Insight on key Giro d’Italia stage by Bbox Bouygues Telecom’s coach The Giro d’Italia organizers have decided to put two of the toughest climbs in cycling in back-to-back stages this year. On Sunday Ivan Basso won at the top of […]
World champion finds that help from the Italian fans is not available to all World champion Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) finished second on yesterday’s stage to the top of Monte Zoncolan. At 10.1km long with and average gradient of 11.9%, […]
Nibali is the Italian for the future Ivan Basso’s storming victory yesterday on Monte Zoncolan, one of the toughest mountains in cycling, delighted his fans but also led to the inevitable raising of eyebrows by some. He served a doping […]
Looking to keep the pink jersey as long as possible Saxo Bank’s young talent, Richie Porte, continued his breakout Giro d’Italia with an excellent ride on the Monte Zoncolan in Sunday’s fifteenth stage. The young Aussie finished a credible 18th […]
Still way too early to make a call The long awaited battle for the maglia rosa of this year’s Giro d’Italia began today on the slopes of Monte Zoncolan. The first two weeks of the race have also seen time […]
2006 Giro winner stakes his claim to this year’s race atop the legendary mountain Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Doimo) won the 15th stage of the Giro d’Italia between Mestre and the legendary Monte Zoncolan. The 2006 Giro winner rode the rest of […]
Expected to recover quickly Quick Step rider Wouter Weylandt was taken to the emergency room two days after abandoning the Giro d’Italia due to gastroenteritis. The Belgian’s condition had worsened since arriving at home, and he was taken to the […]
Sprinters decide to skip the final week in the mountains Sprinters Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) and Robbie McEwen (Katusha) decided not to start today’s fifteenth stage of the Giro d’Italia. The stage finishes atop Monte Zoncolan, regarded as one of the […]
German stage race specialist Linus Gerdemann had a good day on stage 14 of the Giro d’Italia, moving from seventh to fifth in the general classification of the race. The Milram rider came home as part of a group two […]
Sicilian escapes on descent for the stage win as Spaniard takes the race lead Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Doimo) won the fourteenth stage of the Giro d’Italia between Ferrrara and Asolo after escaping from his breakaway companions on the long, fast descent […]
Team vying to boost his chances on Monte Grappa After netting second place on yesterday’s stage with Greg Henderson, Team Sky will today focus on doing what it can to boost Bradley Wiggins’ standing in the general classification. Wiggins started […]
Local rider surprises the break With a weekend of mountains on tap that culminates with a finish at the top of the Monte Zoncolan, today’s thirteenth stage of the Giro d’Italia set the stage for a breakaway to succeed. Seventeen […]
Katusha leader surprises the other favourites with solo attack After a quiet first half to the Giro d’Italia, without losing too much time on most of the overall favourites, Team Katusha’s captain Vladimir Karpets finally has shown himself. He broke […]
Local rider wins his first Giro stage on a much calmer day for the favourites Manuel Belletti (Colnago-CSF Inox) won the thirteenth stage of the Giro d’Italia between Porto Recanati and Cesenatico. The 24-year-old Italian, who was born and raised […]
Fined after clash with Righi World champion Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) and Daniele Righi have both been fined 2000 Swiss Francs for their spat in the front of the peloton during the closing kilometres of yesterday’s stage, according to la […]
Former Tour winner now looks to his favourite terrain As part of the 56-man breakaway on stage 11, Cervélo TestTeam captain Carlos Sastre wrested his way back into overall contention after a disastrous first week. The Spaniard now looks forward […]
Former Giro winner claims Ricco should have been invited Former Giro d’Italia winner and top professional Francesco Moser and Giro d’Italia organiser Angelo Zomegnan have clashed in the media over the selection policy for the race, with Moser claiming that […]
Favourites reassert themselves on what should be a day for the sprinters Filippo Pozzato (Katusha) won the twelfth stage of the Giro d’Italia between Città Sant’Angelo and Porto Recanati. The Italian champion outsprinted a small group of riders consisting almost […]
