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 [...]
Giro d’Italia Race Results - Stage 17 and Overall
Results from the Tour of Italy following Wednesday’s 17 stage, a 146km ride from Sondrio to here:
Stage 17
1. Andre Greipel (GER) THR 3hr 27min 05sec, 2. Mark Cavendish (GBR) THR same time, 3. Daniele Bennati (ITA) LIQ, 4. Erik Zabel (GER) MRM, 5. Assan Bazayev (KAZ) AST, 6. Alexandre [...]
Andre Greipel of High Road Records His Maiden Major Stage Win At Stage 17 of The Giro
by Jean Montois
LOCARNO, Switzerland, May 28, 2008 (AFP) - Germany’s Tour Down Under winner Andre Greipel recorded his first ever stage win in a major Tour when he landed the 17th leg of the Tour of Italy here on Wednesday.
The 25-year-old High Road cyclist edged out [...]
Giro d’Italia Results - Stage 16 and Overall
Results of the 16th stage of the Tour of Italy, a 12.9km time trial on Monday:
1. Franco Pellizotti (ITA/LIQ) 40min 26sec, 2. Emanuele Sella (ITA/CSF) at 0:06s, 3. Gilberto Simoni (ITA/SDA) 0:17, 4. Alberto Contador (ESP/AST) 0:22, 5. Riccardo Ricco (ITA/SDV) 0:30, 6. Jose Rujano (VEN/GCE) 0:49, 7. Marzio Bruseghin (ITA/LAM) 1:04, [...]
Franco Pellizotti of Liquigas Wins Giro 16th TT Stage, Alberto Contador Still In Pink
PLAN DE CORONES, Italy, May 26, 2008 (AFP) - Italian rider Franco Pellizotti of Liquigas won the 16th stage of the Tour of Italy, a 12.9km time trial here on Monday.
Spain’s Tour de France champion Alberto Contador retained the leader’s pink jersey after finishing fourth on the day, 22sec [...]
Alberto Contador of Asatana Is Now Wearing Pink Jersey While Sella Wins Two Stages In A Row
PASSO FEDAIA, Italy, May 25, 2008 (AFP) - Spaniard Albert Contador of
Astana took the overall lead in the Tour of Italy on Sunday after Italian
Emanuele Sella of CSF won the 15th stage.
Sella triumphed on the day in the rain but the plaudits went to Contador,
the reigning Tour de France champion, as [...]
