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Evans Lifted By Strong Tour Showing
ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 24, 2010 (AFP) – Australia’s world champion Cadel Evans on Sunday targeted “unfinished business” in the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France after a surprise sixth place in the Tour Down Under.
Evans, a two-time runner-up in France, had not expected to figure strongly in Adelaide but he shot [...]
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- Freire Puts Off His Retirement, And Now Puts Giro As A Target
January 5th, 2010Spain’s former three-time world road race champion Oscar Freire has begun the new year with two resolutions: racing the Giro d’Italia for the first time, and putting his plans to retire on ice.
Top sprinter Freire announced on the website of his professional road team, Dutch outfit Rabobank, on Tuesday that [...] - Carlos Sastre Confirms He Will Race The Giro
December 20th, 2009Spaniard Carlos Sastre, the winner of the 2008 Tour de France, confirmed Saturday he will compete in next year’s Giro d’Italia.
The 2010 edition of the Giro d’Italia gets underway on May 8, starting in Amsterdam.
“After analyzing the routes of the three big Tours – Italy, France and Spain [...] - Evans Plans Return To Giro
December 15th, 2009PARIS, Dec 15, 2009 (AFP) – Australia’s reigning world champion Cadel Evans will participate in the next edition of the Giro d’Italia cycling race in May 2010, race organizers RCS announced on Tuesday.
Evans, who joined the BMC team in the inter-season, will return to the Tour of Italy after [...] - 2012 Giro May Be Headed To A Washington D.C. Start
December 11th, 2009NEW YORK, Dec 11, 2009 (AFP) – Giro d’Italia race director Angelo Zomegnan met Thursday with Washington mayor Adrian Fenty about possibly starting the cycling classic in the US capital in 2012, the New York Times reported Friday.
Fenty did not strike a firm deal for the annual May affair to open in Washington but [...] - Key Stages In The 2010 Tour of Italy
October 24th, 2009A list of the key stages during the 2010 Tour of Italy which begins on May 8 in Amsterdam and finishes in Verona on May30:
Stage 4 – A team timetrial over 32.5km from Savigliano to Cuneo will be the first chance for the GC contenders to put some time into each [...] - 2010 Tour of Italy Stage Preview
October 24th, 2009A list of the 21 stages in the 2010 Tour of Italy which begins in Amsterdam on May 8 and ends in Verona on May 30 after 3,416.5km.
Stage 1 – Saturday May 8 Amsterdam (individual timetrial) 8.4km
Stage 2 – Sunday May 9 Amsterdam to Utrecht 209km
Stage [...] - Armstrong To Race Giro In May?
October 1st, 2009In a interview in the French Magazine Velo, as well as being reported on the Spanish website Elmundo.es, Lance Armstrong says that he will race in May at the Giro, and not in California at the Amgen Tour of California.
Here is what is being quoted “After a few spring classics, Armstrong will run the Giro [...] - Universal Sports Inks Four-Year Deal to Broadcast the Vuelta a Espana
August 1st, 2009Network Now Home to Two of the Three Grand Tours of Road Cycling
LOS ANGELES (July 28, 2009) – Universal Sports announced today it has inked an exclusive four-year multimedia deal to broadcast the Vuelta a Espana (Tour of Spain), a three-week road cycling stage race that is one of the three Grand Tours of [...] - Astana Top Team At Giro d’Italia
May 31st, 2009The Astana Cycling Team won the Team’s classification in the Tour of Italy. The team under the guidance of Johan Bruyneel, Alain Gallopin and Viatcheslav Ekimov had an advantage of 24 minutes and 15 seconds over Team Columbia-High Road and 27 minutes and 17 seconds over Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni – Androni.
Yaroslav Popovych finished 4th in [...] - Giro Result “Promising” For Tour de France, Says Armstrong
May 31st, 2009Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong said his 12th-placed finish in the Giro d’Italia, which ended on Sunday, was “promising” ahead of this year’s French test.
The 37-year-old American, who broke a collarbone in a crash on the Tour of Castilla and Leon in March, and his Astana team [...] - Menchov Wins The Giro d’Italia Despite Dramatic Fall
May 31st, 2009by Jean Montois
ROME, May 31, 2009 (AFP) – Russian rider Denis Menchov won the Tour of Italy here on Sunday despite suffering a dramatic fall in the last kilometer of the final stage, a 14.4km time-trial round.
The Rabobank cyclist, who is the third Russian to win [...] - Gilbert Wins Giro 20th Stage, Menchov Keeps Pink
May 30th, 2009by Jean Montois
ANAGNI, Italy, May 30, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian Philippe Gilbert of the Lotto team won the 20th stage of the Tour of Italy over 203km from Naples to Anagni on Saturday as Russian Denis Menchov held onto the overall lead.
