Saturday with an impressive win of Juan Antonio Flecha (SKY Professional Cycling Team) in the Belgian “Omloop Het Nieuwsblad”. In cold, wet and windy conditions, Flecha was the first Spaniard ever to win this race. An important victory for himself, but also for his brand new SKY cycling team. All riders of the team are using the SHIMANO DURA-ACE Di2 ele...
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Sven Nijs wins his 50th Superprestige race
Sven Nijs (Landbouwkrediet Colnago) dominated another cyclo-cross yesterday, resulting in his 50th victory in a Superprestige race. Nijs beat in Dutch Gieten Kevin Pauwels (Telenet Fidea Cycling Team) and current World Champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus).
Both Nijs and Albert are riding the electronic shifting system DURA-ACE Di2. They are also both using DURA-ACE wheels, SHIMANO shoes and a P... More
Both Nijs and Albert are riding the electronic shifting system DURA-ACE Di2. They are also both using DURA-ACE wheels, SHIMANO shoes and a P... More
World record for crossing Australia, using Di2
After seven days, 19 hours and 5 minutes the heroic feat was accomplished. Late October extreme cyclist Guido Kunze clearly beat the official world record for crossing southern Australia by bicycle (4.200 km!). Almost 16 hours faster than the former record holder, Australia's Richard Vollebreght, the 43-year-old from Mühlhausen in the German state of Thuringia had covered the vast distance. Aside ...
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Craig Alexander wins Ironman World Championships Hawaii, using Di2
Australian Craig “Crowie” Alexander (36) defended his World Ironman crown with success in Kona, Hawaii. With this new title, he became only the fourth athlete in history to claim multiple World Ironman titles following in the footsteps of Dave Scott, Mark Allen and Tim DeBoom as the only men to taste success more than once on the tough course in Hawaii that incorporates a 3.8km swim, 180km bike an...
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