Defending champion Bagdonas confirmed for An Post Rás
Lituanian and four Irish riders to represent An Post Grant Thornton Sean Kelly team Having clocked up several strong results this year and shown he is in good condition, 2011 An Post Rás winner Gediminas Bagdonas has been confirmed as […]
Jan Ullrich acknowledges he’s made doping mistakes and hopes for a second chance
German wants to move on after CAS ruling and ‘years of despair and depression’ Three months after the Court of Arbitration for Sport handed him a two year suspension from the sport, Jan Ullrich has acknowledged past errors and said […]
Giro d’Italia: Phinney fights to keep lead but drops to fifth overall
American almost crashes when bike goes off road Still feeling the effects of his bad crash two days ago, Taylor Phinney battled hard to keep his Maglia Rosa today in the Giro d’Italia’s team time trial, but fell thirteen seconds […]
Ferrari to make apology to Cavendish, Phinney and other fallen riders
Italian sprinter accepts culpability after seeing TV images With 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 […]
Sean Kelly Analysis: Giro d’Italia is wide open after Denmark stages
Irishman names his favourites, is surprised weather wasn’t a factor in breaking things up Former 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 […]
Sean Kelly Analysis: Ferrari was wrong, needs to apologise for Giro crash
“We have all made errors as sprinters, you have to be able to say sorry” Former world number one Sean Kelly has said that he believes Italian sprinter Roberto Ferrari was fully responsible for the crash which afflicted the finale […]
Giro d’Italia: Medical examination rules out fractures for Phinney
American rider gets three stitches following stage three crash After limping onto the stage to receive another Maglia Rosa as race leader, then boarding a plane to fly to Italia, Taylor Phinney underwent x-rays at a hospital in Verona this […]
Giro d’Italia: Phinney remains in Maglia Rosa after sprint finish pileup
BMC Racing Team rider able to continue despite finishing in ambulance American 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 […]
Giro d’Italia: Wouter Weylandt remembered with minute’s silence prior to stage 3
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. […]
Ryder Hesjedal Interview: On form and targeting Giro d’Italia GC
Garmin Barracuda rider represents best North American hope in battle for Maglia Rosa It’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 […]
