Giro d’Italia: Farrar hungry for bunch sprints (video)
American sprinter believes form is good, will ‘find out today’ Having built up well for this year’s Giro d’Italia, American rider Tyler Farrar is psyched to aim for the third stage win of his career. He sees stage one as […]
Video: Cavendish celebrates Giro TTT win, could take over pink jersey tomorrow
HTC Highroad sprinter praises team-mate Pinotti Marco Pinotti may have been the one to take the race lead, but British rider Mark Cavendish and his HTC Highroad team-mates were also extremely happy at the end of the opening day of […]
Porte ready for second Giro d’Italia
Australian rider’s form on the up One year ago, Richie Porte confirmed his arrival as one of the top young talents in the sport. Starting his first Grand Tour after winning the time trial in the Tour de Romandie, he […]
Pinotti satisfied with form, does Maglia Rosa await?
HTC Highroad team motivated to chase Giro TTT win Two years ago, his team-mate Mark Cavendish got the nod from team-management and was the first rider from his squad to cross the line in the Giro d’Italia’s opening team time […]
Cavendish says he shouldn’t be compared to 2009 form
Ready for Giro, says anything less than a stage win would be failure When HTC Highroad’s Mark Cavendish last began the Giro d’Italia, the race started then – as now – with a team time trial. The American squad scorched […]
Riis accepts there is a risk to attempting Giro-Tour double
Deflects pressure onto Contador’s rivals: they ‘need’ to win During the period when Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France, the Texan had a race programme that was known for being carefully structured about arriving at the Tour in the […]
Contador says memory of 2008 victory brought him back to Giro d’Italia
Spaniard talks on eve of race start It’s been a long, twisting road since Alberto Contador won the 2008 Giro d’Italia. Many kilometres, victories, battles and some questions have happened in the three years since, but he’ll hope that the […]
UCI 'No Needle Policy' introduced prior to Giro d’Italia start
Medical permission needed before any injections are given On the eve of the start of what some say is one of the hardest-ever editions of the Giro d’Italia, the UCI has introduced a new measure, entitled No Needle Policy, which […]
UCI starts legal proceedings against Floyd Landis
Swiss court action begins One year after he sent information to USA Cycling and began a series of claims of doping against his former US Postal Service team, Floyd Landis has learned that he will face legal action by the […]
An Post Sean Kelly team aiming for Tour of Belgium wildcard
Squad relies on invites for top races The An Post Grant Thornton M. Donnelly Sean Kelly team is hopeful that it will secure a wildcard invitation to the Tour of Belgium this week, seeking to edge in ahead of some […]
