Milram out to prove themselves to secure a new team sponsor. Milram’s Paul Voss went with today’s breakaway for one reason, and one reason only: to win more points and secure his grip on the maglia verde mountains competition. The […]
Dangerous riding still evident World champion Cadel Evans finished 30th on today’s fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia, crossing the line as part of the main bunch which was four seconds adrift of the stage winner Jerome Pineau (Quick Step). […]
Unexpected finale ensures drama On a day dedicated to the cyclist Fausto Coppi 50 years after his death, Italy’s “Champion of Champions” has a couple of reasons to be smiling down on the race that he won on five occasions. […]
Break defies the sprinters Jérôme Pineau (Quick Step) won stage 5 of the Giro d’Italia between Novara and Novi Ligure from a breakaway that managed to hold off the sprinters’ teams right to the line. Quick Step’s “other Frenchman” took […]
Kazakh pledges support for teammate Astana team leader Alexandre Vinokourov has once again confirmed that he will ride the Tour de France this coming July in the service of defending champion Alberto Contador. In an interview with Reuters, the Kazakh […]
Caisse d’Epargne rider battles through injury Caisse d’Epargne rider Pablo Lastras was one of the many riders to hit the pavement during the Giro d’Italia stage 3 between Amsterdam and Middelburg on Monday. The Spaniard took a blow to his […]
Some overall contenders lose time Following a well-deserved rest day to recover, the team leaders in the Giro d’Italia came into the stage four team time trial knowing that during the day’s effort they would have less control over their […]
Will make move in the mountains Carlos Sastre likes the mountains, so the first week in the Giro, with Dutch flat and windy terrain and a team time trial, was never going to be his favorite. He is already down […]
Management tries to keep the team motivated. The ISD-Neri team had hoped to be riding the Giro d’Italia this year, as it did in 2009, yet despite the victory of José Rujano in the Tour de Langkawi and his stated […]
Another power struggle? Vincenzo Nibali donned the pink leader’s jersey in the Giro d’Italia today after his Liquigas-Doimo team won the the team time trial over 33km. Nibali was excited to take the race lead in his home country, after […]
Italian tips Spaniard for top slot. Paolo Bettini sees one name above all others in the race for the final Maglia Rosa in Verona: Carlos Sastre. Bettini recently spoke with Italy’s second-largest daily circulation paper, La Repubblica. As always, Il […]
Home team rides into pink Liquigas-Doimo won the stage 4 team time trial between Savigliano and Cuneo, completing the 33km course in 36 minutes 37 seconds. Team Sky finished in second place, 13 seconds slower and HTC-Columbia was third at […]
Brutal start in Holland Pablo Lastras is one of many who have fallen on the early stages of this year’s Giro d’Italia, and the Spaniard is clearly unimpressed with the dangers that have faced the riders. He let fly in […]
Crashes can’t stop the Spaniard Carlos Sastre was one of the many that left the Netherlands a little worse for wear following the Giro’s three day foray on Dutch soil. Sastre lost time in each of the first three stages: […]
Tougher controls equal less success. Giro d’Italia director Angelo Zomegnan discussed the state of Italian cycling during the race’s rest day in Italy. He reasoned that the decline in the performance level coming out of his home country is the […]
Radioshack general manager Johan Bruyneel has announced what is likely to be the oldest team in this year’s Tour of California, with seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong heading a team that has an average age of 34 years. […]
Garmin Transitions pro Dan Martin is managing to remain positive about this year’s Giro, despite losing seven minutes and 59 seconds on Monday’s third stage of the Grand Tour. The Irishman had gone into the event hoping to take a […]
Yesterday’s sprint in Middelburg provided the grounds for a desperately needed win for Quick Step’s beleaguered young sprinter, Wouter Weylandt. In Weylandt’s success, however, came further disappointment for this year’s most successful bike racer, Andre Greipel. The winner of eleven […]
