Team will focus on the positive aspects of the race Team RadioShack’s 2011 Giro D’Italia campaign got off to a great start when they finished second to HTC-HighRoad in the race’s opening Team Time Trial. The team had gone to […]
Remembers Xavier Tondo as he crosses the line Movistar rider Vasili Kiryienka secured an emotional victory in stage twenty of the Giro d’Italia today, crossing the line alone in style to dedicate his victory to fallen teammate Xavier Tondo as […]
Quick Step leader has two days to overtake the climbers ahead of him Dario Cataldo (Quick Step) started this year’s Giro d’Italia with the intention of finishing as high in the overall classification as possible. The 26-year-old finished 31st in […]
Frenchman sits in fourth place with one day to go John Gadret (AG2R La Mondiale) sits in fourth place overall in the Giro d’Italia and has great chances of reaching Milano in the same spot. Gadret spoke to Velonation about […]
Vacansoleil-DCM rider in the stage twenty break despite going down in Lewis-Pinotti crash yesterday Despite coming down in the crash that sent HTC-Highroad duo Craig Lewis and Marco Pinotti to hospital with broken bones yesterday, Frederik Veuchelen (Vacansoleil-DCM) got himself […]
Lampre captain focussed on Sestriere stage Michele Scarponi (Lampre–ISD) showed his dissatisfaction at conceding 8” to Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) in the last kilometre of stage 19 in the Giro D’Italia. The two Italians who are fighting for what seems like […]
Garmin-Cervélo rider’s S3 borrows from SRAM’s mountainbike components range Former British champion David Millar (Garmin-Cervélo) was running one of the more unusual set ups in this year’s mountain stages. In order to save his legs, and to enable him to […]
German joins break of the day in last mountain stage Sebastian Lang (Omega Pharma-Lotto) opened up the Giro for breakaways with a 219-kilometer escape in stage two. In stage 20, at the very end of the Giro, he was again […]
Craig Lewis and Marco Pinotti both hospitalised after crash After enjoying an excellent Giro d’Italia to date, the luck finally turned bad for the HTC-Highroad team on the rainy stage between Bergamo and Macugnaga. Having won the opening time trial […]
Spaniard sees his friend Paolo Tiralongo to the line Alberto Contador showed in stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia that he is not only the race’s dominator, but that he is also looking out for his friends in the peloton. […]
British youngster climbing close to the best as he nears his first compete Grand Tour Peter Kennaugh (Team Sky) seems to be getting stronger as the Giro d’Italia comes to a close. While he didn’t finish anywhere close to the […]
Team Sky sprinter suffers bad crash on Macagnuga stage For Team Sky sprinter Russell Downing, there is very little left to aim at in this year’s Giro d’Italia, except, that is, for the prospect of completing the first ever Grand […]
Trustful domestique gets into the limelight on the climb of Macugnaga Paolo Tiralongo of the Astana team won the 19th stage of the Giro d’Italia, using strong legs and the favor of his friend Alberto Contador. Contador escaped the main […]
2009 race winner not happy with current position but sees opportunity to move up Denis Menchov (Geox-TMC) started the Giro d’Italia with the intention of repeating his victory of 2009. With just three stages to go though, he sat in […]
Best ever Grand Tour finish on the cards for HTC-Highroad’s Belarusian Following his part in the break on stage seventeen, between Feltre and Tirano, where he finished almost three minutes ahead of the peloton, Kanstantsin Sivtsov (HTC-Highroad) is sitting pretty […]
Frenchman has good legs to help team leaders on mountaintop finish Mickaël Chérel joined the break of the day in stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia, staying with them until the final climb. He then helped his AG2R La Mondiale […]
Contador respects former teammate’s bold attack, gives up the stage win Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) took his first professional victory today in stage nineteen of the Giro d’Italia. The Italian attacked on the final ascent to the finish in Macugnaga, and […]
Time trial specialists looking forward to Sunday’s Milan test Despite sickness reducing the Garmin-Cervélo team to just five men in the last week of the Giro d’Italia, those left are still highly motivated to make their mark on the race. […]
