Team Sky’s Steve Cummings has said that he expects Bradley Wiggins to have an excellent Giro d’Italia, saying that the team leader is in excellent shape going into the race. "I've been racing with him and he always looks super. [...]
Liquigas riders Ivan Basso and Vincenzo Nibali will spearhead the hopes of the team in this year’s Giro, with the latter stepping in to fill the shoes of Franco Pellizotti. Basso has been targeting victory in this race for many [...]
A bitter and depressed ISD-Neri manager, Luca Scinto, reflected a day ahead of the Giro about his team's non-selection. He started slowly and with a wide scope: "I'm really disappointed not to be participating in the Giro d'Italia." After the [...]
Danilo Hondo is ready for the Giro d'Italia, which starts tomorrow in the Netherlands. The 36-year-old is tackling his fourth Corsa Rosa and is the lead-out man for Alessandro Petacchi in the Lampre team. Petacchi has four wins so far [...]
Future Classics star finds successSprinting in to take his second stage win in three days, Danish track specialist Alex Rasmussen reclaimed the race lead in the Quatre Jours de Dunkerque this afternoon. The Team Saxo Bank rider outsped Danilo Napolitano [...]
Saxo Bank's 25-year-old revelation, Richie Porte, pulled off what can only be described as the upset of 2010 so far with his time trial victory at the Tour de Romandie last week. The first year professional has been quiet all [...]
Tram tracks presented a major point of controversy in the ill-fated 2009 Giro Stage 9 in Milan last year, but the Giro is looking to ensure that will not be the case in 2010. The opening prologue in Amsterdam on [...]
Alexandre Vinokourov is just two days away from starting his first Giro d'Italia, and will be coming into the race with confidence from recent performances in Italy and Belgium. Just three weeks ago the Kazakh took his first major wins [...]
Fatigued after a long and successful Classics season which saw him reach his goal of becoming world number one, Belgian rider Philippe Gilbert is sticking by his original plan to give the Tour de France a miss this year. The [...]
This week saw the biggest name yet being excluded because of the biological passport, with Franco Pellizotti losing the chance to compete in the Giro and improve on his podium place of 2009. According to the UCI’s independent experts who [...]
After a storming start to the season, Team Sky's soon to be 23-year-old prodigy, Edvald Boasson Hagen, saw his spring campaign derailed in agonizing fashion. An Achilles tendon injury cancelled his participation in all races since Milan-Sanremo, and an early [...]
Cervélo TestTeam sprinter Kirsten Wild won the second stage of the Tour of Chongming in China today, marking the 10th victory for the women's team in 2010. Wild out sprinted yesterday’s victor Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (HTC-Columbia), and also took over the [...]
Danilo Napolitano (Katusha) won the second stage of the Four Days of Dunkerque between Coulongne and Auby in a sprint finish. He beat Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank) and Rafaâ Chtioui (Acqua & Sapone) into second and third at the [...]
The US Garmin-Transations team has announced its line-up for the Giro d’Italia, which begins in the Netherlands’ capital Amsterdam on Saturday. Christian Vande Velde returns to the race that last year saw him break five vertebrae, effectively ending his chance [...]
Rabobank’s Spanish sprinter Oscar Freire has been the latest rider to confirm his non-participation in the Giro d’Italia, which starts in Amsterdam on Saturday. The three-time World champion has been plagued by sinusitis since last month’s Amstal Gold Race and [...]
José Rujano’s hope of getting a guest slot with the Footon-Servetto team and riding the Giro d’Italia has come to nothing, with the rider not being named to the team’s roster for the race this week. As previously reported on [...]
Tour de France and Vuelta stage winner, Saxo Bank's Nicki Sorensen, will take the start on Saturday in Amsterdam for the Giro d'Italia with unique ambitions. The Danish all arounder will turn 35 during this month's Giro, but shows no [...]
May is often the month for intensive Tour de France mountain research: it's a perfect spot in the racing calendar, but still a dicey time in terms of weather. Belgian Jurgen Van Den Broeck is set to head to the [...]
