Video: Lithuanian strong in defense of jerseyTwo stage wins in three days, the yellow jersey and leadership of the points classification; it’s been a fine haul for the Lithuanian rider Gedeminas Bagdonas thus far in the An Post Rás. Competing [...]
Presence of Jesus Hernandez and Kanstantin Sivtsov in the break puts his rivals’ teams on the defensiveIf it’s at all possible to have an easy day, in what was officially termed as a high mountain stage, while in the lead [...]
Matthew Wilson and Murilo Fischer have to give in to sicknessMatthew Wilson and Murilo Fischer (Garmin-Cervélo) stepped off their bikes today, having to abandon the Giro d'Italia due to sickness. The team is down to five riders for the last [...]
Italian champion relegated for pushing his way to the lineDiego Ulissi (Lampre-ISD) rode to a controversial win in stage seventeen of the Giro d'Italia today, sprinting out of a four man group to cross the line in second place behind [...]
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) powered his way to the top of the podium once again today, with the Norwegian taking victory in stage one of the Bayern-Rundfahrt. Second place on the day went to German Andre Schulze of the [...]
Race director Angelo Zomegnan witnessed incident Alberto Contador moved a step closer to final victory in the Giro d’Italia yesterday when he won the mountain time trial, but it wasn’t all good news for the Spaniard. His personal mechanic, Faustino [...]
Presence of Jesus Hernandez and Kanstantin Sivtsov in the break puts his rivals’ teams on the defensiveIf it’s at all possible to have an easy day, in what was officially termed as a high mountain stage, while in the lead [...]
Will be fondly remembered by the cycling communityEarlier today crowds gathered at the Pabellón Municipal de los Deportes de Olot in Girona, Spain to pay their respects to Movistar rider Xavier Tondo, just two days after his tragic death. Amongst [...]
Post stage polemics follow Italian champion’s relegationThe script at the end of today’s seventeenth stage of the Giro d’Italia was simple: The Italian champion, riding his national Tour in the flag of his country, wins the first true breakaway stage [...]
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) powered his way to the top of the podium once again today, with the Norwegian taking victory in stage one of the Bayern-Rundfahrt. Second place on the day went to German Andre Schulze of the [...]
Post stage polemics follow Italian champion’s relegationThe script at the end of today’s seventeenth stage of the Giro d’Italia was simple: The Italian champion, riding his national Tour in the flag of his country, wins the first true breakaway stage [...]
Dutchman insists UCI didn’t hide positivesFormer UCI President Hein Verbruggen has denied suggestions of a cover up of doping results involving Lance Armstrong, and said that he doesn’t feel he has a case to answer. “There's no reason that I [...]
Irish UCI 2.2 event heating up One day after taking the first An Post Rás stage win of his career, Lituanian rider Gediminas Bagdonas returned to the podium for another major award; the yellow jersey of race leader. The 25 [...]
Last year’s white jersey revelling in new role working for the pink jerseyMany people were tipping Richie Porte (Saxo Bank-SunGard) as a rider to watch in this year’s Giro d’Italia. The 26-year-old Australian finished seventh in his race debut last [...]
Italians still feel that they can challenge Contador as well as fight each other for second placeDespite trailing race leader Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-SunGard) by 4’20” and 5’11” respectively, Michele Scarponi (Lampre-ISD) and Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) still feel that they [...]
Savio talks about rider’s new equilibrium in video interviewSixth overall and a stage winner heading into the final phase of the Giro d’Italia, Jose Rujano will start today’s mountain time trial knowing that he is once again riding at a [...]
Australian time trial champion feels he can do well in final test in MilanoThe mission for Cameron Meyer (Garmin-Cervélo) in Tuesday’s mountain time trial between Belluno and Nevegal was to avoid the time cut. For the Australian time trial champion [...]
Family will hold a private ceremony for their loved oneThe day following the tragic death of Movistar rider Xavier Tondo, his team has announced that a service will be held at the Pabellón Municipal de los Deportes de Olot in [...]
