Giro d’Italia team time trial: The fight for the first pink
Who will win the prestigious opening stage and take the maglia rosa? The Giro d’Italia gets under way this afternoon with a 19.3km time trial between Veneria Reale, on the outskirts of Turin, and the Piazza Vittoria Veneto in the […]
Pinotti satisfied with form, does Maglia Rosa await?
HTC Highroad team motivated to chase Giro TTT win Two years ago, his team-mate Mark Cavendish got the nod from team-management and was the first rider from his squad to cross the line in the Giro d’Italia’s opening team time […]
UCI clarifies No Needle Policy for diabetics
Team Type 1 riders with diabetes can use TUE Following the introduction of their No Needle Policy in where professional cycling teams are prohibited from injecting their riders unless it’s of medical necessity, the UCI has announced the new regulation […]
Tour of California: RadioShack has one goal in mind – overall victory
Team headed by three-time winner Levi Leipheimer Levi Leipheimer of the RadioShack team has won the Amgen Tour of California three times in his career (2007-2009) and wants to add a fourth title to his palmarès. The American squad is […]
Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid: Castroviejo confirms as prologue specialist
Movistar’s Enrique Sanz takes afternoon stage in sprint; Castroviejo stays in overall lead Jonathan Castroviejo confirmed his prologue specialty when he took the opening 7.8 kilometers in the 2011 Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid. The Euskaltel-Euskadi rider clocked in […]
Four Days of Dunkirk: Voeckler wins solo in stage 4 and snatches pink jersey
Frenchman goes it alone in typical fashion to grab lead from triple winner Kittel Thomas Voeckler used his attacking style to catch, pass, and then drop the five-man front group to win the fourth stage of the Four Days of […]
Cavendish says he shouldn’t be compared to 2009 form
Ready for Giro, says anything less than a stage win would be failure When HTC Highroad’s Mark Cavendish last began the Giro d’Italia, the race started then – as now – with a team time trial. The American squad scorched […]
Riis accepts there is a risk to attempting Giro-Tour double
Deflects pressure onto Contador’s rivals: they ‘need’ to win During the period when Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France, the Texan had a race programme that was known for being carefully structured about arriving at the Tour in the […]
Iljo Keisse case: Brussels court upholds CAS verdict and rider must sit out rest of ban
Belgian track star sees home ban extended due to partial comeback Iljo Keisse (Quick Step) must step back to the sidelines once more as the Brussels Court of Appeal has upheld the Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS) to suspend […]
Contador says memory of 2008 victory brought him back to Giro d’Italia
Spaniard talks on eve of race start It’s been a long, twisting road since Alberto Contador won the 2008 Giro d’Italia. Many kilometres, victories, battles and some questions have happened in the three years since, but he’ll hope that the […]
