Costalunga, San Pellegrino and Giau all removed but Tre Cime finish remains The snow in the mountains of northern Italy continues to wreak havoc on the Giro d’Italia route as, following the cancellation of today’s 19th stage, organiser RCS Sport […]
Köln, Germany, lab used to catch “the Killer of Spoltore” The International Cycling Union (UCI) has confirmed this morning’s report from la Gazzetta dello Sport that Danilo Di Luca (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) did indeed return a positive sample for EPO, […]
Life ban beckons for the “Killer of Spoltore” The 2013 Giro d’Italia suffers another blow today as Gazzetta dello Sport announces that Danilo Di Luca (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) has tested positive for EPO. The 37-year-old self-styled “Killer of Spoltore” was […]
Fresh snowfalls even on alternative route means a third rest day for the peloton The 2013 Giro d’Italia peloton will be treated to a second rest day today as organiser RCS Sport has announced that the 19th stage will be […]
Video: Polish rider almost loses race lead on stage five of race, top three riders locked on same time Launching an attack in the final four kilometres of an otherwise tightly controlled stage, Irishman Connor McConvey (Synergy Baku) and the […]
Passo del Tonale and Passo Castrin brought in as weather continues to disrupt race The unseasonal European weather continues to disrupt the 2013 Giro d’Italia as race organiser RCS Sport has been forced to remove the Passo dello Stelvio and […]
German beats Danny van Poppel and Tom Boonen on former Ronde finish line André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) made it two victories out of two in the 2013 Tour of Belgium, as he took the rainy second stage, between Knokke-Heist and Ninove/Meerbeke, […]
Astana rider now four minutes clear after Cadel Evans suffers a bad day Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) tightened his grip on the Maglia Rosa of the 2013 Giro d’Italia with a dominant victory in the mountain time trial, between Mori and […]
British rider wins three years after final Tour de l’Aude despite continued problems After looking like it was to be cancelled for the second year in a row, on the day before the race, the inaugural edition of the women’s […]
Australian sitting second overall, performance hailed by Ochowicz His chances of leading BMC Racing Team’s Tour de France squad looked shaky earlier this year when he was below par in several races, but Cadel Evans’ strong Giro d’Italia performance has […]
Garmin-Sharp rider out of Giro d’Italia Australian rider Nathan Haas started his first Grand Tour determined to move to the next stage of his career and while he has got in over two weeks of top level competition, his participation […]
Video highlights: mountain stage shakes things up in Irish race It’s been a long time since a Russian rider triumphed on a stage of the An Post Rás, but Kirill Pozdnyakov changed that statistic when he blasted home first into […]
German takes his tenth victory of the season as the Belgian champion returns to the front André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) sprinted to his tenth victory of the season in the opening stage of the 2013 Tour of Belgium, between Lochristi and […]
Italian takes his second stage into Vicenza after attacking on the final climb Giovanni Visconti (Movistar) presented his component sponsor Campagnolo an eightieth anniversary present as he soloed to his second victory of the 2013 Giro d’Italia in the 17th […]
Dutchman awarded same time as stage winner; moves up to tenth overall The Giro d’Italia’s race jury has upheld an appeal by the Blanco Pro Cycling team to award Robert Gesink the same time as yesterday’s stage winner, Beñat Intxausti […]
Irish rider speaks at length about worlds 2012 ride, aspirations for current season and more An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly rider Sam Bennett has spoken of the morale boost he got in winning stage three of the An Post Rás, […]
UCI dispels rumours of biological passport case Speaking in the wake of Russian media sources which said this week that Denis Menchov was retiring with immediate effect from the sport, the Katusha team has confirmed that the triple Grand Tour […]
Aggressive days’ stage concludes in large group gallop It’s been a long period of time without a win for Sam Bennett but the An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly rider ended the drought on Tuesday when he finished over a length […]
