Cavendish takes sprint in Tour de Suisse
In his first race since the Giro d’Italia, Britain’s Mark Cavendish (Columbia-High Road) picked up where he left off by winning the sprint finish in today’s 195.4km third stage of the Tour de Suisse. In his wake Cavendish left a […]
I'll take the apple cobbler, please – Phinney strikes in U23 Roubaix
Trek-Livestrong rider Taylor Phinney carved another little slice in the history books today becoming the first American rider to win Paris-Roubaix Espoirs. The storied cobblestones of Northern France have long been the subject of a love-hate relationship with cyclists – […]
Vesuvius erupts again as Sastre wins, Di Luca gains precious seconds
Today at the top of Mount Vesuvius Spainiard Carlo Sastre won his second stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia, while in his wake the mountain experienced a different kind of eruption as Italian Danilo Di Luca left everything on the […]
Scarponi again, as Menchov stays in control
Michele Scarponi (Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni) won his second stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia today, a 182km ride from Sulmona to Benevento. The Italian took the sprint from a seven-man breakaway with Felix Rafael Cardenas (Barloworld) coming in second piping Danny Pate (Garmin-Slipstream) on […]
Pellizotti solos to victory while Di Luca closes on Menchov
Italian Franco Pellizotti of Team Liquigas won the 17th stage of the Giro d’Italia today with a solo victory on the short 83km stage from Chieti to Blockhaus. In second place was a charging Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone) aiming for […]
Sastre wins stage 16, Mechov retains lead
Last year’s Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre (Cervelo TestTeam) won today’s stage of the Giro d’Italia, attacking the favorites on the final climb of the Monte Petrano and moving himself up the leader board. He was followed by an attacking […]
Bertagnolli survives to win stage
Leonardo Bertagnolli of the Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni team won today’s 161km stage from Forlì to Faenza out of a breakaway that took the front of the race at the 18km mark. Belgian Serge Pauwels from the Cervelo TestTeam came in […]
Gerrans climbs to stage 14 victory
Simon Gerrans (Cervélo TestTeam) won the 14th stage of the Giro d’Italia as he attacked his breakaway companions on steepest section of the final climb to the finish giving himself his second stage win in a Grand Tour and the […]
Cavendish has no equal
In today’s stage, traveling from Lido di Camaiore to Firenze, Mark Cavendish of the Columbia-High Road team showed that he has no equal in the sprints in this year’s Giro d’Italia besting Alessando Petacchi, with Austrailain Allan Davis coming in third […]
Menchov overpowers Di Luca and Leipheimer
Danilo Di Luca set out on today’s time trial from Sestri Levante to Riomaggiore with a goal of finishing within 40 seconds of his main rivals and retaining his Maglia Rosa, but Russian Denis Menchov (Rabobank) had other ideas as […]
