Tour de France Through Stage 4 — All You Really Need To Know
There’s little exciting about a time trial unless you’re the guy on the bike. For fans, it’s just “there goes one, there goes another.”
But we all know the Tour actually started today. Everything before has been about pageantry and trying not to fall off the bike or otherwise embarrass yourself with stinkin’ thinkin’ (ahem, Menchov).
Not to [...]
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg Wins Another Stage At The Giro d’Italia Femminile
TEUTENBERG WINS ANOTHER STAGE AT THE GIRO
Rosolina Mare, Italy, 7 July 2008 - Ina-Yoko Teutenberg took her second consecutive stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile today, defending the Maglia Rosa going into Stage Four.
“I’m psyched to win the the pink jersey and be able to ride with it another day,” said Teutenberg. “We couldn’t have [...]
Giro Runner Up Riccardo Ricco of Saunier Duval Gears Up For The Tour de France (with Roster)
PARIS, June 24, 2008 (AFP) - Italian Riccardo Ricco has been named in Saunier Duval’s nine-man Tour de France team for the July 5-27 race as a replacement for Spaniard Jose Angel Gomez Marchante.
The 24-year-old Ricco, seen by many in Italy as the heir to deceased Giro and Tour [...]
Giro d’Italia Results - Stage 21 and Overall - Contador Wins It All
ALBERTO CONTADOR OF ASTANA WINS THE 2008 GIRO D’ITALIA
Results in the 21st and final stage of the Tour of Italy on Sunday, a 28.5km time trial from Cesano Maderno to Milan:
21st stage
1. Marco Pinotti (ITA/THR) 32min 45sec, 2. Tony Martin (GER/THR) 7sec behind, 3. Mikhail Ignatiev (RUS/TCS) [...]
Alberto Contador and Astana Leave No Doubts About Their Winning Ways
MILAN, June 1, 2008 (AFP) - Spain’s Alberto Contador of Astana won the Tour of Italy on Sunday following the final stage, a 28.5km time trial won by Italian Marco Pinotti of High Road.
The Spaniard snapped an 11-year Italian winning streak in the event - Russia’s Pavel Tonkov [...]
Giro d’Italia Results - Stage 19 and Overall
Results in the 228km 19th stage of the Tour of Italy from Legnano to here on Friday:
19th Stage:
1. Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) Tinkoff 6hr 37min 32sec. 2. Danilo Di Luca (ITA) LPR at 4min 36sec. 3. Alexander Efimkin (RUS) QST 4:43. 4. Steve Cummings
(GBR) BAR 5:25. 5. Riccardo [...]
Vasil Kiryienka of Tinkoff Wins The Giro Stage 19, Contador Still Wearing Pink But Says Race Is Still Wide Open
MONTE PORA, Italy, May 30, 2008 (AFP) - Belarussian Vasil Kiryienka, of the Tinkoff team, won the 19th stage of the Tour of Italy here on Friday following a long breakaway but Spain’s Alberto Contador said after retaining the overall lead the race was “wide open.”
The 228km stage [...]
Giro d’Italia Results - Stage 18 and Overall
Giro d’Italia results on Thursday, following the 18th stage, a 147km ride from Mendrisio to here:
Stage
1. Jens Voigt (GER) CSC 3hr 22min 46sec, 2. Giovanni Visconti (ITA) QST at 1min 07sec, 3. Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA) A2R 1:07, 4. Gabriele Bosisio (ITA) LPR 1:07, 5. Daniele Bennati (ITA) LIQ 2:04, [...]
Jens Voight Wins Stage 18 For CSC At Giro
Evergreen Voigt wins maiden Tour of Italy stage
VARESE, Italy, May 29, 2008 (AFP) - Veteran German rider Jens Voigt won his first ever stage in the Tour of Italy when he took the 18th leg here on Thursday, a 147 kilometres ride from the Swiss town of Mendissio the venue for the [...]
Team Milram States Igor Astarloa Might Be Canned After Team Blood Test At Giro
VARESE, Italy, May 29, 2008 (AFP) - Spain’s 2003 world road race champion Igor Astarloa, who retired from the Tour of Italy after just one stage following a blood test carried out by his Milram team could be axed by the German outfit it was revealed on Thursday.
Milram asked [...]
