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Giro d’Italia

Liquigas-Doimo to the Giro with options

The Liquigas-Doimo team has announced its roster for the upcoming Giro d’Italia, presenting a team with a number of options. The team will first and foremost be battling for the overall classification with two captains, but is also armed with […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling,

Greipel's main goal is the Giro d'Italia

Andre Greipel has brought 11 of the 20 victories that his HTC-Columbia team has notched up so far this season. The German hopes to add a few more in the Giro d’Italia, which would provide good arguments for bringing him […]

Author: Bjorn Haake Categories: Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling,

Evans impressed by Giro climbs, checks out course with rivals

World champion Cadel Evans has expressed his respect for the mountains of the Giro d’Italia, where he will aim to win his first Grand Tour. The BMC Racing rider has been checking out some of the climbs of this year’s […]

Author: Giro climbs, checks out course with rivals by Conal Andrews Categories: Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling,

VeloNation Interview: Pinotti to try to reclaim yellow in time trial, but Giro is the big goal

Currently sitting second overall in the GC at the Tour de Romandie, HTC Columbia’s Marco Pinotti has the chance to take his second stage win of the 2010 event when he lines out in Friday’s time trial. The Italian has […]

Author: Conal Andrews Categories: Giro d'Italia, Interviews, Pro Cycling, Tour of Romandie,

Team Sky names team for Grand Tour debut in Giro d'Italia

Team Sky have chosen their nine-man team for the Giro d’Italia next month, which will be the squad’s debut performance in a Grand Tour.  The team’s overall hopes will be in the form on Briton Bradley Wiggins, who team principal […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling,

McEwen, Pozzato and Ignatiev to lead Team Katusha in Giro d’Italia

Following an aggressive Spring Classics campaign which saw the Katusha team animate the races but ultimately miss out on the win, the Russian ProTour team will head to the Giro d’Italia with a squad that is more than capable of […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling,

Sastre to lead Cervélo to Giro d’Italia

The Cervélo TestTeam has announced its roster for next month’s Giro d’Italia. Once again the team will be built around 2008 Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre who Came third in last year’s race (after the disqualification of original second-placed […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling,

Lampre riders check out the Plan de Corones ahead of Giro d’Italia

Lampre-Farnese riders Gilberto Simoni and Matteo Bono are travelling to the Trentino province in northern Italy this Thursday to reconnoitre the climb to the 2273 metre Plan de Corones. The already legendary unsurfaced climb will feature in a 12.9km uphill […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling,

Contador to ride 2011 Giro d'Italia

Triple crown winner Alberto Contador will again race the Giro d’Italia in 2011.  According to TuttoBici, race director Angelo Zomegnan announced during a Giro d’Italia presentation on RAISport today that the 2008 race winner would again return to the event […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling,

Vinokourov wants pink in Giro d'Italia, hopes to ride Tour de France

Yesterday’s Giro del Trentino opening time trial saw Astana’s Alexandre Vinokourov notch up his third win since returning from his two-year doping ban.  The Kazakh is currently building form for his participation in the Giro d’Italia, with yesterday’s win confirming […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling, Tour de France,

Gerdemann headed to the Giro

Germany’s sole remaining ProTour team, Milram, has high hopes leading into May’s Giro d’Italia. The team will be headlined by former Maillot Jaune at the Tour de France, Linus Gerdemann, and hopes to continue a great start to the season […]

Author: Jered Gruber Categories: Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling,

Milram aims high in the Giro d'Italia

Team Milram has announced the nine riders that it will line up for the Giro d’Italia on May 8th in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.  Team captain Linus Gerdemann will take his first ever start in the Italian Grand Tour in what […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling,

Rabobank's Weening will miss Flèche Wallonne

Rabobank’s Pieter Weening has left it too late to make the trip north and compete in this Wednesday’s Flèche Wallonne.  Like so many others, Weening has been affected by the restrictions on air travel as a result of volcanic ash […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Flèche Wallonne, Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling, Spring Classics, Tour of Romandie,

ISD-Neri denies Rujano talks for Giro d'Italia, a change isn't ruled out

ISD-Neri team manager Angelo Citracca has denied reports that Venezuelan Jose Rujano was on his way to riding the Giro d’Italia with the Footon-Fuji-Servetto ProTour team next month.  Citracca’s Pro Continental team was left of the wild card invite list […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling,

Rujano close to riding the Giro d'Italia with Footon-Servetto-Fuji

Venezuelan Jose Rujano is in the process of working out an agreement to ride the Giro d’Italia with the Footon-Fuji-Servetto ProTour team next month.  Following his win at the Tour de Langkawi, Rujano looked like he would fare well in […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling,

Simoni signs with Lampre-Farnese Vini, will ride the Giro d'Italia

Gilberto Simoni has signed with the Lampre-Farnese Vini team to take part in what will be his final Giro d’Italia.  The Italian won the race two times, in 2001 and 2003, with a total of seven podium finishes.  Last October […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling,

Visconti forgets Giro, focuses on quality wins

Giovanni Visconti has forgotten about being overlooked for the Giro d’Italia, his problems this spring and has returned to win two stages of the Tour of Turkey. He leads the race with four stages left, looking ahead to a second […]

Author: Samuel Morrison Categories: Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling,

Sørensen on the mend, eyes Giro start

Saxo Bank has a cadre of budding Danish hopefuls in its ranks, from Matti Breschel to Jakob Fuglsang to last year’s Japan Cup winner, Chris Anker Sørensen: Saxo Bank is the home of Danish talent. This May’s Giro d’Italia was […]

Author: Jered Gruber Categories: Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling,

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