Spain's Alejandro Valverde vowed to put his doping worries behind him after winning the 89th edition of the Volta a Catalunya on Sunday.The 29-year-old Caisse d'Epargne rider was recently banned from competing in Italy for two years by the Italian [...]
Britain's Mark Cavendish, who has won three of the 13 stages of the ongoing Tour of Italy, has pulled out of the race to focus on the Tour de France.Cavendish, who rides for the Columbia team, claimed his third stage [...]
Simon Gerrans (Cervélo TestTeam) won the 14th stage of the Giro d'Italia as he attacked his breakaway companions on steepest section of the final climb to the finish giving himself his second stage win in a Grand Tour and the [...]
Cervelo TestTeam sprinter Thor Hushovd made up for yesterday's surprise loss to Nikolay Trusov (Katusha) by taking the sprint in today's 150.5km stage from Torredembarra to Barcelona. Liquigas rider Fabio Sabatini took second with Greg Henderson (Columbia-High Road) rounding out [...]
In today's stage, traveling from Lido di Camaiore to Firenze, Mark Cavendish of the Columbia-High Road team showed that he has no equal in the sprints in this year's Giro d'Italia besting Alessando Petacchi, with Austrailain Allan Davis coming in third [...]
Russia's Nicolai Trussov (Katusha) won the fifth stage of the Volta a Catalunya between La Seu d'Urgell and Torredembarra in a sprint finish beating Norweigian Thor Hushovd (Cervelo TestTeam).Nobody expected the Russian to make such a showing over Hushovd who [...]
Danilo Di Luca set out on today's time trial from Sestri Levante to Riomaggiore with a goal of finishing within 40 seconds of his main rivals and retaining his Maglia Rosa, but Russian Denis Menchov (Rabobank) had other ideas as [...]
Swiss time trial specialist Fabian Cancellara opted not to start in today's twelfth stage of the Giro d'Italia.The 60.6km stage from Sestri Levante to Riomaggiore was too much for the reigning Olympic time trial champion, deciding his return to form [...]
Spaniard Julian Sanchez (Contentpolis-AMPO) won the fourth stage of the Volta a Catalunya today that traveled from La Pobla de Lillet and the ski resort of Vallnord. Sanchez was the only rider of 8 early breakaways to survive.Today's queen stage [...]
Astana super domestique Chris Horner did not start today's 11th stage of the Giro d'Italia. The American crashed in yesterday's stage, where he eventually finished just 1:39 behind winner Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes - Farense Vini). This is a [...]
Spaniard Alejandro Valverde of the Caisse d'Epargne team won the third stage of the Volta a Catalunya on Wednesday. David de la Fuente came in second with young Irishman Daniel Martin finishing third.Valverde victory came in the 182.9km ride between [...]
Everyone in the Giro d'Italia can agree that Pedro Horrillo is lucky that he will live to see the age of 35. The Rabobank rider, who survived an incredible 150+ foot fall down a ravine Saturday, underwent surgery for his [...]
Columbia sprinter Mark Cavendish (Columbia - High Road) was again delivered to the line perfectly by his team securing his second stage victory in this year's Giro d'Italia - the fifth win in the race for Team Columbia. Coming in [...]
Race leader Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes - Farense Vini) showed the nature of his nickname today by out classing the best of the race with a take no prisoners a solo victory into Pinerolo. In the closing kilometers the [...]
Former classics hard man now team boss for the brand new Katusha team, Andrei Tchmil, spoke out this weekend at the Giro d'Italia about his concerns for their Belgian rider Gert Steegmans.Steegmans developed a health problem earlier this year at [...]
The director of the Giro d'Italia, Angelo Zomegnan, was put on the hot seat yesterday when the peloton refused to race on what they considered a dangerous course that had disregard for their safety.Granted this isn't the first time that [...]
Giro d'Italia race director Angelo Zomegnan is upset with Lance Armstrong for the protest that neutralized what was to be the 100th anniversary celebration of the race. Several riders have acknowledged that Lance Armstrong was behind the protest during yesterday's [...]
On a day that marked the 100 year anniversary for Italy's Grand Tour, the celebratory circuit designed in the race's birthplace of Milan ended up playing out differently then race organizers had planned. Instead of seeing the peloton honor the [...]
