Belgian Philippe Gilbert of the Lotto team won the 20th stage of the Tour of Italy over 203km from Naples to Anagni on Saturday as Russian Denis Menchov held onto the overall lead. Gilbert sprang away from the bunch in […]
Today at the top of Mount Vesuvius Spainiard Carlo Sastre won his second stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia, while in his wake the mountain experienced a different kind of eruption as Italian Danilo Di Luca left everything on the […]
Michele Scarponi (Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni) won his second stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia today, a 182km ride from Sulmona to Benevento. The Italian took the sprint from a seven-man breakaway with Felix Rafael Cardenas (Barloworld) coming in second piping Danny Pate (Garmin-Slipstream) on […]
Italian Franco Pellizotti of Team Liquigas won the 17th stage of the Giro d’Italia today with a solo victory on the short 83km stage from Chieti to Blockhaus. In second place was a charging Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone) aiming for […]
Last year’s Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre (Cervelo TestTeam) won today’s stage of the Giro d’Italia, attacking the favorites on the final climb of the Monte Petrano and moving himself up the leader board. He was followed by an attacking […]
Leonardo Bertagnolli of the Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni team won today’s 161km stage from Forlì to Faenza out of a breakaway that took the front of the race at the 18km mark. Belgian Serge Pauwels from the Cervelo TestTeam came in […]
Simon Gerrans (Cervélo TestTeam) won the 14th stage of the Giro d’Italia as he attacked his breakaway companions on steepest section of the final climb to the finish giving himself his second stage win in a Grand Tour and the […]
Britain’s Mark Cavendish, who has won three of the 13 stages of the ongoing Tour of Italy, has pulled out of the race to focus on the Tour de France. Cavendish, who rides for the Columbia team, claimed his third […]
In today’s stage, traveling from Lido di Camaiore to Firenze, Mark Cavendish of the Columbia-High Road team showed that he has no equal in the sprints in this year’s Giro d’Italia besting Alessando Petacchi, with Austrailain Allan Davis coming in third […]
Danilo Di Luca set out on today’s time trial from Sestri Levante to Riomaggiore with a goal of finishing within 40 seconds of his main rivals and retaining his Maglia Rosa, but Russian Denis Menchov (Rabobank) had other ideas as […]
Swiss time trial specialist Fabian Cancellara opted not to start in today’s twelfth stage of the Giro d’Italia. The 60.6km stage from Sestri Levante to Riomaggiore was too much for the reigning Olympic time trial champion, deciding his return to […]
Everyone in the Giro d’Italia can agree that Pedro Horrillo is lucky that he will live to see the age of 35. The Rabobank rider, who survived an incredible 150+ foot fall down a ravine Saturday, underwent surgery for his […]
Columbia sprinter Mark Cavendish (Columbia – High Road) was again delivered to the line perfectly by his team securing his second stage victory in this year’s Giro d’Italia – the fifth win in the race for Team Columbia. Coming in […]
Astana super domestique Chris Horner did not start today’s 11th stage of the Giro d’Italia. The American crashed in yesterday’s stage, where he eventually finished just 1:39 behind winner Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes – Farense Vini). This is a […]
Race leader Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes – Farense Vini) showed the nature of his nickname today by out classing the best of the race with a take no prisoners a solo victory into Pinerolo. In the closing kilometers the […]
Giro d’Italia race director Angelo Zomegnan is upset with Lance Armstrong for the protest that neutralized what was to be the 100th anniversary celebration of the race. Several riders have acknowledged that Lance Armstrong was behind the protest during yesterday’s […]
The director of the Giro d’Italia, Angelo Zomegnan, was put on the hot seat yesterday when the peloton refused to race on what they considered a dangerous course that had disregard for their safety. Granted this isn’t the first time […]
On a day that marked the 100 year anniversary for Italy’s Grand Tour, the celebratory circuit designed in the race’s birthplace of Milan ended up playing out differently then race organizers had planned. Instead of seeing the peloton honor the […]
