Eight men behind Vincenzo Nibali in Corsa Rosa this weekend Although defending champion Ivan Basso is to sit out this year’s race, the Liquigas-Cannondale team is aiming to keep the Giro d’Italia’s pink jersey in-house through last year’s third place, […]
Teams’ biggest riders won’t compete in Italy Former world under 23 champion Gerald Ciolek and fellow sprinter Francesco Chicchi will spearhead the stage winning aspirations of the Quick Step team in the Giro d’Italia, aiming for success on the flatter […]
McEwen and Hunter to target sprint wins Portuguese rider Tiago Machado is being rewarded for his consistency in stage races with leadership of the Team RadioShack squad in the Giro d’Italia, which begins this Saturday. The 25 year old has […]
Dutch team hoping to shine after missing out on all three Grand Tours last year The Dutch Vacansoleil-DCM is preparing for its first ever appearance at the Giro d’Italia and, while it doesn’t possess any top favourites for the race, […]
Sprinter replaced by climber as team’s race strategy changes Daniele Bennati’s first stage crash in the Tour de Romandie saw the Italian sprinter break four ribs and his collarbone, ruling him out of the Giro d’Italia, which starts in the […]
Long-term development of rider emphasised over short-term targets Although his team told him that he’d be selected for the Giro d’Italia if he won two stages in this week’s Presidential Tour of Turkey, Andrea Guardini has said that he will […]
Italian sprinter wins penultimate stage of Presidential Tour of Turkey First year professional Andrea Guardini continued his superb debut season when he clocked up his second stage victory in this year’s Presidential Tour of Turkey. The 21 year old Italian […]
Strong backup team for Spaniard as he bids to win his sixth Grand Tour Saxo Bank – SunGard has reversed an earlier decision for Richie Porte to compete in the Tour of California rather than the Giro d’Italia, listing the […]
Has no doubts that a good Tour de France is in store It’s been a quiet season thus far for Mark Cavendish with just two wins, but HTC Highroad directeur sportif Valerio Piva has no doubt that he is on […]
Multiple bones broken for Leopard Trek sprinter Daniele Bennati (Leopard Trek) was forced to withdraw from the Tour de Romandie in the first road stage today after coming down in a crash early on. As heavy rain fell on the […]
Australian will support Farrar and Le Mevel, seize personal chances Garmin-Cervélo rider Cameron Meyer has said that he is building up for a strong ride in the Giro d’Italia, targeting that Grand Tour this season rather than looking at doing […]
More signs that Italian’s time on Russian team is up Russian team Katusha has replaced Italians Filippo Pozzato and Luca Paolini with Russians Pavel Brutt and Eduard Vorganov for the upcoming Giro d’Italia (May 7 – 29). The management is […]
Geox-TMC Grand Tour winners impressed with difficulty of upcoming Giro For many of the Classics specialists, Easter Sunday was a final exam of sorts at the spring’s concluding Monument, Liege-Bastogne-Liege. For some of the Giro’s biggest contenders, however, Easter weekend […]
“I wouldn’t be able to ride it as it deserves,” says defending champion A surprise omission from the start list for next month’s Giro d’Italia, released today, is the name of last year’s winner Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Cannondale). The 33-year-old is […]
Number 1 awarded to Stefano Garzelli, with special 150 assigned to Italian champion Giovanni Visconti Giro d’Italia organiser RCS Sport has announced the completed start list for next month’s race, with a total of 207 riders from 23 teams. The […]
Last year’s third place not on top form after suffering from a cold Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-SunGard) is looking forward to racing in tomorrow’s Flèche Wallonne, although he concedes that a cold caught after the Vuelta a Castilla y León […]
Illness means Geox TMC rider is behind in his preparation Carlos Sastre had planned to head into the Giro d’Italia as co-leader of the Geox TMC team with Denis Menchov, but now appears to concende that he will instead play […]
Eleven riders named by Spanish squad from which nine will be chosen Movistar has released an eleven-rider long list for next month’s Giro d’Italia, from which the nine starters will be selected. While neither are named as definite starters, the […]
