Le Mevel skipping Giro to hunt Tour stages
As his Garmin squad leads the Giro d'Italia, Frenchman says the team will enter the Tour with a green light to attack for stage wins
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Giro Notebook, Stage 4: Garmin’s TTT prowess; Haedo hopeful
Garmin shows again that its team time trial prep is second-to-none; J.J. Haedo says he has a Giro stage win in his legs
Pro bike: Phinney’s bici rosa for Wednesday’s team time trial
Taylor Phinney's bike for today's team time trial sports some eye-catching pink highlights in honor of his overall leader status
Ferrrari vows to apologize for erratic Giro sprint
Italian sprinter accepts fault for late-stage pileup, will apologize publicly on Wednesday
X-rays reveal no broken bones for Phinney
Overall Giro leader escapes stage 3 crash without fractures
Ferrari downplays Giro crash, Savio apologizes
Embattled Italian sprinter to face peloton on charter flight from Denmark to Italy Monday night
Phinney to keep pink after ambulance ride to the finish
American stays in maglia rosa despite inability to ride to the finish
Goss wins Giro stage; Phinney, Cavendish crash in finale
Overall leader Phinney received medical attention, retains pink jersey
Phinney fights through tough stage, eyes pink showdown with Cavendish
Giro d'Italia leader endures nervous day in Denmark that saw him isolated near the finish
Cavendish wins crash-marred Giro stage 2 finale; Phinney defends
World champion takes long sprint in Herning after late crashes delay overall leader, some sprinters
Phinney comes of age with pink jersey, confirms hype
After a disappointing but enlightening rookie pro season in 2011, Phinney has come of age with his Giro win
Giro Notebook stage 1: No time bonuses in key mountain stages; Phinney joins history books
European Correspondent runs down the key stories from Saturday's opening stage and looks ahead to Sunday's wind-battered affair
Phinney wins prologue at Giro, dons pink
Twenty-one-year-old wins time trial, becomes just third American to wear Giro leader's jersey
Preview: Wide-open Giro launches without clear favorite
Without a patron, heavy final week should decide who wears the maglia rosa in Milan
Giro d’Italia Quiz!
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What’s inside the June 2012 issue of Velo Magazine
For Tom Boonen, spring was once again sweet.
Phinney heads list of four American Giro hopefuls
Small cadre of Americans takes aim at the maglia rosa on Saturday, led by prologue threat Taylor Phinney
Scarponi to receive Contador’s 2011 Giro pink jersey
Giro organizers will award Italian the 2011 maglia rosa on Thursday
BMC Racing aiming for Giro d’Italia time trials
BMC Racing is aiming for the Giro d'Italia's time trials next month with Taylor Phinney and its leader, Marco Pinotti
Vande Velde: Headed to the Giro, 2012 Tour is best chance yet
American will go back to the Giro to support Hesjedal, build for the Tour after a one-year break
GreenEDGE Giro d’Italia Line-up
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Garmin hangs hopes on Hesjedal, Martin, Le Mevel at Flèche and Liège
After strong performance at Amstel Gold, Garmin feeling well-suited for higher finish at two remaining Ardennes races
Giro d’Italia Hall of Fame inducts Eddy Merckx as its first member
Merckx was presented the Giro d’Italia Hall of Fame trophy for 1974, the year of his final Giro d’Italia victory
The yellow Sky
Porte on Sky: 'I'm back where I need to be'
Basso confirms Giro bid
Ivan Basso will take aim for a third maglia rosa
2011 Giro dell’Emilia results
Giro dell'Emilia
- 1. Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col), Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo, 5:05:05
- 2. Bauke Mollema (Ned), Rabobank Cycling Team, at 0:24
- 3. Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col), Team Sky, at 0:24
- 4. Davide Rebellin (Ita), Miche-Silver Cross-Selle Italia, at 0:24
- 5. Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol), Lampre-ISD, at 0:24
Levi Leipheimer on a new team and new bikes: “Change is good”
After spending the best five years of his career riding for teams run by Johan Bruyneel, American Levi Leipheimer is leaving the Belgian’s leadership to ride for the Omega Pharma-Quick Step team, run by another Belgian, Patrick Lefevere.
2011 Giro di Padania results, stage 1
- 1. Sacha MODOLO, (ITA) Colnago-Csf, 4:19:55
- 2. Elia VIVIANI, (ITA) Liquigas-Cannondale, at 0
- 3. Manuel BELLETTI, (ITA) Colnago-Csf, at 0
- 4. Alessandro BERTOLINI, (ITA) Androni Giocattoli, at 0
- 5. Oscar GATTO, (ITA) Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli, at 0
2011 Vuelta a España preview: Antón a top favorite among those who want to see red in Madrid
BENIDORM, Spain (VN) — The season's third grand tour clicks into gear Saturday with a team time trial in this seaside summer resort that's already packed to the gills with tourists seeking sand, sun and sex. How many of those are here for the Vuelta a España is not exactly clear, but the Spanish tour will start with no shortage of contenders for overall victory when the race roars into Madrid on September 11 for the final sprint.
