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MILAN, May 20, 2013 - Australian Cadel Evans said he has not thrown in the towel ahead of his bid to overthrow Italian race leader Vincenzo Nibali and win this year's Giro d'Italia. Evans, the 2011 Tour de France champion, is second overall at 1min 26sec sec behind Nibali heading into the final week of the race which features key mountain stages including an uphill time trial. … [Read more...]
VALLOIRE, France, May 19, 2013 (AFP) - Giovanni Visconti won the 15th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Sunday after a mountain finish in the snow following a 149km ride from Cesana Torinese to Col du Galibier. The Italian from the Movistar team held off a charge from the depleted peloton, made up of race favorites, to take his maiden Giro stage by 42 seconds from Carlos Betancur and … [Read more...]
ROME, May 18, 2013 (AFP) - Race leader Vincenzo Nibali extended his lead over Australia's Cadel Evans as Mauro Santambrogio won a shortened 14th stage of the Giro d'Italia to claim his maiden win on the race Saturday. Italian Nibali, of the Astana team, came over the finish line in second place after giving his fellow Italian, of the Vini Farini team, the nod to take the stage win … [Read more...]
MILAN, May 12, 2013 (AFP) - Bradley Wiggins struggled again on a dramatic rain-drenched ninth stage of the Giro d'Italia Sunday that saw Canada's defending champion Ryder Hesjedal lose time to overall leader Vincenzo Nibali. Katusha rider Maxim Belkov took the honors after leaving his companions from an early breakaway behind in the latter stages of the 170km ride from Sansepolcro to … [Read more...]
by Justin DAVIS NAPLES, Italy, May 03, 2013 (AFP) - Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins on Thursday singled out Vincenzo Nibali as his main rival for the Giro d'Italia crown but said the battle for the race's pink jersey could be wide open. Wiggins comes into the three-week race, which begins Saturday in Naples, as a huge favourite given his comprehensive and historic yellow … [Read more...]
by Justin DAVIS NAPLES, Italy, May 03, 2013 (AFP) - Penpix of favourites for the Giro d'Italia winner's pink jersey: Bradley Wiggins (GBR/SKY) As the reigning Tour de France champion, Wiggins has earned the right to be labelled the man to beat in the race for the Giro's pink jersey. Strong in the mountains, especially with teammates like Sergio Luis Henao and Kanstantsin … [Read more...]
STANDISH, United Kingdom, April 29, 2013 (AFP) - Bradley Wiggins on Monday said that home favourite Vincenzo Nibali will be his main threat at the Giro d'Italia but hoped that his improved climbing skills will aid his chances of becoming the first Briton to win the race. Wiggins claims the Giro, which begins in Naples on Saturday, is his main priority for 2013, after winning the Tour … [Read more...]
MILAN, April 19, 2013 - Italian Vincenzo Nibali underlined his form ahead of the three-week Giro d'Italia by winning the final stage and taking overall victory at the 37th edition of the Giro del Trentino on Friday. Overnight leader Maxime Bouet went into the fourth and final stage, held over 166.8 km between Arco and Sega di Ala, with a 3min 19sec lead on Belarusian Kanstantsin … [Read more...]
ROME, March 12, 2013 - Italy's Vincenzo Nibali successfully defended his Tirreno-Adriatico crown on Tuesday as the Astana racer held off the challenge of Britain's Chris Froome. Froome had begun the day 34sec behind his rival and Nibali was able to hold him off to take the overall win following a 9.2km time-trial around San Benedetto del Tronto on Italy's eastern Adriatic coast. … [Read more...]
ROME, March 11, 2013 - Slovakia's Peter Sagan won the sixth stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico over 209km around Porto Sant'Elpidio on Monday as Italy's Vincenzo Nibali took the overall lead. In wet conditions, Sagan of the Cannondale team sprinted away in the final 300 metres to beat Nibali, with Spain's Joaquim Rodriguez in third. Despite finishing second on the day, Nibali, of … [Read more...]