Sandy Casar trying to impact his first Giro d’Italia since 2006
FDJ-BigMat veteran leading team with less pressure outside France The location of his latest Grand Tour may be different, but the goals remain the same for FDJ-BigMat’s veteran all-rounder Sandy Casar. The Frenchman is riding his first Grand Tour outside […]
Giro d’Italia: Goss off to solid start with second place behind Cavendish
Orica-GreenEdge sprinter looking for top of podium after string of seconds Matt Goss (Orica-GreenEdge) has recently put together a chain of runner-up finishes in bunch sprints and added another today in stage two of the Giro d’Italia. The Aussie sprinter […]
Giro d’Italia: Bos regrets missed chance on stage two
Final kilometre crash foils Rabobank game plan Rabobank sprinter Theo Bos is hoping for better fortunes on tomorrow’s third stage of the Giro d’Italia, having crashed in the finale of today’s race to Herning. The Dutchman was aiming to follow […]
Giro d’Italia: Phinney survives late crash to hold Maglia Rosa
Strong chase and good team-work protect race lead Taylor Phinney’s first day wearing a Grand Tour leader’s jersey brought many good emotions, but also some nervous ones; a crash with eight kilometres remaining knocked him to the ground, then further […]
Nibali set to leave Liquigas Cannondale
€2.5 million offer from Astana and BMC? His final destination is yet to be decided, but it seems that 2010 Vuelta a Espana winner and Italian Grand Tour hope Vincenzo Nibali will no longer be part of the Liquigas Cannondale […]
Giro d’Italia: Mark Cavendish earns his stripes in a long uphill sprint on stage two
Taylor Phinney survives a late scare to hold onto pink after a long, flat day in Denmark Mark Cavendish (Team Sky) won a long, tough, sprint royale to take the second stage of the Giro d’Italia in Herning, after a […]
Giro d’Italia analysis: GC winners and losers from stage one
Pinotti and Hesjedal best of the top ten contenders Yesterday’s time trial was just 8.7 kilometres in length, but some of the riders tipped to fight for the Maglia Rosa in this Giro d’Italia already find themselves on the back […]
After quiet early season, Basso starts well in Giro d’Italia
2010 champion bounces back, takes time out of several rivals He hasn’t had the smoothest of buildups but Ivan Basso gave himself a thumbs up after yesterday’s opening stage of the Giro d’Italia in Herning. The Liquigas Cannondale leader placed […]
Manuele Boaro gets breakout performance in Giro d’Italia stage one
Young Italian continues impressive time trialing in Riis’ hometown In need of a boost during a difficult season, Team Saxo Bank was provided another lift by an emerging time trialist on Saturday in the opening stage of the Giro d’Italia. […]
Given his preparation, Fränk Schleck satisfied with Giro opener
Last-minute call up takes 108th, but ahead of Scarponi, Cunego, and Gadret Fränk Schleck (Radioshack-Nissan) is wading gradually into the waters of the Giro d’Italia, beginning his last-minute assignment as the replacement for the injured Jacob Fuglsang, so he was […]
