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The “future of Italian sprinting” bests Mark Cavendish in a straight dash for the line After enduring a torrid debut Giro d’Italia, with first week crashes and struggling through the mountains, Andrea Guardini (Farnese Vini-Selle Italia) confirmed his talent with […]

1000km between Napoli and Bergamo for the only women’s Grand Tour With the men’s Giro d’Italia coming to its climax this week, the organisers of the Giro d’Italia Femminile – the Giro Donne – have announced the route of the […]

Pedersen takes fourth stage while Lang continues to lead overall Starting Wednesday’s stage in a skinsuit and using a vent-covered helmet, Ronan McLaughlin’s goal would have been clear to the other riders; get clear early, drive all the way to […]

Shivs recovered, but eight Specialized Amiras still to be found; reward offered for information Team Tibco-To The Top has suffered a robbery on the eve of the Exergy Tour, as thieves broke into the team’s trailer in the race hotel […]

The Ale-Jet finally fires in southern Germany after long breakaway pulled back Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-ISD) finally opened his 2012 account, after a string of near-misses, in the opening stage of the Bayern-Rundfahrt between Traunstein and Penzberg. The 38-year-old, who was […]

German Gorilla millimetres in front of Danilo Napolitano in flat opening stage André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) took the opening stage of the Tour of Belgium, between Mechelen and Buggenhout, by the tightest possible margin. The big German sprinter managed to throw […]

Purito takes his second stage as the race’s big names fight it out across the Dolomites Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) won an epic seventeenth stage, between Falzes/Pfalzen and Cortina D’Ampezzo, as the big favourites for the race did battle across the […]

Lituanian searching for WorldTour or Pro Conti contract after Geox deal fell through Having gone close to a top contract for 2012 but being frustrated when the Geox TMC team he was due to race for fell apart, Lithuanian rider […]

UCI president loses out to AIBA’s Wu The effort of UCI president Pat McQuaid to secure a place on the IOC executive board proved unsuccessful yesterday, with the Irishman being defeated in a vote held by the Association of Summer […]

Michael Barry and Dan Lloyd talk route, tactics, descending and carbo-loading With three mountains stages left in the 2012 Giro d’Italia and the top eight riders less than two minutes apart, todays stage seventeen from Pfalzen to Cortina d’Ampezzo will […]