May 28, 2018 Team Sky’s Chris Froome described himself as having an “absolutely clear conscience” after his historic Giro d’Italia win saw him become the first British man to win the race and add the triumph to last year’s Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana victories. What was his sixth Grand Tour title, following
Month: May 2018
May 28, 2018 Chris Froome became Great Britain’s first Giro d’Italia champion on Sunday as he completed the set of Grand Tour victories with his third successive triumph after victories in last year’s Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana. Having safely negotiated the 115-kilometre, largely ceremonial final stage in Rome, the 33-year-old Team Sky
May 26, 2018 Chris Froome is set to complete a remarkable victory in the Giro d’Italia after retaining the leader’s pink jersey at the end of stage 20. The Team Sky rider need only safely negotiate Sunday’s largely ceremonial final stage to lay his hands on a third straight Grand Tour title, following his wins
May 22, 2018 Simon Yates cleared a significant hurdle in his bid for Giro d’Italia glory as he kept the leader’s pink jersey on Tuesday’s time trial, which was won by Australian Rohan Dennis. Yates’ time of 41 minutes 37 seconds over the 34.5km course from Trento to Roverto was only 22nd on the day
May 20, 2018 Simon Yates has extended his lead in the Giro d’Italia by winning Stage 15 while his main rivals struggled on the road to Sappada. Mitchelton-Scott’s Yates, 25, won his third stage of the race so far by 41 seconds from Astana’s Miguel Angel Lopez while Team Sunweb’s Tom Dumoulin, second overall, was
May 19, 2018 ESPN staff Chris Froome (Team Sky) attacked with four kilometres to go to take stage 14 of the Giro d’Italia, with Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott), who retained the pink jersey, finishing second. A five-man breakaway group had stretched out a lead of over five-and-a-half minutes but they were reeled in before the final
Dec 5, 2017 Mark KriegelESPN Editor’s note: This was originally published in December, 2017. OXNARD, Calif. — The training of Ukrainian Vasyl Lomachenko — conceived, orchestrated and monitored by his father, with an assist from a psychologist trained in cognitive behaviorism — is famously idiosyncratic. It includes street skating and juggling, handstands and tennis, which
7:00 AM ET Editor’s note: This piece on Pascal Siakam was originally published on May 5, 2018. E:60 premieres a special on Siakam on Saturday at noon ET on ESPN. Watch more E:60 and other ESPN original features here. IT IS A raucous November night at the TD Garden in Boston as Toronto Raptors forward