Can he pull off the Giro/Tour Double?Ivan Basso, fresh off of his second Giro d'Italia overall victory, isn't taking any time to rest on his laurels. The next goal for the Liquigas rider will be the Tour de France, and [...]
Australian's attack rewarded with first season victoryWesley Sulzberger took a solo win for his Française des Jeux team in today's GP Plumelec-Morbihan. The 23-year-old had over 40 seconds against his closest rivals, Renaud Dion and Stéphane Augé. Sulzberger was well [...]
Organizers give clearance to include highest climbThe organizers declared the Gavia clear to be ridden in today's final mountain stage in the Giro d'Italia, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport. Late snow had threatened the cancelation of the penultimate big [...]
Spaniard tries to seize final opportunityCervelo TestTeam's Carlos Sastre made one last effort for success in stage twenty of the Giro d'Italia today, but despite a big effort, he was unable to come away with the stage win or move [...]
One more hard day remains for Best Young RiderRichie Porte's dream Giro d'Italia continued on through the penultimate day in the mountains over the Mortirolo to the stage finish in Aprica. Things looked bleak early on for the current white [...]
Basso passes the final mountain testThe final day in the mountains of this year’s Giro d’Italia saw the riders at the top of the general classification take their last big shot at securing a place on the final podium in [...]
UCI schedule takes a big hitTwo races in two different countries, both within a week of each other, have been axed from the UCI schedule this week: the Sachsen Tour and the Surbida a Urkiola. The Sachsen Tour, typically a [...]
Swiss rider takes lone victory ahead of defiant World championJohann Tschopp (Bbox Bouyges Telecom) won the final mountain stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia as the sole survivor of a stage-long breakaway. The Swiss rider crossed the finish line alone, [...]
Negotiations start early in the seasonJust two days after Liquigas announced a two-year extension for their sponsorship of the cycling team and contract renewals for both Ivan Basso and Vincenzo Nibali, their Czech teammate Roman Kreuziger has again been linked [...]
Tour de France start a definite possibilityFollowing a terrible crash at the GP Insubria in February, AG2R's Rinaldo Nocentini was forced to take a long break to recover from his substantial leg injuries. After three months out of competition, Nocentini [...]
Rain flushes Gilbert out of the leader's jerseyWith his time trial win in stage four of the Tour of Belgium, Dominique Cornu, took over the leader's jersey from Philippe Gilbert. Gilbert will be remembered for riding under a particular rain [...]
2000 Giro d'Italia champion unable to finish raceStefano Garzelli (Acqua e Sapone) has pulled out of the Giro d'Italia during Saturday's twentieth and penultimate staged. The Italian packed it in at the 59 kilometer mark citing a painful knee as [...]
Will miss national championshipsLandbouwkrediet's Bert De Waele has had an excellent season so far punctuated by a near miss of the podium in April's Amstel Gold Race. The almost 35-year-old rider saw his season derailed, however, in a massive pile-up [...]
Belgian hits twice in convincing performance against the clockMaxime Monfort of the HTC Columbia squad won the time trial in the Tour of Bavaria, ahead of Lampre's Adriano Malori and Monfort's teammate Hayden Roulsten. With his win by 12 seconds [...]
World champion stays aggressive to the endBMC Racing's Cadel Evans continued with his aggressive riding during stage twenty of the Giro d'Italia. With 3 kilometers left to race the World champion put in an attack on the the Passo del [...]
Encourages honesty and pledges supportThe Garmin-Transitions team has pledged its full support into the ongoing inquiry into allegations that Lance Armstrong, Johan Bruyneel and the US Postal Service team were engaged in doping practices. The US Anti-Doping Agency, national cycling [...]
French fast man takes Mechelen stageJimmy Casper (Saur-Sojasun) won the third stage of the Tour of Belgium between Knokke-Heist and Mechelen in a sprint finish. Celebrating his 32nd birthday, the Frenchman beat Danilo Napolitano (Katusha) and Gert Steegmans (RadioShack) into [...]
Spaniard recognises that he lost pink jersey to a stronger teamAfter almost a week of relentless pressure from his rivals, David Arroyo (Caisse d’Epargne) has finally succumbed and relinquished his pink jersey to Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Doimo). The Spaniard took the [...]
