Giro could yet travel across the Atlantic Today’s news that Denmark will host the start of the 2012 Giro d’Italia spelt the end of the push to try to bring the race to Washington next year. However, the people involved […]
Organisers also confirm route change to this years stage 17 Confirming recent rumours, RCS Sport has said that next year’s Giro d’Italia will kick off with three stages in western Denmark. The race will start with a prologue in Herning, […]
Catalunya clash has given both riders a good chance to measure each other up With the Giro d’Italia still almost six weeks away, two of the races favourites have already identified one another as the riders to watch, according to […]
‘A very beautiful and special stage’ Days after blowing apart Milano-Sanremo, Italian Vincenzo Nibali returned to concentrate on the Giro d’Italia. He wants to win the Grand Tour this season after winning the Vuelta a España last year. To prepare, […]
New maglia rosa design presented at Milan’s Martini Bar The Giro d’Italia organiser RCS Sport unveiled the four leaders’ jerseys to be awarded at its three-week stage race in May. Last night at Dolce & Gabbana’s Martini Bar, the 2011 […]
Czech rider to train in Tenerife, no racing planned for over a month Although he had hoped to figure strongly in Paris-Nice and had the backing of Alexandre Vinokourov and the Astana team behind him, Roman Kreuziger had to be […]
Dane and Spaniard still debating 2011 Giro goals It wasmentioned last August, then denied by Alberto Contador’s brother and agent Fran Contador, and now confirmed again; Saxo Bank SunGard team owner Bjarne Riis would like to see the rider target […]
Lampre rider passes on home Grand Tour The 2004 Giro d’Italia winner Damiano Cunego has confirmed that he will not take part in this year’s edition, deciding instead to focus on the Classics and the Tour de France. The Lampre […]
Five wildcards all awarded to Italian teams The list of teams invited to this year’s Giro d’Italia has been announced by race organiser RCS Sport, with 60 days to go until the race starts in the Piemonte city of Torino […]
Team fires masseur and Riccò’s friend, Mongiardo Dutch team Vacansoleil risks starting its first Giro d’Italia this May due to its connection with Riccardo Riccò and Ezequiel Mosquera. The two are involved in separate doping investigations in their home countries […]
Astana’s new Grand Tour star focused on winning Giro d’Italia Czech Roman Kreuziger has began his first season with a new team, Astana. After five years at Liquigas, he switched to Astana to take more of a leadership role. At […]
HTC-Highroad sprinter will ride all three Grand Tours in 2011 Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) has confirmed his participation in this year’s Giro d’Italia, where he will target stage wins and hopes to take the iconic maglia rosa in the race’s first […]
Spaniard describes Italian race as the favourite Grand Tour of his career Saxo Bank SunGard team leader Alberto Contador knows that his participation in the Tour de France is uncertain, but has confirmed that he will compete in the Giro […]
‘I’ve always been in love with Italy. Tuscany is in my heart’ Leopard-Trek will race the Tour de France in July as one of the strongest teams. Amongst their ranks they have the powerful combination of the Schleck brothers, Fränk […]
Decision on Giro d’Italia defence comes after Liège-Bastogne-Liège Ivan Basso will wait until after the Liège-Bastogne-Liège on April 24 to decide if he will defend his Giro d’Italia title. “I will stand at the cross-roads there,” Basso told La Gazzetta […]
No barriers to Spaniard’s participation The race director of the Giro d’Italia, Angelo Zomegnan, has said that he doesn’t have any objections to Alberto Contador taking part in the Italian race this May. The Spaniard won the contest in 2008, […]
British sprinter returns after one-year absence, skips Tour of California British sprinter Mark Cavendish could race the Giro d’Italia this year, according to The Independent. He returns after a one-year absence, deciding to skip the Tour of California. He won […]
The way is now officially open for “the Killer” to race again It appears that Danilo Di Luca has now officially paid his dues, literally, with the announcement from the International Cycling Union (UCI) that the Italian has paid the […]
