Giro d’Italia: Alberto Contador passes a comfortable day in the mountains
Presence of Jesus Hernandez and Kanstantin Sivtsov in the break puts his rivals’ teams on the defensive If it’s at all possible to have an easy day, in what was officially termed as a high mountain stage, while in the […]
Garmin-Cervélo down to five riders in Giro d'Italia
Matthew Wilson and Murilo Fischer have to give in to sickness Matthew Wilson and Murilo Fischer (Garmin-Cervélo) stepped off their bikes today, having to abandon the Giro d’Italia due to sickness. The team is down to five riders for the […]
Giro d’Italia: Giovanni Visconti vs Diego Ulissi
Post stage polemics follow Italian champion’s relegation The script at the end of today’s seventeenth stage of the Giro d’Italia was simple: The Italian champion, riding his national Tour in the flag of his country, wins the first true breakaway […]
Crowds gather to pay their respects to Xavier Tondo
Will be fondly remembered by the cycling community Earlier today crowds gathered at the Pabellón Municipal de los Deportes de Olot in Girona, Spain to pay their respects to Movistar rider Xavier Tondo, just two days after his tragic death. […]
Bayern-Rundfahrt: Boasson Hagen opens his 2011 account in stage one sprint
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) powered his way to the top of the podium once again today, with the Norwegian taking victory in stage one of the Bayern-Rundfahrt. Second place on the day went to German Andre Schulze of the […]
Jan Bakelants getting tired in Giro d'Italia
Gutsy Belgian still managed to obtain fourth in stage 17 Jan Bakelants finished a respectable fourth in today’s stage 17 of the Giro d’Italia, but he had mixed emotions. While he was happy to have made it into the right […]
Giro d'Italia: Diego Ulissi takes victory in controversial stage seventeen finish
Italian champion relegated for pushing his way to the line Diego Ulissi (Lampre-ISD) rode to a controversial win in stage seventeen of the Giro d’Italia today, sprinting out of a four man group to cross the line in second place […]
Video: Peter Kennaugh looking forward to completing his first Grand Tour
Team Sky’s 21-year-old Manxman talks breakaways as the Giro d’Italia heads towards Milan Peter Kennaugh (Team Sky) is on course to finish his first ever Grand Tour as the Giro d’Italia heads towards its Milan finish on Sunday. The 21-year-old […]
Contador's mechanic hits fan with car door, removed from Giro d’Italia
Race director Angelo Zomegnan witnessed incident Alberto Contador moved a step closer to final victory in the Giro d’Italia yesterday when he won the mountain time trial, but it wasn’t all good news for the Spaniard. His personal mechanic, Faustino […]
Giro d’Italia: Alberto Contador passes a comfortable day in the mountains
Presence of Jesus Hernandez and Kanstantin Sivtsov in the break puts his rivals’ teams on the defensive If it’s at all possible to have an easy day, in what was officially termed as a high mountain stage, while in the […]
