American sprinter devastated at loss of “brother” Wouter Weylandt Garmin-Cervélo sprinter Tyler Farrar will travel back to Belgium after the neutralised fourth stage of the Giro d’Italia, as he is devastated over the loss of Wouter Weylandt yesterday. The two […]
Riders to decide how to race tomorrow Giro d’Italia race doctor Giovanni Tredici has detailed what happened immediately after today’s crash involving Leopard-Trek rider Wouter Weylandt, saying that the rider received all the help possible but that nothing could be […]
Entire sport shaken by the sudden death of the popular Belgian sprinter The sport of cycling is in shock at the news of the death of Belgian sprinter Wouter Weylandt. Many have been paying their respects, via Twitter, official statements […]
VeloNation looks back on the all too short career of the likeable Belgian sprinter Everyone in cycling was devastated to hear the news of the sudden, tragic death of Wouter Weylandt during the third stage of the Giro d’Italia. The […]
VeloNation is deeply saddend to report that Wouter Weylandt (Leopard-Trek) has died as a result of a serious crash during the third stage of the Giro d’Italia today. The Belgian hit the pavement hard on the descent of the Passo […]
Race overshadowed by the tragic death of Wouter Weylandt who crashed on the stage’s main descent Angel Vicioso (Androni Giocattoli-CIPI) outsprinted his breakaway companions to take the third stage of the Giro d’Italia between Reggio Emilia and Rapallo. The Spanish […]
Stage victory is the limit to Euskaltel-Euskadi leader’s ambition Despite coming close to victory in last year’s Vuelta a España, where he was forced to with draw with a broken elbow while in the race lead, Igor Antón doesn’t see […]
Garmin-Cervélo rider aiming to show well in mountains Young American pro Peter Stetina is looking forward to the chance to see how he measures up against some of the peloton’s best riders on the mountain stages of the Giro d’Italia. […]
Briton apologises to Petacchi after post-race complaints Sometime between the holding of the TV interviews at the finish line in Parma and the press conference one hour later, Mark Cavendish did a complete about turn in his views on the […]
It’s been a full six years since José Rujano blew people’s expectations away with a superb ride in the Giro d’Italia. The diminutive Venezuelan climber impressed greatly in his debut performance, winning at Sestrière, taking both the King of the […]
Ale-Jet is now joint ninth overall in all-time winners list Alessandro Petacchi’ slightly untidy stage win in Parma yesterday afternoon means that the Ale-Jet from La Spezia moves up one place in the list of all-time stage winners in the […]
Ale-Jet seems to cut off Cavendish but Manx Missile takes over pink after extreme solo break dominates stage Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-ISD) won the opening sprint of the 2011 Giro d’Italia, taking the second stage between Alba and Parma. The Italian […]
American sprinter believes form is good, will ‘find out today’ Having built up well for this year’s Giro d’Italia, American rider Tyler Farrar is psyched to aim for the third stage win of his career. He sees stage one as […]
Says he isn’t yet in top form, but going well anyway With twelve stage wins to his credit, Robbie McEwen has some of the best results of those competing in this year’s Giro d’Italia. The Australian RadioShack rider was in […]
Directeur sportif talks about HTC Highroad’s ambitions in the race After Marco Pinotti led the HTC Highroad team across the finish line yesterday, his team is hoping to chase more success today. All going to plan, Mark Cavendish will win […]
Italian delighted with taking maglia rosa for second time Beaming broadly and clearly enjoying the moment, Marco Pinotti soaked up the sensation of being crowned the first leader of the 2011 Giro d’Italia at the finish in Torino yesterday. The […]
HTC Highroad sprinter praises team-mate Pinotti Marco Pinotti may have been the one to take the race lead, but British rider Mark Cavendish and his HTC Highroad team-mates were also extremely happy at the end of the opening day of […]
Former Tour de France winner knows there’s a long way to go in the race The Geox-TMC team finished an uninspiring eighteenth in the Giro d’Italia’s opening team time trial, losing 53 seconds to stage winners HTC-Highroad. More importantly though, […]