Gilbert sprang away from the [...] - Giro d’Italia – Trying To Drive Through The Breakaway In A Car
May 30th, 2009Driving THROUGH the Peloton On a Descent to the Breakaway. Giro d’Italia 2009 Stage 15.
Very cool vantage point. If not a little nerve racking. - Driving Up To The Peloton: 2009 Giro d’Italia
May 29th, 2009have you ever wondered what it looks like to be in a team car and get the call to the peloton to deliver some bottles?
Well her is our very own Cynthia Lou in the Astana team car doing just that.
Great vantage view point. - Scarponi Wins Giro 18th Stage, Menchov Keeps Pink Jersey Another Day
May 28th, 2009Michele Scarponi of the Serramenti team won the 18th stage of the Tour of Italy on Thursday following a 182km ride from Sulmona to Benevento.
Russian Denis Menchov of Rabobank maintained his overall lead after coming home safely in the peloton almost four minutes back.
Menchov leads Italian [...] - Pellizotti Wins Giro 17th stage, Menchov Stays In Pink
May 27th, 2009MAMMA ROSA, Italy, May 27, 2009 (AFP) – Italian rider Franco Pellizotti won the 17th stage of the Tour of Italy on Wednesday, an 83 kilometres ride from Chieti to Blockhaus.
Russia’s Denis Menchov retained the overall leader’s pink jersey with a 26sec advantage over Italian LPR rider Danilo de [...] - Sastre Wins Giro 16th Stage, Menchov Still Wearing Pink
May 25th, 2009MONTE PETRANO, Italy, May 25, 2009 (AFP) – Spain’s Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre came home alone after Monday’s grueling 16th stage of the Tour of Italy which left Russian Denis Menchov retaining the leader’s pink jersey.
After seven hours tackling the 237km Appenines trek from Pergola to Monte [...] - The Scoop With Lou – Giro TT In Car Gallery
May 24th, 2009After throwing some elbows and asserting myself (read: begging day after day, thank you Phillipe!!) I got myself a ride on the Time Trial course with Astana’s Phillipe Maertens following Daniel Navarro Garcia.
I know this is a pro-race and all, but I love the attention to detail a Grand Tour calls for.
For instance, each rider [...] - Giro Time Trial In Car With Astana
May 23rd, 2009Go inside the Astana car and follow Papo on his Giro Time Trial.
It is a first hand view form our on-site reporter. - Giro d’Italia Stage 14 Results
May 23rd, 2009Results from the 14th stage of the Tour of Italy on Saturday, a 172km run from Campi Bisenzio to Bologna:
1. Simon Gerrans (AUS/CTT) 4hr 16min 48sec,
2. Rubens Bertogliati (SUI/SDA) at 12sec,
3. Francesco Gavazzi (ITA/LAM) 18,
4. Evgueni Petrov (RUS/KAT) 24,
5. Philip Deignan (IRL/CTT) 27,
6. Chris Froome (GBR/BAR), 36,
7. Vasili Kiryienka (BLR/GCE) 41,
8. Francesco [...] - Cavendish Pulled From Giro Yesterday To Focus On Tour de France
May 23rd, 2009Team Columbia High Road’s Mark Cavendish, who has already won three of the 13 stages of the ongoing Giro d’Italia, was pulled out of the race to focus on the upcoming Tour de France.
Cavendish, who rides for the Columbia team, claimed his third stage win on Friday and despite [...] - Gerrans of Cervelo Powers To A Stage 14 Win, As Menchov Hold Giro Lead
May 23rd, 2009by Jean Montois
BOLOGNA, Italy, May 23, 2009 (AFP) – Australian Simon Gerrans of Cervelo sprinted clear on the brutal final 2km climb to claim victory in the 14th stage of the Tour of Italy over 172km from Campi Bisenzio to Bologna on Saturday.
Russian Denis Menchov of [...] - Cynthia Lou Hanging With The Astana Mechanics
May 23rd, 2009Our very own Cynthia Lou “The Scoop With Lou” had the opportunity to hang with the Astana mechanics as they ready the bikes for the Giro’s TT.
She shows them working the night before the TT getting the bikes ready. - Universal Sports Giro Live Coverage and Contest
May 23rd, 2009Make sure to catch the live 2009 Giro d’Italia coverage on Universal Sports, and why you are at it make sure to sign up for their daily stage contest.
Universal Sports Coverage Here
CONTEST AND SCHEDULE INFO
Tuesday 19-May Stage 10 Cuneo to Pinerolo Mellow Johnny’s Cycling Jersey
Wednesday 20-May Stage 11 Torino to Arenzano First Endurance/Columbia [...] - Armstrong Creates A Boycott Of Twitter By The Media
May 22nd, 2009Lance Armstrong’s refusal to speak directly to the press at the Tour of Italy has sparked a boycott by some sections of the Italian and anglophone media of the American’s online messages.
