Giro d'Italia: Bruseghin abandons following a rough start
A very bad week for the Italian The Giro d’Italia is now over for Caisse d’Epargne leader Marzio Bruseghin. The Italian was involved in several crashes during the week, including the race-ending incident involving Christian Vande Velde during stage three. […]
BMC Racing's Kohler out of at least six weeks
Doctors discover more than a broken collarbone BMC Racing’s Martin Kohler had a successful operation on his collarbone earlier this week at home in Switzerland. He crashed during stage two of the Giro d’Italia and was forced to abandon the […]
Gilbert could still do the Tour de France, team underlines benefits
Tour passes through Belgium Omega Pharma Lotto’s directeur sportif Dirk De Wolf recently appeared to pour cold water on the idea of Philippe Gilbert riding this year’s Tour de France, saying that his type of rider would have “little to […]
Quick Step brings Boonen and Barredo to Tour of California
Belgian team will target stages. The Quick Step team took off from Frankfurt, Germany today to head to the United States for the Tour of California. Leading the squad will be Belgian national champion Tom Boonen, who already has a […]
Giro d'Italia: Zomegnan discusses the state of Italian cycling
Tougher controls equal less success. Giro d’Italia director Angelo Zomegnan discussed the state of Italian cycling during the race’s rest day in Italy. He reasoned that the decline in the performance level coming out of his home country is the […]
Milram satisfied with first three Giro d'Italia stages
The German Milram team is satisfied with its performance so far in this year’s Giro d’Italia. The race has spent the last three days in The Netherlands, the home country of team manager Gerry van Gerwen. “Our start in the […]
Giro d'Italia: Vande Velde hits the pavement, abandons the race
The Giro d’Italia hasn’t been kind to Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Transitions) over the past year, with the American hitting the pavement in stage 3 for the second year in a row and being forced to abandon the race. Vande Velde […]
Giro d'Italia: Crash causes Sastre to lose time in stage two
Today’s Giro d’Italia stage in Holland didn’t go as well as Carlos Sastre (Cervélo TestTeam) had hoped. The 209 kilometer ride from Amsterdam to Utrecht was marred with crashes, and in the closing kilometers the Spaniard found himself caught up […]
Joe Martin Stage Race: Amaran wins overall, Crane takes final stage
Matt Crane of the UnitedHealthcare Pro cycling Team Presented by Maxxis attacked late out of a nearly race-long break and just held for victory in the final stage of the Joe Martin Stage Race. He beat teammate Karl Menzies at […]
Giro d'Italia: Chaos in the streets of Holland
The narrow roads and traffic furniture in Holland took their toll on the peloton during stage two of the Giro d’Italia today causing several riders to hit the deck. Chief among the victims were yesterday’s stage winner Bradley Wiggins (Team […]