2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge teams
2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge teams
What’s inside the September issue of Velo Magazine
What’s inside the September issue of Velo Magazine
Evans, Hincapie extend with BMC
Cadel Evans will return to BMC Racing alongside George Hincapie in 2012, the team announced Monday. Fresh off his Tour de France title, Evans extended his contract with the American squad through 2014, while Hincapie signed a one-year extension.
Zomegnan out as Giro d’Italia director
GAP, France (VN) - Angelo Zomegnan is out as director of the Giro d'Italia.
Inbox: Servizio Corse Opera Rosa
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2011 Giro della Toscana results
Giro della Toscana
- 1. Daniel Martin (Irl), Garmin-Cervélo, 4:54:00
- 2. Mauro Santambrogio (Ita), BMC Racing Team, s.t.
- 3. Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col), D'angelo & Antenucci-Nippo, s.t.
- 4. Emanuele Sella (Ita), Androni Giocattoli, s.t.
- 5. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita), Androni Giocattoli, s.t.
Ask Nick: Pre-race weigh-ins, TT follow cars and a Dirty Kanza update
Pre-race weigh-ins, TT follow cars and a Dirty Kanza update
Alberto Contador remains uncommitted about riding Tour de France
Despite having a clear road to the Tour de France, Alberto Contador remains uncommitted regarding his participation in the 2011 edition.
Four teams earn wildcard invites to 2011 Vuelta a Espana
Vuelta a Espana officials confirmed that four wildcard teams will start the 2011 edition of the Spanish tour, set to start Aug. 20 in Benidorm with a team time trial.
Contador cautious on 2011 Tour de France, CAS as he receives hero’s welcome in Spain
Alberto Contador received a hero's welcome Monday in Spain following his Giro d'Italia victory, but remained cautioned on a possible start in next month's Tour de France.
Finestre serves up the spectacle as 2011 Giro d’Italia nears the finish line
In a Giro in which the mountains played such a central role, it was fitting that everyone who had anything left in the tank threw it all on the line.
Paolo Tiralongo wins stage 19 of 2011 Giro d’Italia
Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) won stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia on Friday, crossing just ahead of race leader Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Sungard), who rocketed out of a dwindling chase in the final kilometer to shadow the Italian across the line.
After the rest day, Giro resumes with uphill time trial
BELLUNO, Italy (VN) – Tuesday’s climbing time trial up to the base of the Nevegal ski area present Alberto Contador with another chance to tighten his grip on the maglia rosa.
Nieve hangs on as Contador powers on
BELLUNO, Italy (VN) – The last kilometer of Sunday’s monster, five-climb, seven-hour 229km trek across the Dolomites may well have been the longest Mikel Nieve has ever ridden.
Igor Anton wins atop Zoncolan, Alberto Contador easily keeps Giro d’Italia lead
MONTE ZONCOLAN, Italy (VN) — Igor Anton (Euskaltel-Euskadi) scored an impressive solo victory atop the brutally steep Monte Zoncolan in the 14th stage of the Giro d’Italia, his first grand tour win since crashing out of the 2010 Vuelta a España while wearing the leader’s jersey.
José Rujano wins Grossglockner stage as Alberto Contador extends his lead
José Rujano (Androni Giocattoli) won the 13th stage of the Giro d’Italia Friday, finishing just ahead of overall race leader Alberto Contador atop a tough, rain-soaked climb to the finish on Austria’s highest mountain, the Grossglockner.
Giro notes: Sprinters’ exodus, Cipo’s (unintended?) consequences
RAVENNA, Italy (VN) – The Giro d’Italia peloton will be smaller at the start line Friday as sprinters are expected to leave the corsa rosa in droves.
Mark Cavendish wins his second stage at the Giro d’Italia, Alberto Contador continues to lead as mountains loom
RAVENNA, Italy (VN) - Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) grabbed his second stage win at the Giro d’Italia on Thursday, winning a drag race to the line against Sky’s Davide Appollonio and Lampre’s sprint star Allesandro Petacchi.
Even at 34, Henderson keeps on progressing
Winning on American soil is nothing new for Greg Henderson, Team Sky’s Amgen Tour of California stage 2 winner in Modesto.
Inside Cycling with John Wilcockson: Alberto Contador is a long way from winning this Giro
When Alberto Contador lit his climbing after-burners on Mount Etna Sunday afternoon and streaked through the translucent Sicilian air toward his first-ever Giro d’Italia stage win (and a new grand-tour leader’s jersey), observers said the race was over. But Contador’s victory, only three seconds ahead of the enigmatic Venezuelan climber José Rujano and almost a minute ahead of his declared rivals, can be seen as a first salvo in a Giro that features six more mountaintop finishes and a couple of time trials before the checkered flag drops in Milan on May 29.
Mark Cavendish outkicks AleJet to win Giro d’Italia’s 10th stage
HTC-Highroad's Mark Cavendish won his sixth career Giro stage on Tuesday, rising to the occasion despite allegations that he was towed up part of Sunday's final climb. The Manxster outkicked nemesis Alessandro Petacchi in the final meters of one of the last sprinter stages of this Tour of Italy.