The seven-time Tour de France champion has in recent months regularly communicated with fans and journalists alike by [...] - Giro d’Italia Stage 13 Results & Overall
May 22nd, 2009Result of the 13th stage of the Tour of Italy on Friday, a 176km course between Lido di Camaiore and Florence:
Stage result
1. Mark Cavendish (GBR/THR) 3hr 48min 36sec
2. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA/LPR) same time
[...] - Cavendish Sprints His Way To His Third Giro Stage Win
May 22nd, 2009Britain’s Mark Cavendish won the Tour of Italy’s 13th stage here on Friday, his third stage win overall, with Russia’s Denis Menchov retaining the leader’s pink jersey.
Cavendish, who rides for the Columbia team, broke for the line with 300m to go and managed to hold off a challenge [...] - Giro d’Italia: The Team Behind The Team
May 21st, 2009The Riders Are Off – Now What? Setting The Stage For the Rockstars: The Chef, The Mechanics, The Soigneurs
Before the riders wake up, and often times after the riders are fast asleep, supporting the rock stars on the bike are the rock star support team.
For example, Duffy, Operations Director and team Chef for Team Astana [...] - 1998 Giro d’Italia – Stage 19
May 21st, 2009Marco Pantani lights up Pavel Tonkov on the final mountain stage of the 1998 Giro d’Italia.
- Menchov Standing Tall After Winning Giro TT, And Taking The Pink Jersey
May 21st, 2009RIOMMAGGIORE, Italy, May 21, 2009 (AFP) – Russian Rabobank rider Denis Menchov won the 12th stage of the Tour of Italy here on Thursday, a 60.6km individual time-trial, and took over from Danilo Di Luca as race leader.
Menchov completed the dramatic course overlooking the Ligurian Sea in a time [...] - Cavendish Wins The 11th Giro Stage Proving He Is The Sprinter To Beat
May 20th, 2009ARENZANO, Italy, May 20, 2009 (AFP) – British cyclist Mark Cavendish won the 11th stage of the Tour of Italy in a sprint finish following a 214km run from Turin to Arenzano on Wednesday.
It was the third stage win of this year’s race for the Columbia rider, [...] - Di Luca Wins The Giro’s Longest Stage To Increase His Hold On Pink
May 19th, 2009Danilo Di Luca tightened his grip on the race leader’s pink jersey by winning the 262km 10th stage of the Tour of Italy from Cuneo to Pinerolo on Tuesday.
Italy’s 2007 champion, of the LPR team, attacked on the descent of the Pra Martino climb and left all his rivals [...] - Giro Motorbike Driver Dies In Accident
May 19th, 2009A motorbike driver escorting media at the Tour of Italy died after being involved in a traffic accident Tuesday morning, race organizers are reporting.
Fabio Saccani, 69, was driving to the start of the race’s 10th stage at Cuneo in the Italian Alps when the accident occurred near the town [...] - Pedro Horrillo Airlifted After Horrific Crash
May 16th, 2009Spanish cyclist Pedro Horrillo was placed in an induced coma on Saturday and described as being in a serious condition after crashing badly during the eighth stage of the Tour of Italy from Morbegno to Bergamo.
The 34-year-old crashed on the descent of the Culmine di San Pietro mountain about [...]
- Di Luca Reinforces His Lead As Columbia Bags Another Stage
May 16th, 2009by Jean Montois
BERGAMO, Italy, May 16, 2009 (AFP) – Belarussian Kanstantsin Siutsou handed the Columbia team their third victory of the centenary Tour of Italy when he won the 209km eighth stage from Morbegno to Bergamo on Saturday.
Race leader Danilo Di Luca retained the race leader’s [...] - Boassen Hagen Wins Giro Stage 7, While Di Luca Still In Pink Jersey
May 15th, 2009CHIAVENNA, Italy, May 15, 2009 (AFP) – Boasson Hagen of Norway, riding for Columbia, won the seventh stage of the Tour of Italy on Friday at Chiavenna, with LPR’s Danilo Di Luca retaining the leader’s pink jersey.
Hagen emerged the winner from a five-man late escape over the final 20 [...] - Armstrong ‘Will Target Giro Stage Win’, Says Di Luca
May 14th, 2009MAYRHOFEN IM ZILLERTAL, Austria, May 14, 2009 (AFP) – America’s Lance Armstrong will target a stage win in the Giro d’Italia after falling off the pace in the overall standings, race leader Danilo Di Luca claimed on Thursday.
