Garmin-Cervélo rider aiming to show well in mountainsYoung American pro Peter Stetina is looking forward to the chance to see how he measures up against some of the peloton’s best riders on the mountain stages of the Giro d’Italia. The [...]
Briton apologises to Petacchi after post-race complaintsSometime between the holding of the TV interviews at the finish line in Parma and the press conference one hour later, Mark Cavendish did a complete about turn in his views on the finish [...]
It’s been a full six years since José Rujano blew people’s expectations away with a superb ride in the Giro d’Italia. The diminutive Venezuelan climber impressed greatly in his debut performance, winning at Sestrière, taking both the King of the [...]
Ale-Jet is now joint ninth overall in all-time winners listAlessandro Petacchi’ slightly untidy stage win in Parma yesterday afternoon means that the Ale-Jet from La Spezia moves up one place in the list of all-time stage winners in the Giro [...]
Ale-Jet seems to cut off Cavendish but Manx Missile takes over pink after extreme solo break dominates stageAlessandro Petacchi (Lampre-ISD) won the opening sprint of the 2011 Giro d’Italia, taking the second stage between Alba and Parma. The Italian Ale-Jet [...]
German wins four out of five stages, but overall goes to Thomas VoecklerSkil-Shimano's Marcel Kittel launched his sprint with 100 meters to go in the final stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk to take his fourth stage win out [...]
American sprinter believes form is good, will ‘find out today’Having built up well for this year’s Giro d’Italia, American rider Tyler Farrar is psyched to aim for the third stage win of his career. He sees stage one as a [...]
Says he isn’t yet in top form, but going well anywayWith twelve stage wins to his credit, Robbie McEwen has some of the best results of those competing in this year’s Giro d’Italia. The Australian RadioShack rider was in a [...]
Directeur sportif talks about HTC Highroad’s ambitions in the raceAfter Marco Pinotti led the HTC Highroad team across the finish line yesterday, his team is hoping to chase more success today. All going to plan, Mark Cavendish will win the [...]
Italian delighted with taking maglia rosa for second timeBeaming broadly and clearly enjoying the moment, Marco Pinotti soaked up the sensation of being crowned the first leader of the 2011 Giro d’Italia at the finish in Torino yesterday. The city [...]
Portuguese rider finishes second and moves past Castroviejo in final tallyColombian Giovanni Báez of the EPM-UNE team took a solo win in the final 112km stage of the Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid. He beat Rui Costa (Movistar) and [...]
Who was hot and who was not in today’s opening stage?With all 23 teams finishing within 1’13” of each other in today’s opening team time trial, it’s tough to make definite observations on good or bad performances. Nobody split into [...]
American teams top the standings as Alberto Contador’s rivals draw first bloodMarco Pinotti (HTC-Highroad) pulled on the first maglia rosa of this year’s Giro d’Italia, thanks to his team’s blistering performance in the opening team time trial between Venaria Reale [...]
Irishman feels good prior to Giro d'Italia startTeam RadioShack's Philip Deignan says he’s a different rider than he was last year, but will be cautious at the Giro d’Italia as he isn’t sure of how his body will react to [...]
Young Belgian looks to bounce back in ItalyKevin Seeldraeyers is hoping to put an average 2010 behind him when he lines up on the start line of the Giro d’Italia today. The Quick Step cyclist was the best young rider [...]
Changes made to original line up after rider withdrawalsSince the publishing of the Giro d’Italia’s start list more than two weeks ago there have been a number of changes made to some teams. Some were enforced by injuries, like the [...]
Australian rider’s form on the upOne year ago, Richie Porte confirmed his arrival as one of the top young talents in the sport. Starting his first Grand Tour after winning the time trial in the Tour de Romandie, he was [...]
Who will win the prestigious opening stage and take the maglia rosa?The Giro d’Italia gets under way this afternoon with a 19.3km time trial between Veneria Reale, on the outskirts of Turin, and the Piazza Vittoria Veneto in the city’s [...]
