This year’s Giro d’Italia is set to begin on May 8th in Amsterdam and, according to Sportdome.nl, race director Angelo Zomegnan says there will likely only be one Dutch team at the start. Guaranteed a position is the Rabobank team […]

Neo-pro Sacha Modolo finished in an excellent fourth place in the Milan-Sanremo Classic, which at almost 300 kilometers is the longest ProTour race. He was beaten by the three supersprinters Oscar Freire, Tom Boonen and Alessandro Petacchi, but left behind […]

Ivan Basso and Roman Kreuziger will spearhead the Liquigas-Doimo charge in the Volta a Catalunya, which starts in two days time, and directeur sportif Alberto Volpi believes that both will be prominent in the race. “We have the right men […]

Of the riders in this year’s Milan-Sanremo, the one with the best finishing record is undoubtedly triple world champion Oscar Freire. The Rabobank rider has won the race twice, in 2004 and 2007, as well as taking placings of third, […]

Although the Lampre-Farnese Vini team will put a lot of faith in their sprinter Alessandro Petacchi, the Italian squad will also give Damiano Cunego the opportunity to achieve one of the big goals of his career. The former Giro d’Italia […]

With Milan-Sanremo tomorrow, Luxembourg rider Kim Kirchen of Team Katusha weighed in on his team’s chances at Italy’s most important one-day classic, Milan-Sanremo. On a team with some potential La Primevera winners, Kirchen confirmed who their favorite is: “A guy […]

Alberto Contador has had a strong early season going two for two with victories at the Volta ao Algarve and Paris-Nice. Both wins were in one-week races and, even though he was able to come out on top, the Spaniard’s […]

Paolo Bettini will be the new Italian national coach, according to De Staandard. Italian Cycling Federation (FCI) president Renato di Rocco has reportedly confirmed to the Italian media that the 35-year-old Tuscan will begin his new role at the beginning […]

On the eve of the 101st edition of Milan-Sanremo there is much speculation on how tomorrow’s winner will arrive near the port in Sanremo. With the past six winners taking part in the event, and all but last year’s victor […]

More bad news greeted Riccardo Riccò on his return to the peloton as Giro d’Italia chief Angelo Zomegnan has announced that the Cobra’s Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce team will not be receiving a wild card invitation to the race. “In the […]