“You mustn’t forget that he stopped competing for three years and fractured [...] - Scarponi Solos To Win Giro Stage Six, While Di Luca Still Holds On To Pink Jersey
May 14th, 2009MAYRHOFEN IM ZILLERTAL, Austria, May 14, 2009 (AFP) – Michele Scarponi of the Diquigiovanni team clinched a solo victory on the sixth stage of the Tour of Italy to claim his first career win in the race on Thursday.
Fellow Italian Danilo Di Luca, of LPR, retained the race leader’s [...] - Lance Armstrong Happy To Limit Losses In The Hills, Looks Forward To Giro’s Second Week
May 14th, 2009American Lance Armstrong admitted he is still finding his climbing legs after losing nearly three minutes to the favourites on the Tour of Italy’s second day in the mountains.
Russian Denis Menchov won an uphill sprint to claim the Giro’s fifth stage over 125km from San Martino di Castrozza [...] - As Menchov Wins Giro Fifth Stage, Di Luca Now In Pink
May 13th, 2009by Jean Montois
ALPE DI SIUSI, Italy, May 13, 2009 (AFP) – Russian Denis Menchov won an uphill sprint to claim the fifth stage of the Tour of Italy over 125km from San Martino di Castrozza to Alpe di Siusi on Wednesday as second-placed Danilo Di Luca took the leader’s [...] - Di Luca Wins Giro’s Stage 4, While Lovkvist Is Wearing Pink
May 12th, 2009Italy’s Danilo Di Luca raced his way to a victory on stage four of the Tour of Italy, the first foray into the mountains and where overnight leader Alessandro Petacchi was left trailing Tuesday.
Sweden’s Thomas Lovkvist, riding for Columbia, took the race leader’s pink jersey from star sprinter Petacchi [...] - Petacchi Wins Giro Stage 3, And Claims Pink Jersey
May 11th, 2009Italian Alessandro Petacchi of the LPR team won his second stage in a row to take the lead in the Tour of Italy on Monday after a 198km third stage slog from Grado to Valdobbiadene.
Petacchi made the most of a crash near the front of the peloton around 10km from [...] - Cavendish Still Wearing Pink As Petacchi Wins Giro 2nd Stage
May 10th, 2009Britain’s Mark Cavendish retained the race leader’s pink jersey on Sunday after Alessandro Petacchi of LPR won stage two of the Tour of Italy at Trieste.
Petacchi just edged out Cavendish, who had taken the opening honors with his Colombia colleagues on Saturday in the team time-trial at the [...] - Mark Cavendish Already In Pink As Team Columbia Takes Opening Stage
May 9th, 2009Britain’s Mark Cavendish donned the race leader’s pink jersey on Saturday after his Columbia team pocketed the opening stage of the Tour of Italy, a 20.5 km team time-trial at Venice Lido.
Columbia covered the distance in 21min 50sec with the Garmin team six seconds adrift and Lance Armstrong’s and [...] - Tour of Italy Stages
May 9th, 2009Stages for the 3,395.5km Tour of Italy 2009 which begins on Saturday:
Stages
1 – May 9: Venice Lido (team time-trial, 20.5 km)
2 – May 10: Jesolo to Trieste (156 km)
3 – May 11: Grado to Valdobbiadene (200 km)
4 – May 12: Padova to San Martino [...] - Basso Heads Into Giro As The Favourite, Armstrong Biggest Fan Draw
May 9th, 2009by Barnaby Chesterman
ROME, May 8, 2009 (AFP) – Former seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong may have insisted he is not in the running for overall victory but the Texan will still be the major draw at the centenary Tour of Italy which begins with a team time-trial in Venice [...] - Armstrong Continues To Write Off Giro Chances
May 7th, 2009VENICE, Italy, May 7, 2009 (AFP) – Lance Armstrong insisted again on Thursday that there will be no miracle Tour of Italy victory, preferring to concentrate on helping his Astana team out of their worrying financial crisis.
The seven-time Tour de France winner makes his comeback this weekend after suffering [...] - Armstrong Angry Over Astana Financial Crisis On Eve Of Giro
May 7th, 2009By ANDREW DAMPF,
AP Sports Writer
May 6, 7:22 pm EDT
VENICE, Italy (AP)—Lance Armstrong lashed out Wednesday at Kazakh officials who let his Astana team fall into a financial crisis on the eve of his first Giro d’Italia.
“I don’t know them, I don’t have a personal relationship with them, but I get frustrated,” said the seven-time [...] - Armstrong ‘Not Giro Favourite’ Says World Champ Ballan
May 5th, 2009ROME, May 5, 2009 (AFP) – World champion cyclist Alessandro Ballan says former Tour of Italy winner Ivan Basso is the favourite for this year’s event over debutant Lance Armstrong.
Seven-time Tour de France champion Armstrong will be competing in his first Giro after coming out of retirement last year. [...]
