Last year Lance Armstrong, Levi Leipheimer and Chris Horner all took part in the Giro d’Italia, but this time round it is possible that their team could miss out on the race entirely. The move of the Amgen Tour of […]
Italian Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone) has been a staple in Italian cycling for more than a decade. From his very first season in 1998 when he won the Tour de Suisse convincingly, to his Giro d’Italia crown in 2000 […]
Cervélo TestTeam’s Carlos Sastre has his gear packed and ready to go for the team training camp that begins this weekend in Portugal. The 2009 season saw Sastre unable to defend his Tour de France overall victory of the previous […]
Although he won his first Giro d’Italia last season, Russian rider Denis Menchov has decided not to defend his title this year. The 31 year old Rabobank competitor was clearly strongest in Italy, but flopped badly in July when he […]
Spaniard Pedro Horrillo has decided to end his cycling career, saying he is unable to return to the condition necessary to compete at the ProTour level. The 35-year-old Rabobank rider was involved in a horrific crash during the eighth stage […]
It’s been five years since he won a stage, took the mountains classification and finished on the podium in the Giro d’Italia, yet Jose Rujano is extremely upbeat about his abilities. “Right now I think I am the third climber […]
Triple World Champion Óscar Friere is set to retire at the end of the 2010 season when his current contract with the Rabobank team ends. In what will be his final season as a professional, Freire has also decided to […]
Bradley Wiggins has confirmed that he will ride the 2010 Giro d’Italia in preparation for his primary goal of the season, the Tour de France. While he will be looking towards July’s big event, Wiggins also has his sites set on two dates […]
Bradley Wiggins has confirmed that he will ride the 2010 Giro d’Italia in preparation for his primary goal of the season, the Tour de France. While he will be looking towards July’s big event, Wiggins also has his sites set on two dates […]
Bradley Wiggins has confirmed that he will ride the 2010 Giro d’Italia in preparation for his primary goal of the season, the Tour de France. While he will be looking towards July’s big event, Wiggins also has his sites set on two dates […]
Danilo Di Luca, currently the second-placed finisher in May’s Giro d’Italia, has had the date of his hearing in front of an anti-doping tribunal from the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) set. The 33-year-old from Spoltore in the province of Abruzzo […]
Saxo Bank’s manager Bjarne Riis has chosen Dane Chris Anker Sørensen to lead his team for the Giro d’Italia when it starts on May 8 in Amsterdam. Riis has had an incredible track record of cultivating stage race performers with […]
2008 Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre achieved his best results of the season in the Giro d’Italia, netting two stages, and the Spaniard has revealed that he intends to compete there again. “After analyzing the routes of the three […]
The anti-doping prosecutor in Italy has asked the Italian Olympic Committee’s (CONI) anti-doping tribunal to impose a three-year ban on former Giro d’Italia winner Danilo Di Luca. The Italian tested positive for the banned blood-booster EPO in samples taking during […]
Having missed the race in 2008, world champion Cadel Evans will return to the Giro d’Italia this season hoping to both perform strongly in that race, and also to reach a higher level of form for the Tour de France. […]
International Cycling Union (UCI) president Pat McQuaid has weighed in on Giro d’Italia race director Angelo Zomegnan’s initiative to hold the start of the Italian Grand Tour in Washington D.C. The Irishman’s greatest concern is for the Giro organizers to […]
Alexandre Vinokourov said he will be targeting Liege-Bastogne-Liege and the Giro d’Italia in 2010 at Friday’s team Astana press conference in Pisa, Italy. The Kazakh rider has also pointed to helping teammate Alberto Contador secure a third Tour de France […]
Giro d’Italia organizers arrived in Washington D.C. today and had a successful meeting with the city’s Mayor Adrian Fenty, bringing the possibility of Italy’s Grand Tour visiting North America one step closer to reality. The two parties have come to […]
