Giro d’Italia: Lars Bak escapes the break to take stage twelve in Sestri Levante
Danish rider unbeatable on the Ligurian coast after a short, hard ride across the Cinque Terre Lars Bak (Lotto-Belisol) escaped the rest of a stage-long breakaway group inside the final two kilometres of the eight stage of the Giro d’Italia, […]
Tour of California: Peter Sagan sprints again to go four from four
Slovakian champion’s total domination of US race continues into Clovis Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) made it an incredible four from four in the Tour of California as he outsprinted the peloton at the end of the 209.6km between Sonora and Clovis. […]
Michal Kwiatkowski dreams of Tour of Poland victory
Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s Polish captain preparing for his home race on the roads of the Giro d’Italia Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s Michal Kwiatkowski is currently riding the Giro d’Italia, where he is supporting the overall ambitions of Italian teammate Dario Cataldo, […]
Joaquim Rodríguez: “I want to prove I’m the strongest and win the Giro d’Italia”
‘Purito’ wants to emulate a Spanish climbing legend when the race hits the mountains Joaquim Rodríguez’ first day in the Giro d’Italia’s Maglia Rosa was a very simple affair for 245 of the 255 kilometres of today’s Assisi to Montecatini […]
Giro d’Italia: Roberto Ferrari powers into Montecatini Terme for stage eleven victory
Italian sprinter quickest out of final corner as another crash hits the sprinters Roberto Ferrari (Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela) took the biggest victory of his career to date in the eleventh stage of the Giro d’Italia between Assisi and Montecatini Terme, as […]
Gianni Meersman diagnosed with fractured wrist
Further injury woes for Belgian climber following Giro d’Italia exit Gianni Meersman’s injury woes continued today, as it has transpired that the Lotto-Belisol climber has also fractured bones in his left wrist and elbow. The 26-year-old Belgian crashed in the […]
Giro d’Italia: Tom-Jelte Slagter “a whole lot wiser” after coming close in Assisi
Three attacks on the final climb surprise Rabobank second-year pro as he finishes with the best The most aggressive rider by far on the final climb to Assisi’s Piazza del Comune was Rabobank’s Tom-Jelte Slagter. The 22-year-old second-year pro from […]
Bartosz Huzarski comes within metres of Team NetApp’s biggest ever victory
Polish veteran takes second in Giro’s Assisi stage for surprise wildcard team Team NetApp’s Bartosz Huzarski was a surprise second place, behind Katusha’s stage winner Joaquim Rodríguez, at the hilltop finish of the tenth stage of the Giro d’Italia in […]
Giro d’Italia: Joaquim Rodríguez takes Tappa e Maglia Rosa on the cobbles of Assisi
Purito outsprints the other attackers on the steep climb to the finish; time bonuses see him in pink In the most widely predicted stage finish in the race so far, Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) outsprinted the rest of the peloton at […]
Filippo Pozzato withdraws from Giro d’Italia with fractured wrist
Rider who admitted fault for the big stage nine crash is the biggest casualty Filippo Pozzato (Farnese Vini-Selle Italia) will not start the tenth stage of the Giro d’Italia, between Civitavecchia and Assisi, this morning after fracturing the scaphoid bone […]