- Lance Armstrong To Head A Strong Astana Team In Italy
May 5th, 2009The Astana cycling team on Tuesday named an international line-up to support Americans Lance Armstrong and Levi Leipheimer in the Tour of Italy, which starts in Venice on Saturday.
Six nations are represented in the group containing Leipheimer and seven-time Tour de France champion Armstrong, who has returned to [...] - Team Fuji Place Their Faith In Swedish Star Kessiakoff
May 4th, 2009PARIS, May 4, 2009 (AFP) – Swedish cycling revelation Fredrik Kessiakoff was on Monday named in the Fuji team for the Giro d’Italia, which begins in Venice on Saturday.
Kessiakoff, who will celebrate his 29th birthday during the race, has enjoyed a superb start to the season, taking fourth place [...] - Cavendish To Spearhead Team Columbia’s Giro Aspirations
May 4th, 2009PARIS, May 4, 2009 (AFP) – Britain’s Mark Cavendish was on Monday named at the head of American cycling team Columbia for the Giro d’Italia, which begins on Saturday.
The 23-year-old from the Isle of Man, who won two stages in last year’s race, will be supported by fellow sprint [...] - Quick Step Trusting In Youth To Win Giro
May 4th, 2009PARIS, May 4, 2009 (AFP) – The Quick Step cycling team on Monday named a young squad of nine riders for the forthcoming Giro d’Italia, which starts in Venice on Saturday.
Kevin Hulsmans and Francesco Reda will making their Giro debuts, but both will be guided by the experience of [...] - Katusha Without McEwen For Giro d’Italia
May 4th, 2009PARIS, May 4, 2009 (AFP) – The Russian cycling team Katusha will be without Australia’s Robbie McEwen for the Giro d’Italia, which begins on Saturday, and on Monday named Italy’s Filippo Pozzato as their team leader for the race.
“Robbie has not yet completely recovered from his fall at the [...] - Menchov To Lead Rabobank In Giro d’Italia
May 4th, 2009PARIS, May 4, 2009 (AFP) – Rabobank on Monday announced their team for the three-week Giro d’Italia which begins in Venice on Saturday.
Russia’s Denis Menchov will carry their hopes of a strong result in the general classification.
Menchov won the Tour of Spain in 2005 and 2007 [...] - Tour of the Gila Race Good Training For Armstrong, Says Bruyneel
May 2nd, 2009Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong is regaining the form he showed before breaking his collarbone last month in a crash in Spain, Astana team manager Johan Bruyneel
said on Thursday.
Bruyneel, in the United States to watch Armstrong and Astana teammates Levi Leipheimer and Chris Horner compete as independents in [...] - Thor Hushovd Focus On Tour, Skipping The Giro
April 23rd, 2009Norwegian sprinter Thor Hushovd will skip this year’s Giro d’Italia to concentrate fully on his bid for stage wins and possibly other successes at the Tour de France in July.
Hushovd, a former Tour de France stage winner and winner of the race’s green jersey for the points competition, [...] - Team Fuji Is Now Welcome At The Giro d’Italia
April 23rd, 2009LIEGE, Belgium, April 23, 2009 (AFP) – Spanish team Fuji, who were banned from the Tour de France, were on Thursday welcomed into the Tour of Italy which gets underway on May 9.
Organizers published the list of 22 teams for the Giro and Fuji, whose team director is Italian [...] - Giro To Start In 2010 From Amsterdam
April 21st, 2009THE HAGUE, April 20, 2009 (AFP) – The 2010 Tour of Italy is to start from
Amsterdam, the Dutch news agency ANP reported on Monday quoting a spokeswoman
for the city authorities who added a further announcement is due to be made at
a news conference on Thursday.
The Netherlands is already to host the [...] - Astana Still Optimistic Over Armstrong’s Giro Bid In 2009
April 11th, 2009Lance Armstrong’s Astana team expressed optimism Wednesday over his prospects of recovering from his broken collarbone in time to line up for next month’s Tour of Italy.
The seven-time Tour de France winner’s participation in the Giro which starts on May 9 was thrown into doubt after he required surgery [...] - Lance Armstrong To Meet Prime Minister Berlusconi Prior To Giro
March 20th, 2009MILAN, Italy, March 20, 2009 (AFP) – American cycling legend Lance Armstrong will meet with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi before competing in the Giro d’Italia on May 9-June 1 in a bid to raise awareness of the threat of cancer in Italy.
Armstrong, a cancer survivor who went on [...] - Team Fuji Overlooked by Giro d’Italia
January 29th, 2009PARIS, Jan 28, 2009 (AFP) – Spanish cycling team Fuji, formerly known as Saunier Duval, have not been invited to participate in this year’s Centenary edition of the Giro d’Italia.
