Giro d’Italia: Garzelli wins on Plan de Corones as Arroyo clings on to pink
Italian veteran takes mountain time trial as favourites close in on the leader Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone) won the mountain time trial from San Vigilio di Marebbe to the top of the Plan de Corones, to take stage 16 […]
Long injury lay off expected for Stef Clement
Dutch time trialist taking time out to fix foot and back problems Dutch time trial champion Stef Clement (Rabobank) will be taking an extended period away from top-level competition to concentrate on fixing long-term foot and back injuries. Clement will […]
Milram chases third Bayern Rundfahrt victory this week
Ciolek, Knees and Roels are team’s big hopes for success Victorious for the past two years with Christian Knees and Linus Gerdemann, Team Milram will aim to boost its sponsor search by targeting a third consecutive win in the Bayern […]
Tour of California: Grischa Niermann incensed by final stage time cut
As most of the riders head back to their respective homes following the hardest Tour of California in its still rather young history, one incident will mar the memory for at least 26 riders. On the final day of the […]
Alejandro Valverde preparing quietly for Tour de France start
Spaniard awaits CAS ruling Caisse d’Epargne’s embattled leader, Alejandro Valverde, continues to train hard in preparation for a full on go at the rapidly approaching Tour de France even as a final ruling on his potential worldwide ban looms. The […]
Giro d'Italia: Analysis of the Plan de Corones time trial
Insight on key Giro d’Italia stage by Bbox Bouygues Telecom’s coach The Giro d’Italia organizers have decided to put two of the toughest climbs in cycling in back-to-back stages this year. On Sunday Ivan Basso won at the top of […]
Cadel Evans: “Don’t push him he’s a foreigner!”
World champion finds that help from the Italian fans is not available to all World champion Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) finished second on yesterday’s stage to the top of Monte Zoncolan. At 10.1km long with and average gradient of 11.9%, […]
Giro d’Italia: Basso pledges he is clean after Zoncolan victory
Nibali is the Italian for the future Ivan Basso’s storming victory yesterday on Monte Zoncolan, one of the toughest mountains in cycling, delighted his fans but also led to the inevitable raising of eyebrows by some. He served a doping […]
Saxo Bank's Richie Porte looks forward to Tuesday's time trial
Looking to keep the pink jersey as long as possible Saxo Bank’s young talent, Richie Porte, continued his breakout Giro d’Italia with an excellent ride on the Monte Zoncolan in Sunday’s fifteenth stage. The young Aussie finished a credible 18th […]
Toni Tauler tests positive in control taken prior to track worlds
Beijing silver medalist in the Madison Spanish newspaper El País has reported that Toni Tauler tested positive for the banned blood-booster EPO in an out of competition doping control this past March just before the track World Championships in Copenhagen, […]