Giro d'Italia: A brutal day on the Plan de Corones
It took today’s Giro d’Italia stage sixteen winner Stefano Garzelli (Acqua e Sapone) 2 minutes and 33 seconds to ride up the final 600 meters of the Plan de Corones. The brutal mountain served up a some wind on the […]
Tour of California: Hesjedal takes the stage, Rogers the overall
Australian fights off attacks in final stage Garmin-Transitions’ Ryder Hesjedal won the eighth and final stage of the Tour of California today, beating George Hincapie (BMC Racing) and Carlos Barredo (Quick Step) in the sprint out of a five-man break. […]
Giro d'Italia: Basso enters final week as man to beat
Still way too early to make a call The long awaited battle for the maglia rosa of this year’s Giro d’Italia began today on the slopes of Monte Zoncolan. The first two weeks of the race have also seen time […]
Tour of California: Sagan wins and wins, Rogers retains lead
The Slovakian steamrolls to another big win Twenty year old prodigy Peter Sagan took his second consecutive victory in stage six of the Tour of California today, sprinting out of a select group and crossing the line with a healthy […]
Giro d'Italia: Marco Pantani remembered with mountains on the horizon
Local rider surprises the break With a weekend of mountains on tap that culminates with a finish at the top of the Monte Zoncolan, today’s thirteenth stage of the Giro d’Italia set the stage for a breakaway to succeed. Seventeen […]
Doping Crisis: Cycling at a crossroads
How should cycling deal with its past? Yesterday VeloNation received a copy of an email purportedly exchanged between Floyd Landis and a cycling official in which Landis admits doping and chronicles systematic doping practices over the years leading up to […]
Tour of California: Sagan again shows his class, Rogers takes over lead
Cycling shows its bright future Liquigas-Doimo’s Peter Sagan easily won the sprint for victory in stage five of the Tour of California today, beating Michael Rogers (HTC-Columbia) and David Zabriskie (Garmin-Transitions) into second and third place respectively. Rogers picked up […]
Giro d'Italia: The Corsa Rosa continues to surprise
Expect the unexpected in this Giro Everyone watched the eleventh stage of the Giro d’Italia today in amazement as 56 riders split off of the front of the peloton at kilometer 20 to take a maximum advantage of close to […]
Giro d'Italia: Vinokourov will fight all the way to Verona
Astana’s leader Alexandre Vinokourov lost the pink jersey to Saxo Bank’s Richie Porte on today’s eleventh stage of the Giro d’Italia after missing out on a massive split in the peloton. He wasn’t alone in the 26-man group that was […]
Giro d'Italia: Farrar winning in Europe, while Cavendish rules in California
Who will rule the sprints in July Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) took a convincing victory in stage 10 of the Giro d’Italia today, and with every success the American is building his confidence towards the Tour de France this July. His […]