The race organizers released their first list of participants for the May
9-31 race on Wednesday, with 14 of the 18 [...] - Giro d’Italia 2009 Route: Reactions Astana Cycling Team
December 15th, 2008From a video shown at the Giro announcement, Lance Armstrong said: “I am very excited to come to Italy to participate in my first Giro and I look forward to a good result. I began my professional career living near Lake Como, but I never competed in the Giro. So, this is a special year [...]
- 2009 Giro d’Italia Stages
December 13th, 2008Stages for the 3,395.5km Tour of Italy 2009 were announced Saturday:
Stages
1) May 9: Venice Lido (team time-trial, 20.5 km)
2) May 10: Jesolo to Trieste (156 km)
3) May 11: Grado to Valdobbiadene (200 km)
4) May 12: Padova to San Martino [...] - Venice Start And A Rome Finish For Centenary Edition Of Giro d’Italia
December 13th, 2008ROME, Dec 13, 2008 (AFP) – The 2009 Tour of Italy, which will welcome former Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong for the first time, will start its centenary edition in Venice on May 9 and finish in Rome on May 31, organisers said in unveiling the 3,395.5km route on Saturday.
[...] - Giro d’Italia Extends 2009 Invite to Lance Armstrong
October 11th, 2008ROME, Oct 10, 2008 (AFP) – Giro d’Italia chief Angelo Zomegnan has paved the way for the maiden participation of Lance Armstrong by officially inviting the seven-time Tour de France champion to next year’s race.
Armstrong never raced the Giro d’Italia during his Tour reign, but ahead of the Giro’s [...] - Alberto Contador of Team Astana Captures The Historic Vuelta Crown
September 21st, 2008Alberto Contador of Spain secured overall victory in the Tour of Spain here on Sunday to join a select club of riders to have won all three of the sport’s major Tours.
The 2007 Tour de France winner also won this year’s Giro d’Italia, meaning he has become [...] - Giro d’Italia Results – Stage 21 and Overall – Contador Wins It All
June 1st, 2008ALBERTO 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
June 1st, 2008MILAN, 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 [...] - Vasil Kiryienka of Tinkoff Wins The Giro Stage 19, Contador Still Wearing Pink But Says Race Is Still Wide Open
May 30th, 2008MONTE 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 [...] - Team Milram States Igor Astarloa Might Be Canned After Team Blood Test At Giro
May 29th, 2008VARESE, 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 Results – Stage 16 and Overall
May 26th, 2008Results 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
May 26th, 2008PLAN 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
May 25th, 2008PASSO 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 [...] - Giro d’Italia Results – Stage 15 and Overall
May 25th, 2008Giro d’Italia results after
Sunday’s 15th stage, a 154km ride from Arabba to Passo Fedaia:Stage
1. Emanuele Sella (ITA/CSF) 154km in 4hr 53min 24sec
2. Domenico [...] - Emanuele Sella Solo’s To Giro Stage Win, While Gabriele Bosisio Tries On Pink For First Time
May 24th, 2008ALPE DE PAMPEAGO, Italy, May 24, 2008 (AFP) – Italian mountain specialist
Emanuele Sella came home alone to win in the 14th stage of the Tour of Italy
on the Alpe de Pampeago summit on Saturday.
The first day in the Dolomites produced a new leader with Italy’s Gabriele
Bosisio inheriting Giovanni Visconti’s pink jersey.
[...] - Giro d’Italia Results – Stage 14 and Overall
May 24th, 2008Results from the 193km 14th
stage of the Tour of Italy from Verona to Alpe de Pampeago on Saturday:
1. Emanuele Sella (ITA/CSF) 5hr 37min 14sec, 2. Vasil Kiryienka (BLR/TCS)
at 4min 38sec, 3. Joaquim Rodriguez (ESP/GCE) 5:08, 4. Jose Rujano (VEN/GCE)
7:28, 5. Paolo Bettini (ITA/QST) 7:59, 6. Denis Menchov (RUS/RAB) 8:48, 7.
Franco Pellizotti (ITA/LIQ) 8:57, [...] - Giro d’Italia Results – Stage 13 and Overall
May 23rd, 2008Results from the 177km 13th stage of the Tour of Italy from Modena to Cittadella on Friday:
1. Mark Cavendish (GBR/THR) 4hr 11min 07sec, 2. Daniele Bennati (ITA/LIQ) s.t., 3. Koldo Fernandez (ESP/EUS) s.t., 4. Erik Zabel (GER/MRM) s.t., 5.
Julian Dean (NZL/TSL) s.t., 6. Mirco Lorenzetto (ITA/LAM) s.t., 7. Alexandre Usov (BLR/A2R) s.t., [...] - Lucky 13 for Mark Cavendish Of High Road In Giro As Giovanni Visconti Keeps Pink Jersey
May 23rd, 2008CITTADELLA, Italy, May 23, 2008 (AFP) – Briton Mark Cavendish, riding for the High Road team, won Friday’s 13th stage of the Tour of Italy with Italian Giovanni Visconti holding on to the race leader’s pink jersey.
