Team Sky rider talks about being focussed on the Olympic track, switching Giro for Tour, and leading out the World champion 2011 was the strongest year yet for Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas as the 25-year-old continues to develop as a […]
Rabobank climber continues to recover from fractured femur Seeking to rebuild full strength before next year’s Tour de France, Robert Gesink has said that he is thinking about riding a Grand Tour before the race in order to accelerate his […]
Tour de France remains biggest goal for Luxembourg brothers; could target Valkenberg Worlds Despite advice to do so from Eddy Merckx, the greatest ever cyclist, Fränk Schleck has confirmed that he and younger brother Andy will not be riding the […]
Suspended Italian looking for a team; ban expires two days before Italian tour Franco Pellizotti is looking for a new team for when his two-year suspension ends on May 2nd of next year, and is hoping to ride the Giro […]
Says Luxembourg rider needs to avoid previous tactical errors if he’s to finally win Tour de France Eddy Merckx, the top rider in the history of the sport, has said that he believes that Andy Schleck should return to the […]
Unsure if he will be needed to help the Schlecks at the Tour Jakob Fuglsang has intimated that although he doesn’t have clear direction about next year’s racing calendar from the RadioShack-Nissan-Trek team, he’d like to target the Giro d’Italia […]
2011 winner will concentrate fully on Tour de France rather than racing in Italy Defending champion Alberto Contador, his Saxo Bank SunGard team manager Bjarne Riis and Juan Jose Cobo (Geox TMC), the Vuelta a España winner, were all in […]
Plenty of opportunity for both climbers and sprinters Seeking to both prolong the suspense and also to keep the riders fresher for longer, a balanced but dramatic Giro d’Italia route was unveiled by organisers RCS Sport in Milan today. The […]
Strong social media presence to help further event’s image and reach Setting even higher targets for next year after record viewership figures of this year’s race, the Giro d’Italia organisers yesterday presented the 2011 numbers at an RAI event dedicated […]
Gazzetta dello Sport website inadvertently lists Corsa Rosa stages on its English language section On the day that the Tour de France website inadvertently published the 2012 race route, more than a week before its official unveiling, the Giro d’Italia […]
Manager would accept Rebellin back, but only after full admission of 2008 positive test The Androni – Cipi team of Gianni Savio looks set to have an automatic invitation to next year’s Giro d’Italia following its second consecutive winning of […]
Three day opening for the Corsa Rosa’s first ever visit to Scandinavia RCS Sport, the organiser of the Giro d’Italia, has released details of the opening three stages of next year’s race, which is to start in the city of […]
State route of 2012’s stage 20 was conceived after fans’ social media access Continuing their pledge to both design testing, experimental courses and also to engage with their fans through social media, the organisers of the Giro d’Italia today unveiled […]
Best tweets about race will feature on 2012 Maglia Rosa Two days remain for fans of the Giro d’Italia to enter a competition to leave their mark on the 2012 pink jersey. The organisers of the Italian race are running […]
Acquarone takes over cycling-related matters, Vegni takes over race management role Following weeks of rumours that Angelo Zomegnan was set to lose his position as race director of the Giro d’Italia, race owner RCS Sport has confirmed that he has […]
Dutch phenomenon becomes first Netherlands rider to take women’s Corsa Rosa Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) confirmed her overall victory in the Giro d’Italia Femminile with third place in the 16.2km final stage time trial in San Francesco al Campo, just […]
Only time trial left before dominating Vos can celebrate final general classification victory Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) continued her Merckx-like domination of the Giro d’Italia Femminile with her fifth stage victory on the steep climb to Ceresole Reale. The Dutch […]
Former journalist had been seen as inflexible and insensitive to riders’ requirements Following weeks of rumours that race organisers RCS Sport were less than happy with the event director Angelo Zomegnan, it appears that the former journalist will no longer […]
