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Cavendish and Nibali ride side by side view thumbnail gallery Astana rider ready to attack The Giro d’Italia heads into the high mountains of the French Alps with finishes at Bardonecchia on Saturday and then at the Galibier on Sunday, yet even the climbs and the risk of snow do not seem to perturb race [...]
Robert Gesink (Blanco) in action during stage 9 of the Giro d’Italia view thumbnail gallery Dutchman lies in 4th place ahead of Alps As the Giro d’Italia heads towards the Alps, Robert Gesink (Blanco) remains in contention for a podium finish in Brescia as he lies in 4th place overall, 2:12 off the maglia rosa [...]
Ryder Hesjedal lost a minute to his main rivals view thumbnail gallery 2012 winner: “It’s devastating to leave this way” The Garmin-Sharp team has announced that Ryder Hesjedal will not start stage 13 of the Giro d’Italia after his physical condition worsened during the rain-soaked twelfth stage. The 2012 Giro d’Italia winner will now head [...]
Cadel Evans battles with Vincenzo Nibali view thumbnail gallery Australian within touching distance of maglia rosa Over half way through the Giro d’Italia and BMC’s Cadel Evans is riding high in second place on GC, 41 seconds in arrears to Italian favourite Vincenzo Nibali (Astana). It’s a position that not many would have predicted for [...]
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) lost over 20 minutes view thumbnail gallery Canadian continues at Giro d’Italia day by day After 10 days of batting away questions about his chances of final overall victory at the Giro d’Italia, Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) now finds himself discussing his possibilities of simply continuing the race all the way to the [...]
Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) remains in the maglia rosa for another day view thumbnail gallery Italian stays ‘tranquillo’ after the stage to Vajont Vincenzo Nibali’s favourite word during his daily post-stage press conference at the Giro d’Italia is ‘tranquillo’. Stage 11 was ‘tranquillo’, he is ‘tranquillo’ about the strength of his teams and ‘tranquillo’ about possible [...]
Cameron Wurf (Cannondale) view thumbnail gallery Cannondale Australian looking for more opportunities Cannondale may have lost their leader, Ivan Basso, before the Giro d’Italia even began but the team has fought back over the opening stages of the grand tour. “We wanted to make a pretty good statement from the start that we were here [...]
Nibali picked out a standard Astana kit for his rest day roll view thumbnail gallery Training, eating and massage for race leader Nibali The first rest day at the Giro d’Italia is generally a fairly relaxed affair for the riders but for someone like Vincenzo Nibali,To read the whole story, visit here: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cyclingnews/news/~3/fbwuaKAxwMY/story01.htm
A thoughtful Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) view thumbnail gallery Tenth stage dedicated to the fans Wiggo out takes: doping, Millar, me and JV, Tour de France leadership and the Giro-Tour double Bradley Wiggins spoke to the media during the first rest day on Monday. Most of the questions were about the Giro d’Italia. These are [...]
John Degenkolb (Argos – Shimano) view thumbnail gallery Fatigue takes its toll on stage 5 winner Giro d’Italia stage 5 winner John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano) abandoned the Italian Grand Tour on Monday, the race’s first rest day. “Before the Giro I said that I always want to finish a race, especially the Giro d’Italia, but not [...]