Cavendish was gaining quick revenge on second-placed Daniele Bennati, who
24 hours earlier [...] - Giro d’Italia Results – Stage 12 and Overall
May 22nd, 2008Results from the 169km 12th stage of the Tour of Italy from Forli to here on Thursday:
1. Daniele Bennati (ITA/LIQ) 4hr 05min 29sec, 2. Mark Cavendish (GBR/THR) s.t., 3. Robbie McEwen (AUS/SIL) s.t., 4. Koldo Fernandez (ESP/EUS) s.t., 5.
Paolo Bettini (ITA/QST) s.t., 6. Robert Forster (GER/GST) s.t., 7. Luciano Pagliarini (BRA/SDV) s.t., [...] - Daniele Bennati Wins 12th Stage of Giro, Visconti Still In Pink
May 22nd, 2008CARPI, Italy, May 22, 2008 (AFP) – Daniele Bennati edged Thursday’s 12th stage of the Tour of Italy by the width of a tire rim with fellow Italian Giovanni Visconti holding on to the race leader’s pink jersey.
A photo-finish was required to separate Bennati, whose stage win was [...] - Giro d’Italia Stage 11 And OverAll Results
May 21st, 2008Results in the 199km 11th stage of the Tour of Italy from Urbania to Cesena on Wednesday:
11th stage
1. Alessandro Bertolini (ITA/SDA) 5hr 44min 22sec, 2. Pablo Lastras
(ESP/GCE) 5sec behind, 3. Fortunato Baliani (ITA/CSF) 16, 4. Tiziano Dall’Antonia (ITA/CSF) 41, 5. Laurent Mangel (FRA/A2R) 1:33, 6. Jussi Veikkanen [...] - Alessandro Bertolini Wins 11th Stage Of The Giro, Leader Visconti Survives Crash To Keep Pink Jersey
May 21st, 2008by Jean Montois
CESENA, Italy, May 21, 2008 (AFP) – Alessandro Bertolini won Wednesday’s 11th stage of the Tour of Italy with fellow Italian Giovanni Visconti holding on to the race leader’s pink jersey.
Visconti survived a scare 30 kilometres from the finish when he hit the ground [...] - Giro d’Italia Stage 10 and Overall Results
May 20th, 2008Standings from the tenth stage of the Tour of Italy on Tuesday, a 39.4km individual time trial from Pesaro to here:
Stage
1. Marzio Bruseghin (ITA/LAM), 39.4km in 56min 41sec
2. Alberto Contador (ESP/AST) [...] - Alberto Contador of Astana Vows To Continue At Giro Even With A Fractured Elbow
May 19th, 2008URBINO, Italy, May 19, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Alberto Contador, last year’s
Tour de France winner, is suffering from a minor elbow fracture sustained
during a crash during the ongoing Tour of Italy, but has vowed to continue the
race.
“Contador’s visit to the radiologist today (Monday) revealed a fissure in
the radius head of his [...] - Giro d’Italia Results – Stage 9 and Overall
May 18th, 2008Results in the 218km ninth stage
of the Tour of Italy from Civitavecchia to San Vincenzo on Sunday:
1. Daniele Bennati (ITA) Liquigas 5hr 30min 06sec, 2. Paolo Bettini (ITA)
QST s.t., 3. Robbie McEwen (AUS) SIL s.t., 4. Erik Zabel (GER) MRM s.t., 5.
Koldo Fernandez (ESP) EUS s.t., 6. Robert Forster (GER) GST s.t., 7. [...] - Giro d’Italia Results – Stage 8 & Overall
May 17th, 2008Results for the Giro d’Italia, both for stage 8 and the overall:
Stage 8
1. Giovanni Visconti (ITA/QST) 208km in 36h44:06.
2. Matthias Russ (GER/GST) [...] - Riccardo Ricco of Saunier Duval Wins The Eighth Stage Of The Giro d’Italia
May 17th, 2008TIVOLI, Italy, May 17, 2008 (AFP) – Italian Riccardo Ricco, riding for the Saunier Duval team, won the eighth stage of the Tour of Italy here on Saturday, edging out two-time world champion and compatriot Paolo Bettini while another Italian, Giovanni Visconti of Quick Step, retained the leader’s pink jersey.
[...] - Riccardo Ricco of Saunier Duval Sprints To Giro’s Second Stage, Franco Pellizotti Dressed In Pink
May 11th, 2008AGRIGENTO, Italy, May 11, 2008 (AFP) – Italian Riccardo Ricco of the Saunier Duval team threw down the gauntlet to his rivals for the Giro d’Italia’s pink jersey by sprinting to victory in the second stage here Sunday.
