GreenEdge-AIS women match their male teammate’s Giro successThe day after her male teammate Matt Goss had sprinted to victory in the third stage of the Giro d’Italia, GreenEdge-AIS’ Melissa Hoskins was matching him with victory in the opening stage of [...]
Garmin Barracuda team tipped for TTT success in Giro d’Italia Garmin Barracuda’s Alex Rasmussen knows that the American squad is favourite to win today’s team time trial at the Giro d’Italia, but is also aware that he can make history [...]
Wildcard given to American Pro Continental teamTeam Type 1 – Sanofi has confirmed an important wildcard, with the squad getting a green light to participate in the Tour de Suisse for the second year running. The American Pro Continental squad [...]
American rider undergoing therapy to try to recover in timeStill suffering the after-effects of being hit by a car on April 1, Levi Leipheimer has confirmed that will shortly confirm if he will be able to compete in the Amgen [...]
American rider rests, then loosens up prior to race restart The BMC Racing Team is reporting that Taylor Phinney appears to be healing up after his dramatic high-speed crash on yesterday’s third stage of the Giro d’Italia. The young American [...]
Italian sprinter accepts culpability after seeing TV imagesWith the dust settled, the wounds healing and the effects and repercussions of his wild sprint now clear, Italian sprinter Roberto Ferrari will seek to put yesterday’s crash behind him by making a [...]
As the race arrives in Italy we look ahead to the overall contenders first big battleThe Giro has hit Italian soil after its three-day sabbatical in Denmark, and will re-start on Wednesday with a 33.2km team time trial in Shakespeare’s [...]
Danish rider considering a reconciliation with Bjarne Riis after two years awayJakob Fuglsang is considering a possible return to the Saxo Bank team in 2013, according to BT/sporten.dk. The 26-year-old Danish rider spent the first three years of his professional [...]
Los Angeles-Pasadena and Miami-Coral Gables venues in 2012Giro d’Italia organiser RCS Sport has launched what it plans to be a series of events around the world to promote the race globally, with Gran Fondo events in the USA getting things [...]
Rainy day on the Côte d’Opale sees another bunch sprint on the fifth of Four DaysMatteo Pelucchi (Europcar) sprinted to victory in the fifth and final stage of the Quatre Jours de Dunkerque in a close finish in the centre [...]
‘Cycling is a sport which is traditionally free to watch’British Cycling president Brian Cookson has expressed his dissatisfaction with a decision taken to charge spectators at some sections of the road race and time trial course at the London Olympics, [...]
Tips on boosting form behind an engineOver the past two decades professional cycling as a sport has changed significantly. Gone are the days when riders were expected to race straight through the entire season. Now it is a profession where [...]
Irishman names his favourites, is surprised weather wasn’t a factor in breaking things upFormer world number one and Eurosport cycling expert Sean Kelly has said that the list of possible winners of the Giro d’Italia is much longer than many [...]
Androni Giocattoli – Venezuela team aiming for podium in Giro Gianni Savio has said that he believes that Jose Rujano is stronger than he was during the 2011 Giro d’Italia, when he won a stage and finished seventh overall, then [...]
BMC Racing Team rider able to continue despite finishing in ambulanceAmerican talent Taylor Phinney had a bad scare on today’s third stage of the Giro d’Italia, coming down heavily inside the final 500 metres as a ripple effect of a [...]
Pile up in the finishing straight mars the stage dedicated to the memory of Wouter Weylandt; Phinney down againAfter five second places in the previous two weeks, Matt Goss finally took a victory in the colours of Orica-GreenEdge in a [...]
Tributes paid one year on to Leopard Trek rider One year on from a tragic crash on the descent of the Passo del Bocco, the peloton of the Giro d’Italia today remembered the Belgian Wouter Weylandt with a minute’s silence.Prior [...]
Garmin Barracuda rider represents best North American hope in battle for Maglia RosaIt’s now 24 years since Steve Bauer took fourth place overall in the 1988 Tour de France, a placing which remains the highest finish to date by a [...]
