South Africa\u2019s MTN-Qhubeka notched up their first podium in their maiden WorldTour race.<\/p>\n
German team captain Gerald Ciolek sprinted to third place on the second stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico in Italy on Thursday.<\/p>\n
After 232km of racing from San Vincenzo to Indicatore, he was beaten to the line by stage winner Matthew Harley Goss (Orica-GreenEdge) and Manuel Belleti (AG2R). Ciolek\u2019s Italian teammate Kristian Sbaragli placed eighth on a rain-filled day.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was the perfect start in our first WorldTour race,\u201d said Ciolek.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe ride for a fantastic project to get African kids on bicycles. That is a great motivation for me and the team.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe guys prepared the sprint for Gerald really well,\u201d said sport director Jens Zemke.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe best are at the start here, so this is the perfect beginning for such an important race.\u201d<\/p>\n
After two of the seven stages, Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) leads overall ahead of his teammates Michael Kwiatkowski and Niki Terpstra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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