Liquigas rider Franco Pellizotti took the race lead from American Christian Vandevelde [...] - Christian Vandevelde of Slipstream Is First American In 20 Years To Put On Giro’s Pink Jersey
May 10th, 2008PALERMO, Italy, May 10, 2008 (AFP) – American Christian Vandevelde became the first American in 20 years to put on the Giro d’Italia’s pink jersey after leading his Slipstream team to victory in the opening stage team time trial.
Slipstream hit an average speed of just over 53 km/h for [...] - Giro d’Italia Stages & Climbs
May 10th, 2008PALERMO, Italy, May 10, 2008 (AFP) – The 21 stages of the 3430.4km long Giro d’Italia, which begins here Saturday:
May 10: stage 1 Palermo, 23.6 km (team time trial)
May 11: stage 2 Cefalu – Agrigento, 207 km
May 12: stage 3 Catania – Milazzo, [...] - Off-form Alberto Contador of Astana Still A Favorite At ‘Climbers’ Giro
May 10th, 2008PALERMO, Italy, May 9, 2008 (AFP) – Climbers who can keep their time trial losses to a minimum will be among the top contenders for the pink jersey in the Giro d’Italia which clicks into gear here Saturday.
The 91st edition of the Giro begins with a team time trial, [...] - Giro Call Has Astana Anxious, With Lots To Prove
May 5th, 2008by Justin Davis
PARIS, May 5, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Alberto Contador and his Astana team have admitted to being in a race against time as they prepare for the first three-week race of the cycling season.
Giro d’Italia organizers performed a dramatic u-turn on Sunday and invited [...] - Italy’s Eddy Mazzoleni ‘Oil for Drug’ Affair BAN – Two Years
April 8th, 2008ROME, April 8, 2008 (AFP) – Eddy Mazzoleni, third in last year’s Tour of Italy (Giro d’Italia), has been handed a two-year ban by the Italian Cycling Federation (FCI) for his involvement in the “Oil for Drug” affair, the FCI said on Tuesday.
The FCI also banned 28-year-old former Ceramica [...] - Danilo Di Luca Set To Race At Settimana Lombardia
March 30th, 2008ROME, March 30, 2008 (AFP) – Giro d’Italia champion Danilo Di Luca will ride in the Settimana Lombardia on April 6, his LPR team said on Sunday.
Di Luca is currently embroiled in an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to have a three-month suspension he served [...] - Former Champ Damiano Cunego of Lampre Set To Skip Giro
March 30th, 2008Former Champ Damiano Cunego of Lampre Set To Skip Giro
CHARLEVILLE-MEZIERES, France, March 30, 2008 (AFP) – Former Tour of Italy winner Damiano Cunego looks set to skip this year’s Giro in order to focus on his preparations for the Tour de France, his Lampre team revealed Sunday.
The 2004 Tour [...] - Tom Boonen opts for Italian stage race over Paris-Nice
February 29th, 2008BRUSSELS, Feb 29, 2008 (AFP) – Belgium’s former world champion Tom Boonen has opted to race at the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race instead of Paris-Nice, his Quick Step team said Friday.
Boonen, a one-day specialist who would use either race as preparation for the upcoming classics season, says the profile of the French ‘Race to the [...] - Giro Takes The High Road – Team High Road invited to the Giro d’Italia
February 15th, 2008Palo Alto, Ca. – VeloGuy is in Palo Alto this week hanging out with some of the teams getting ready for the Tour of California this week. He’s learned from officials of Team High Road that they have been invited to participate this year in the Giro d’Italia and other events sponsored by [...]
- Basso: Suspension was ‘best thing’ to happen to him
January 17th, 2008Basso: Suspension was ‘best thing’ to happen to him
By Agence France Presse
Filed: January 17, 2008
Disgraced former Giro d’Italia champion Ivan Basso said Thursday that his two-year doping suspension was the best thing to happen to him.
Basso was tipped to win the 2006 Tour de France, shortly after cruising to victory in the Giro, but he [...] - The Press Reactions to 2008 Giro route
December 2nd, 2007The Press Reactions to 2008 Giro route
At the presentation of the 2008 Giro D’Italia at the Teatro degli Arcimboldi in Milan, RAI-TV color commentator Davide Cassani described the 2008 Giro d’Italia as “a nervous course in the first stages, for the first half, then in the second part there are hard stages with climb after [...] - The Di Luca Saga Continues
August 8th, 2007The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) said in a statement on its website Friday that Giro d’Italia winner Danilo Di Luca will be subject to further inquiry for alleged doping charges and may be sanctioned following the review of new evidence.
No details were available about the nature of the evidence, the case, or where it might [...]
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