“Five teams on a handkerchief” sees Dutch team slip to seventh in race opener Having won the opening team time trial of March’s Tirreno-Adriatico, albeit with an almost entirely different line up, Rabobank might have expected to finish better than […]
Who was hot and who was not in today’s opening stage? With all 23 teams finishing within 1’13” of each other in today’s opening team time trial, it’s tough to make definite observations on good or bad performances. Nobody split […]
American teams top the standings as Alberto Contador’s rivals draw first blood Marco Pinotti (HTC-Highroad) pulled on the first maglia rosa of this year’s Giro d’Italia, thanks to his team’s blistering performance in the opening team time trial between Venaria […]
Irishman feels good prior to Giro d’Italia start Team RadioShack’s Philip Deignan says he’s a different rider than he was last year, but will be cautious at the Giro d’Italia as he isn’t sure of how his body will react […]
Young Belgian looks to bounce back in Italy Kevin Seeldraeyers is hoping to put an average 2010 behind him when he lines up on the start line of the Giro d’Italia today. The Quick Step cyclist was the best young […]
Changes made to original line up after rider withdrawals Since the publishing of the Giro d’Italia’s start list more than two weeks ago there have been a number of changes made to some teams. Some were enforced by injuries, like […]
Australian rider’s form on the up One year ago, Richie Porte confirmed his arrival as one of the top young talents in the sport. Starting his first Grand Tour after winning the time trial in the Tour de Romandie, he […]
Who will win the prestigious opening stage and take the maglia rosa? The Giro d’Italia gets under way this afternoon with a 19.3km time trial between Veneria Reale, on the outskirts of Turin, and the Piazza Vittoria Veneto in the […]
HTC Highroad team motivated to chase Giro TTT win Two years ago, his team-mate Mark Cavendish got the nod from team-management and was the first rider from his squad to cross the line in the Giro d’Italia’s opening team time […]
Ready for Giro, says anything less than a stage win would be failure When HTC Highroad’s Mark Cavendish last began the Giro d’Italia, the race started then – as now – with a team time trial. The American squad scorched […]
Deflects pressure onto Contador’s rivals: they ‘need’ to win During the period when Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France, the Texan had a race programme that was known for being carefully structured about arriving at the Tour in the […]
Spaniard talks on eve of race start It’s been a long, twisting road since Alberto Contador won the 2008 Giro d’Italia. Many kilometres, victories, battles and some questions have happened in the three years since, but he’ll hope that the […]
A stage win would be Euskaltel-Euskadi’s first ever at the Italian Grand Tour Euskaltel’s leader, Igor Anton, has been touted by many as an outside hope for the overall win at the end of May in the Giro d’Italia, which […]
Spaniard has been building steadily rather than sitting on the beach Three years ago, Alberto Contador was relaxing on a beach when he got a call from his then-Astana team to say he’d be riding the Giro d’Italia. Handed a […]
Briton has two wins to his name this season, compared to eight before 2009 Giro Setting wearing the Maglia Rosa and sprint wins as his goals for the race, British rider Mark Cavendish has admitted that he’s not in his […]
Czech rider to be given full leadership After Alexandre Vinokourov’s sixth overall and spell in the Maglia Rosa last year, the Astana team is heading back to the race with a different leader and higher objectives. Czech rider Roman Kreuziger […]
Spaniard realistic that battle for victory will be tough David Arroyo travels to Venaria Reale, Italy, on Wednesday for the Giro d’Italia (May 7-29). The Movistar rider hosted a press conference from his traditional visit with the mayor of his […]
A pink jersey in the northern French race is not the one that the former Italian champion wanted Having been removed from Katusha’s Giro d’Italia line up last week, Filippo Pozzato will instead be riding the Quatre Jours de Dunkerque, […]