Gran Fondo Bucket List
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Ochowicz: On Hampsten’s big day at the Giro, the start looked promising
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (VN) - On Sunday Jim Ochowicz stood outside the BMC Racing bus in Stateline, Nevada, while a group of team directors and riders negotiated with race organizers over alterations made to the first stage of the Amgen Tour of California. Twenty-four years ago, Ochowicz stood atop the Passo Gavia in northern Italy, waiting to hand eventual race winner Andy Hampsten a new set of clothes as snow piled up during the queen stage of the Giro d’Italia.
Contador hints Saxo might let pink jersey ride away
NAPOLI, Italy (VN) — Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Sungard) on Monday expressed satisfaction about grabbing the pink jersey in Sunday's windy ride up Mount Etna, but suggested that the team might let it slip away if a breakaway of non-threatening riders makes a play for pink.
Alberto Contador wins atop Mt. Etna, seizes lead at Giro d’Italia
Alberto Contador entered the 2011 Giro d’Italia as the odds-on favorite to take his second overall victory in the race and on Sunday, he showed why, winning the ninth stage and taking the overall lead in impressive style.
Oscar Gatto, Alberto Contador go 1-2 in stage 8 of the 2011 Giro d’Italia
Oscar Gatto and Alberto Contador go 1-2 in stage 8 of the Giro d'Italia.
Giro notes: Short stages and Etna’s ashes
AVELLINO, Italy (VN) – Friday’s short but explosive 110km stage ended in less than three hours, a far cry from the long, 240km monster the Giro faced earlier this week.
Giro Pro Bike: Race leader Pieter Weening’s Giant TCR Advanced SL0
A look at Giro leader Pieter Weening's Team Rabobank Giant
Late attack proves fruitful for Bart De Clercq at Giro d’Italia, Pieter Weening keeps lead
Bart De Clercq (Omega Pharma-Lotto) took advantage of a well-timed attack on the final climb of the seventh stage of the Giro d’Italia and held on to take the win, but only just barely.
Andrew Hood’s Giro notebook: An electric win for Campy, Movistar breakthrough
FIUGGI, Italy (VN) – Fran Ventoso had marked the Fiuggi stage on the road book because he knew it was tailormade for his characteristics. The long drag up to the hilltop town was just want he needed to win.
Garmin rides on without Tyler Farrar; David Millar cedes pink jersey
ORVIETO, Italy (VN) – Garmin-Cervélo earned a trip to the post-stage podium presentation as the Giro d’Italia’s “super team,” but it was without top sprinter Tyler Farrar and the maglia rosa.
Rabobank’s Pieter Weening takes over Giro d’Italia lead with solo stage win
Rabobank’s Pieter Weening scored an impressive solo win on the fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia, as the peloton returned to racing, following the tragic death of Wouter Wylandt on Monday.
Giro honors Weylandt with neutral stage, peloton vows to race Wednesday
LIVORNO, Italy (VN) – The peloton paid its due respects to Wouter Weylandt in an emotional tribute to the fallen Belgian rider, but promises to get back to the business of racing bikes in Wednesday’s fifth stage at the Giro d’Italia.
Vicioso outsprints late breakaway at the Giro, as Garmin’s Millar takes the lead
Angel Vicioso (Androni Giocattoli) won out of a late-forming breakaway Monday after a spectacular twisting finale on the Italian Riveria at the Giro d'Italia.
Alessandro Petacchi wins stage 2 of the 2011 Giro d’Italia; Mark Cavendish takes overall lead
Alessandro Petacchi outlasts a late charge from Mark Cavendish to win stage two of the 2011 Giro d’Italia.
HTC-Highroad takes TTT to open 2011 Giro d’Italia; Marco Pinotti dons maglia rosa
HTC-Highroad wins the kickoff to the 2011 Giro d’Italia, putting Marco Pinotti into the first maglia rosa.
Contador focuses on Giro; directs pressure on Nibali
VENARIA REALE, Italy (VN) – Alberto Contador says he’s not letting his ongoing clenbuterol case distract his attention coming into the Giro d’Italia and defended his right to be lining up for Saturday’s start of the season’s first grand tour.
Nine North Americans looking to make Giro impact; Garzelli starts with No. 1 bib
VENARIA REALE, Italy (VN) - Nine North Americans start the 94th Giro d'Italia on Saturday, all bringing a wide range of experience, expectations and responsibilities to the season's first grand tour.
Liquigas, HTC, Garmin favorites for 2011 Giro d’Italia team time trial win TTT win
VENARIA REALE, Italy (VN) — Saturday's 19.3km team time trial will be about team honor and setting the tone for the ensuing battle in the season's first grand tour, as the 2011 Giro d'Italia clicks into gear.
Alberto Contador: ‘This Giro is harder than in 2008’
Alberto Contador travels to Italy on Wednesday to take on the Giro d'Italia, where he will line up Saturday as one of the five-star favorites for victory.
Arroyo leads strong Movistar team at Giro
Last year’s Giro d’Italia runner-up David Arroyo will lead his Movistar team for the season’s first grand tour starting Saturday in Torino.