Menchov pleased with form in Romandie, on course for Tour de France
Last year Denis Menchov was making final preparation for what would be a winning ride in the Giro d’Italia; twelve months on, he’s just finished third overall in the Tour de Romandie and feels happy with his condition. He’s going […]
Riis to miss start of Giro due to ongoing sponsorship talks
Team Saxo Bank owner Bjarne Riis would often be expected to be at the start of major races such as this coming weekend’s Giro d’Italia, but the Dane will give the opening stages a miss. He’s got good reason to […]
Valverde takes over world number one slot as CAS decision looms
Thanks to his victory in yesterday’s Tour de Romandie, the Caisse d’Epargne leader Alejandro Valverde has moved to the top slot in the UCI’s world rankings. Valverde takes over from the Belgian Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto), who previously assumed the […]
UCI names Pellizotti, Valjavec and Rosendo as having Biological Passport anomalies
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has named Italian Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas-Doimo), Spaniard Jesús Rosendo Prado (Andalucía-Cajasur) and Slovenian Tadej Valjavec (Ag2r-La Mondiale) as three of the riders that have had irregularities show up on their Biological Passport. According to the […]
Quick Step chasing stages in the Giro d’Italia
The Belgian Quick Step team sends a squad to the Giro D’Italia this weekend without an overall contendor. The riders selected will instead be seeking stage victories throughout the three-week race. The one obvious protected rider will be young Belgian […]
Bruseghin and Arroyo lead Caisse d’Epargne to Giro
The Caisse d’Epargne team has announced its team for the Giro d’Italia, which starts in Amsterdam this coming Saturday. The Spanish team has named two captains in Italian Marzio Bruseghin and Spaniard David Arroyo. Bruseghin finished a slightly disappointing 9th […]
BMC Racing's Thomas Frei would have continued to dope
The 25-year-old Thomas Frei was caught for EPO doping last week. The then BMC Rider was immediately fired from the team following his admission. He recently gave an open interview to the Swiss Neue Zürcher Zeitung, in which he talked […]
Stephen Roche Insight: Assessing the Classics season
With last weekend’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the cycling season moved into its next phase, when the main emphasis will be on stage races such as the Grand Tours. Many of the one day specialists will take a short break and set about […]
Pozzato looks ahead Giro after disappointing spring
Italian Champion Filippo Pozzato looks forward to the Giro d’Italia after his spring campaign did not go as planned. The Katusha rider was knocked out by a fever, which forced him to skip the Tour of Flanders and compromised his […]
Pinotti and Greipel lead HTC-Columbia's Giro d'Italia charge
The American HTC-Columbia team will be looking to Marco Pinotti for the general classification and sprinter André Greipel for the 2010 Giro d’Italia. The race kicks off next Saturday May 8th in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Pinotti won the opening prologue […]
