Giro d’Italia: Alessandro Petacchi wins contested sprint in hectic Parma finale
Ale-Jet seems to cut off Cavendish but Manx Missile takes over pink after extreme solo break dominates stage Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-ISD) won the opening sprint of the 2011 Giro d’Italia, taking the second stage between Alba and Parma. The Italian […]
Giro d’Italia: Rabobank happy with team time trial performance, if not position
“Five teams on a handkerchief” sees Dutch team slip to seventh in race opener Having won the opening team time trial of March’s Tirreno-Adriatico, albeit with an almost entirely different line up, Rabobank might have expected to finish better than […]
Giro d’Italia: Team time trial winners and losers
Who was hot and who was not in today’s opening stage? With all 23 teams finishing within 1’13” of each other in today’s opening team time trial, it’s tough to make definite observations on good or bad performances. Nobody split […]
Giro d’Italia: Marco Pinotti snags pink as HTC-Highroad takes team time trial
American teams top the standings as Alberto Contador’s rivals draw first blood Marco Pinotti (HTC-Highroad) pulled on the first maglia rosa of this year’s Giro d’Italia, thanks to his team’s blistering performance in the opening team time trial between Venaria […]
Giro d’Italia: Race organisation issues final start list
Changes made to original line up after rider withdrawals Since the publishing of the Giro d’Italia’s start list more than two weeks ago there have been a number of changes made to some teams. Some were enforced by injuries, like […]
Giro d’Italia team time trial: The fight for the first pink
Who will win the prestigious opening stage and take the maglia rosa? The Giro d’Italia gets under way this afternoon with a 19.3km time trial between Veneria Reale, on the outskirts of Turin, and the Piazza Vittoria Veneto in the […]
Quatre Jours de Dunkerque: Unstoppable Marcel Kittel makes it three out of three
Neo-pro German sprinter maintains perfect race Marcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano) confirmed his status as the fastest man at this year’s Quatre Jours de Dunkerque by taking his third stage victory out of three between Caudry and Le Cateau-Cambrésis. The 22-year-old German […]
Iljo Keisse case: Brussels court upholds CAS verdict and rider must sit out rest of ban
Belgian track star sees home ban extended due to partial comeback Iljo Keisse (Quick Step) must step back to the sidelines once more as the Brussels Court of Appeal has upheld the Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS) to suspend […]
Quatre Jours de Dunkerque: Two out of two for Marcel Kittel
German sprinter does it again Marcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano) made it two out of two in this year’s Quatre Jours de Dunkerque with another sprint victory in the second stage between Douai and Iwuy. This time the men at the front […]
Florence officially launches 2014 Tour de France bid
Proposal warmly greeted by race chief Christian Prudhomme The Italian city of Florence has officially launched its bid to host the start of the 2014 Tour de France, according to AFP. The presence of the race would form part of […]
