Stefano Garzelli and Roman Kreuziger also present to show their jerseysFollowing the confirmation of his overall victory in this year’s Giro d’Italia, Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-SunGard) addressed a press conference in Milan’s Pallazzo Reale. The now double Giro winner was [...]
Video: An Post Sean Kelly team defends yellow on concluding day Showing its strength in a race that is notoriously difficult to control, the An Post Grant Thornton M. Donnelly Sean Kelly team successfully defended the overall lead of Gediminas [...]
Not easy to take on Contador but team’s future looks bright with riders like Diego UlissiRoberto Damiani took over the reins at Lampre-ISD less than one month ago, after the previous team manager Giuseppe Saronni left amid the Mantova doping [...]
Omega Pharma-Lotto dominates their home TourThe Omega Pharma-Lotto team continued their streak of success Sunday at the Tour of Belgium, with Andre Greipel sprinting to victory in the final stage of the race and Philippe Gilbert claiming the overall title. [...]
Sixth consecutive Grand Tour victory for ContadorDavid Millar (Garmin-Cervelo) won the final stage of this year's Giro d'Italia, a flat individual time trial through the streets of Milan. The Briton took the lead early in the day, with his only [...]
Japanese rider wears wristband in support of his country after earthquake and tsunamiFumiyuki Beppu (RadioShack) is yet another rider who just completed his very first Giro d’Italia. The race is not the Japanese rider’s first ever Grand Tour as he [...]
Androni Giocattoli-CIPI sprinter continuing to Milan despite lack of opportunitiesRoberto Ferrari (Androni Giocattoli-CIPI) will be one of the few sprinters to roll down the start ramp for the Giro d’Italia’s final day time trial in Milan this afternoon. Despite the [...]
Garmin-Cervélo rider’s S3 borrows from SRAM’s mountainbike components rangeFormer British champion David Millar (Garmin-Cervélo) was running one of the more unusual set ups in this year’s mountain stages. In order to save his legs, and to enable him to spin [...]
Frenchman sits in fourth place with one day to goJohn Gadret (AG2R La Mondiale) sits in fourth place overall in the Giro d'Italia and has great chances of reaching Milano in the same spot. Gadret spoke to Velonation about his [...]
German joins break of the day in last mountain stageSebastian Lang (Omega Pharma-Lotto) opened up the Giro for breakaways with a 219-kilometer escape in stage two. In stage 20, at the very end of the Giro, he was again in [...]
Remembers Xavier Tondo as he crosses the lineMovistar rider Vasili Kiryienka secured an emotional victory in stage twenty of the Giro d'Italia today, crossing the line alone in style to dedicate his victory to fallen teammate Xavier Tondo as he [...]
Team will focus on the positive aspects of the raceTeam RadioShack’s 2011 Giro D’Italia campaign got off to a great start when they finished second to HTC-HighRoad in the race’s opening Team Time Trial. The team had gone to Italy [...]
Quick Step leader has two days to overtake the climbers ahead of himDario Cataldo (Quick Step) started this year’s Giro d’Italia with the intention of finishing as high in the overall classification as possible. The 26-year-old finished 31st in the [...]
Moviestar rider wins with almost five minutes in SestriereVasili Kiryienka of the Movistar team made clear from the beginning of today's 242-kilometer stage from Verbania to Sestriere that he wanted to be in the break of the day. He was [...]
Race leader punctures in finale of day seven of Irish eventShowing day-long determination and an impressive turn of speed in the finale, Martyn Irvine (Giant Kenda) seized the biggest result of his road career today when he triumphed on stage [...]
Nets eighth victory of the season Classics king Philippe Gilbert showed once again his superb 2011 form when he extended his overall lead in the Tour of Belgium today. The Omega Pharma Lotto rider scooped victory on the tough 202 [...]
Vacansoleil-DCM rider in the stage twenty break despite going down in Lewis-Pinotti crash yesterdayDespite coming down in the crash that sent HTC-Highroad duo Craig Lewis and Marco Pinotti to hospital with broken bones yesterday, Frederik Veuchelen (Vacansoleil-DCM) got himself into [...]
Riding pain free, lots of work aheadMatti Breschel has finally returned to racing this week in the Tour of Belgium, after two knee surgeries that put a dampener to the first half of the year on his new team. The [...]
