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 […]
Cervelo TestTeam sprinter Thor Hushovd made up for yesterday’s surprise loss to Nikolay Trusov (Katusha) by taking the sprint in today’s 150.5km stage from Torredembarra to Barcelona. Liquigas rider Fabio Sabatini took second with Greg Henderson (Columbia-High Road) rounding out […]
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 […]
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 […]
Russia’s Nicolai Trussov (Katusha) won the fifth stage of the Volta a Catalunya between La Seu d’Urgell and Torredembarra in a sprint finish beating Norweigian Thor Hushovd (Cervelo TestTeam). Nobody expected the Russian to make such a showing over Hushovd […]
Spaniard Julian Sanchez (Contentpolis-AMPO) won the fourth stage of the Volta a Catalunya today that traveled from La Pobla de Lillet and the ski resort of Vallnord. Sanchez was the only rider of 8 early breakaways to survive. Today’s queen […]
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 […]
Spaniard Alejandro Valverde of the Caisse d’Epargne team won the third stage of the Volta a Catalunya on Wednesday. David de la Fuente came in second with young Irishman Daniel Martin finishing third. Valverde victory came in the 182.9km ride […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Columbia – High Road) repeated his explosive sprint of yesterday’s stage, but this time it earned him victory in stage seven of the Giro d’Italia, a stage that took the race from Innsbruk to Chiavenna over 240km. Oddly enough, the […]
Michele Scarponi (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) won stage six of the Giro d’Italia after detaching himself from the day’s main breakaway that formed 50km into the stage, 30 seconds after he crossed the line Edvald Boasson Hagen (Columbia – High […]
Former Vuelta champion Denis Menchov (Rabobank) climbed to his first Giro d’Italia stage win today after launching a searing attack over top of a bid by reigning Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre (Cervelo TestTeam), separating the Russian and yesterday’s […]
Sprinter Alessandro Petacchi put an exclamation point in the history books today by taking another stage win in today’s 198km race from Grado to Valdobbiadene, securing the classy Italian a ride tomorrow in the Maglia Rosa. American hopeful Tyler Farrar […]
On a day when all eyes were on the seemingly unbeatable Mark Cavendish (Columbia – High Road) wearing his prized maglia rosa, pure emotion saw Alessandro Petacchi (LPR Brakes – Farense Vini) cross the line first earning the Ciclamino sprinters […]
Team Columbia – High Road scorched the roads in the opening stage of the centennial Giro d’Italia in Venice Italy with a time of 21 minutes and 50 seconds, beating their fellow American team Garmin – Slipstream by 6 seconds. […]
Quick-Step rider Sebastien Rosseler won today’s fourth stage in the Four Days of Dunkirk, a 18.7km individual Time Trial that took place in Douai. The Belgian rider covered the course in 23’21’’, beating Alberto Faria Da Costa (Caisse D’Epargne) by […]
