Rabobank’s Pedro Horrillo returned to the scene of his near-fatal crash in this year’s Giro d’Italia this week. The 35-year-old crashed on stage eight of the race between Morbegno and Bergamo, hitting a barrier on the descent of the Culmine […]
Hard to believe, given his youthful looks, but Stefano Garzelli is now 36 years of age and preparing for what could be his last season as a pro rider. The Italian took seventh overall and was best climber in this […]
More details have been released by the working group exploring a possible US start to the 2012 Giro d’Italia. They have revealed that there are only two stages being considered on American soil, and both will take place in Washington […]
Now 38 years of age and without a contract, double Giro d’Italia winner Gilberto Simoni wants one more season to ride some smaller races and say goodbye to his fans. “It will certainly be my last season, and I want […]
The La Gazzetta dello Sport reported yesterday that the organization behind the Giro d’Italia is considering bringing the start of Italy’s Grand Tour to America’s capital, and today VeloNation was able to confirm with the DC Mayor’s office that the […]
The organization behind the Giro d’Italia is considering bringing the start of Italy’s Grand Tour to America’s capital. According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, the opening prologue would be in Washington DC. “For some time we have had the idea […]
Italian investigators suspect six or seven riders who competed in the 2008 Giro d’Italia of having used the third generation form of EPO, CERA, in the race, and are awaiting further confirmation. According to the Gazzetta dello Sport, the Padua […]
Two Italians who competed in world-famous jerseys this season have said that they want to target strong rides in next year’s Giro d’Italia. 2008 world champion Alessandro Ballan wants to head to the race with his BMC Racing team next […]
Emotionally and physically exhausted after this year’s Tour de France, Carlos Sastre finally returned to competition over the weekend when he rode two criteriums. The first of those was the Criterium Ciudad de Oviedo, which he enjoyed despite rusty form. […]
This year’s Giro d’Italia winner Denis Menchov said he would like to ride the race again in 2010. But at the route presentation in Milan yesterday, the Russian wouldn’t commit to defending the Maglia Rosa saying, “I see the Giro […]
The 93rd edition of the Tour of Italy in 2010 will start in the Netherlands on May 8 before embarking on a 3,416.5km journey around the Italian peninsula and ending in Verona on May 30. That was the course unveiled […]
A mixture of flat, time trial and mountain stages will see a tussle right to the very end of next year’s Giro d’Italia, the route of which was unveiled today in Milan. Three individual time trials plus a team race […]
At the Giro d’Italia presentation in Milan, 2009 triple stage winner Mark Cavendish said he’s ready to light up the sprints in the 2010 edition of the race. The British sprint phenom, who’s known for not mincing words, said he’s […]
Italian cyclist Danilo Di Luca on Wednesday claimed he was the victim of a conspiracy after twice testing positive for banned blood booster EPO (erythropoietin) during May’s Tour of Italy. Di Luca finished second in the event he previously won […]
Spaniard Pedro Horrillo has been released from the hospital after being treated for his spectacular crash in the Giro d’Italia. After leaving hospital on Wednesday he is uncertain about the possibility of fully recovering from his injuries and returning to […]
It took more than two weeks before Pedro Horrillo (Rabobank) was healthy enough to return home to Spain, but the simple fact that the 34-year-old has made it this far is nothing short of a miracle. On the 8th stage […]
Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong said his 12th-placed finish in the Giro d’Italia, which ended on Sunday, was “promising” ahead of this year’s French test. The 37-year-old American, who broke a collarbone in a crash on the Tour […]
Russian rider Denis Menchov won the Tour of Italy here on Sunday despite suffering a dramatic fall in the last kilometre of the final stage, a 14.4km time-trial round. The Rabobank cyclist, who is the third Russian to win the […]
