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American rider gets three stitches following stage three crash After limping onto the stage to receive another Maglia Rosa as race leader, then boarding a plane to fly to Italia, Taylor Phinney underwent x-rays at a hospital in Verona this […]

Goss delighted to land a win after several near misses Stage three of the Giro d’Italia was another milestone for the Orica GreenEdge and was important on three counts. Firstly, it marked the first Grand Tour victory for the team. […]

Former Ronde van Vlaanderen winner wary of pushing himself too hard in tough fourth stage Saxo Bank’s Nick Nuyens has reported himself happy with his comeback to racing at the Quatre Jours de Dunkerque, having spent the last two months […]

“I don’t care what goes on behind me,” says wayward Italian sprinter Roberto Ferrari (Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela) was defiant about his role in the finishing straight crash in the Giro d’Italia’s third stage, which brought down World champion Mark Cavendish (Team […]

Two-time cyclocross World champion jumps onto podium on aggressive penultimate day Two-time cyclocross World champion Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) took his first ever professional road race victory as he escaped in the final kilometre of the fourth stage of […]

BMC Racing Team rider able to continue despite finishing in ambulance American talent Taylor Phinney had a bad scare on today’s third stage of the Giro d’Italia, coming down heavily inside the final 500 metres as a ripple effect of […]

Pile up in the finishing straight mars the stage dedicated to the memory of Wouter Weylandt; Phinney down again After five second places in the previous two weeks, Matt Goss finally took a victory in the colours of Orica-GreenEdge in […]

Tributes paid one year on to Leopard Trek rider One year on from a tragic crash on the descent of the Passo del Bocco, the peloton of the Giro d’Italia today remembered the Belgian Wouter Weylandt with a minute’s silence. […]

Garmin Barracuda rider represents best North American hope in battle for Maglia Rosa It’s now 24 years since Steve Bauer took fourth place overall in the 1988 Tour de France, a placing which remains the highest finish to date by […]

Yesterday’s stage winner downplays chances of holding pink jersey Although he’s over a minute and 19 seconds clear of his closest rival with two stages left to race, Frenchman Jimmy Engoulvent plays down his chances of being able to win […]