Sacha Modolo

May 27, 2018

Boaro Wins Fulcrum in 2018 Giro

Photo of Boaro in racing uniformManuele Boaro, a time trial specialist for the Bahrain-Merida team, won the Point d’Appui for the 2018 Giro d’Italia. He has ridden the Giro four previous times, finishing as high as 46th and as low as 100th. He has also ridden the Vuelta twice. Boaro finished 3 hours, 30 minutes and 5 seconds adrift from the winner.

Provisional winner of the Giro was Chris Froome of Team Sky, and the Lanterne Rouge was Giuseppe Fonzi of Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia. Sander Armee of Lotto Fix All finished with closest time to the median.

The general classification fulcrum placement by stage:

Stage 1: Anthony Roux of Groupama-FDJ.
Stage 2: Nicolas Roche of BMC Racing Team.
Stage 3: Florian Senechal of Quick-Step Floors.
Stage 4: No fulcrum.
Stage 5: Sacha Modolo of EF Education First-Drapac.
Stage 6: No fulcrum.
Stage 7: Igor Anton of Dimension Data.
Stage 8: Ryan Gibbons of Dimension Data.
Stage 9: No fulcrum.
Stage 10: Natnael Berhane of Dimension Data.
Stage 11: Davide Ballerini of Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec.
Stage 12: Natnael Berhane of Dimension Data.
Stage 13: No fulcrum.
Stage 14: No fulcrum.
Stage 15: Davide Villella of Astana Pro Team.
Stage 16: Jacques Janse Van Rensburg of Dimension Data.
Stage 17: No fulcrum.
Stage 18: No fulcrum.
Stage 19: Hugh Carthy of EF Education First-Drapac.
Stage 20: Manuele Boaro of Bahrain-Merida.
Stage 21: Manuele Boaro of Bahrain-Merida.

July 6, 2014

Le Tour Remains in les Cuspides after Stage 2

In general classification, John Gadret of Movistar Team finished 98th and Kristijan Koren of Cannondale finished 99th to hold down the cusps of the fulcrum after Stage 2 of the 2014 Tour de France.
The withdrawal of Mark Cavendish before race resumed set the stage for an odd number of riders to come home, but Sacha Modolo of Lampre-Merida also abandoned due to a case of flu, leaving the field with 196 finishers on the day.
Lampre-Merida is having its share of difficulties: Ariel Maximiliano Richeze finished 22 minutes behind the leaders on the day and is now the Lanterne Rouge, some 36 minutes and 31 seconds behind the Maillot Jaune of Vincenzo Nibali.
Nibali, leader of Astana, made a daring charge at the end of ragged stage through the steep hills of Yorkshire, holding on at the end against one of the few sprinters to survive the sawtooth course, Peter Sagan of Cannondale.