Team Sky rider on course for strong Tour de France British Tour de France contender Bradley Wiggins is using the Giro d’Italia to both build form and to test his condition prior to July, and said that he was satisfied […]
Dane comes back strong after broken collarbone Chris Anker Sørensen (Saxo Bank) won the eighth stage of the Giro d’Italia between Chiancino Terme and Monte Terminillo. The Dane had of a breakaway group and managed to hold off the race […]
Chest problems end his bid for stage wins Celebrated Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi went into this year’s Giro d’Italia determined to improve upon his 21 stage victories in the race, but the 36 year old will have to wait another […]
Reminiscent of Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne Rabobank’s Rick Flens was part of the break of the day in yesterday’s Giro d’Italia stage seven. He went clear with Nicki Sørensen (Saxo Bank) after around 80km and the duo was caught in the final part […]
Recurring injury takes out two-time German champion Team Milram’s Fabian Wegmann was forced to abandon the Giro d’Italia early on Sunday due to a recurring injury. The German, who came back from a collarbone fracture in Tirreno-Adriatico to win the […]
Another very tough day in store Following yesterday’s mud bath, which produced some of the most dramatic racing scenes thus far this year, the riders in the Giro d’Italia face another character-testing day in the saddle. Today’s eighth stage is […]
Quitters will never win Today’s eighth stage saw Chris Anker Sørensen (Saxo Bank) take a bold win atop the Monte Terminillo in Giro d’Italia’s first mountain stage. He was part of an escape that got away 75 kilometers into the […]
Another crash for the Spaniard Carlos Sastre was the big loser of today’s seventh stage in the Giro d’Italia, being involved in a crash that also brought down pink jersey Vincenzo Nibali. After a tough opening week the Spaniard was […]
The Giro dishes out more surprises Today’s seventh stage of the Giro d’Italia was the scene of much drama as another shake up in the overall classification took place. Maglia Rosa Vincenzo Nibali and his Liquigas-Doimo teammate Ivan Basso crashed […]
Will fight to hold Maglia Rosa Astana leader Alexandre Vinokourov managed to take the overall lead for the second time in this year’s Giro d’Italia following a strong performance in stage seven. The Kazakh finished third, 2 seconds behind the […]
The world champion comes through again Reigning World Champion Cadel Evans was very well prepared for today’s Giro d’Italia stage, which he won ahead of Damiano Cunego and Alexander Vinokourov. While Vinokourov took over the race lead, Evans went from […]
The world champion powers to victory Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) won the seventh stage of the Giro d’Italia at the end of an epic, rainy 222km between Carrara and Montalcino. The World champion beat Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Farnese Vini) and Alexandre […]
Doctors discover more than a broken collarbone BMC Racing’s Martin Kohler had a successful operation on his collarbone earlier this week at home in Switzerland. He crashed during stage two of the Giro d’Italia and was forced to abandon the […]
Sastre has a little bit of luck Cervélo TestTeam captain Carlos Sastre came close to losing valuable time today when he suffered a puncture just as the peloton began to accelerate. Already having lost time behind the early stage crashes […]
Aussie has his day, Vinokourov suffers big loss For the second day in a row the Giro d’Italia saw a rider earn a stage win the hard way by escaping the grasp of the peloton. This time it was Omega-Pharma […]
Aussie secures his biggest win Matthew Lloyd (OmegaPharma-Lotto) won the 173km sixth stage of the Giro d’Italia between Fidenza and Marina di Carrara, as a breakaway was successful for a second successive day. The Australian escaped his escape companion Rubens […]
Sky performs well despite bad luck Team Sky principal Dave Brailsford and his riders have experienced a topsy-turvy first few days of the Giro d’Italia, with a stage one time trial win, one day in the Maglia Rosa and second […]
On track for Tour de France Although Bradley Wiggins is less than five minutes off the race lead of Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas), he has played down any thoughts of aiming for a high general classification place in the Giro d’Italia. […]
