World champion shows determination in finishing Giro Ultimately losing out by just one point to overall classification runner-up Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha), Mark Cavendish battled until the very end of the Giro d’Italia by trying to pick up points in the […]
Homecoming Vacansoleil-DCM rider speaks of his emergence as a Grand Tour contender After overcoming a 27 second deficit to defending champion Michele Scarponi in yesterday’s final time trial, Vacansoleil-DCM’s Thomas De Gendt became the first Belgian to stand on a […]
Italian back to full strength one year after breaking femur A year after leaving the race in an ambulance and with a question mark over the future direction of his career, Marco Pinotti has turned things right around. He is […]
Omega Pharma-Quick Step pulls some positives from its first Grand Tour After a Classics season that could not have possibly gone better, Omega Pharma-Quick Step entered the Giro d’Italia with few lofty expectations. But the Belgian team was pleased with […]
Team classification a consolation with Scarponi unable to podium As one of the teams primarily responsible for placing an Italian in the top three, Lampre-ISD failed in the Giro d’Italia in that respect, as no Italian appeared on the podium […]
Hesjedal, de Gendt make big improvements in UCI standings Although he had the disappointment of being pipped for the overall title in the final time trial, Joaquim Rodriguez has the considerable consolation of jumping to the first in the UCI’s […]
Dane planning to “hold a big party” if Hesjedal can overtake Rodriguez in Milan time trial Since putting in big work in the team time trial that would eventually set up two team-mates – Ramunas Navardauskus and Ryder Hesjedal – […]
Unheralded squad gets a stage win, Nieve cracks the top ten As a team almost strictly composed of riders specializing in mountainous terrain, Euskaltel-Euskadi often catches a lot of grief when they do not perform well in their element. But […]
Marco Pinotti takes Milano time trial but Canadian overcomes Joaquim Rodríguez to take final Maglia Rosa Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Barracuda) became the first ever Canadian winner of the Giro d’Italia, as he overcame his 31 second deficit to Maglia Rosa incumbent […]
Mixed fortunes for “giallo fluo” stage winners as Andrea Guardini disqualified for motor pacing Matteo Rabottini (Farnese Vini-Selle Italia) secured his overall victory in the Giro d’Italia mountains competition in today’s twentieth stage. By putting himself in the day’s breakaway […]
Rodríguez and Hesjedal under pressure as Vacansoleil-DCM rider turns the race on its head Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM) rode himself into a realistic chance of the final podium of the 2012 Giro d’Italia with a virtuoso solo display on the […]
‘If tomorrow he keeps this pace, it will be difficult to win this Giro’ Having pinpointed today’s stage as an important opportunity to gain much-needed time over Ryder Hesjedal prior to Sunday’s final time trial, Maglia Rosa wearer Joaquim Rodriguez […]
Consolation stage for Astana leader as Ryder Hesjedal puts Joaquim Rodríguez on the rack Roman Kreuziger (Astana) took a consolation victory from his disappointing Giro d’Italia on the vicious slopes to Alpi di Pampeago, but the big story happened on […]
“For sure I have to try to drop him” Holding a thirty second lead over Ryder Hesjedal and needing to considerably increase his buffer if he is to win this Giro d’Italia, Katusha’s Joaquim Rodriguez has pledged to take every […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
