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Phinney’s wounds healing in advance of team time trial jersey defence

by VeloNation Press - Tuesday, May 8, 2012
American rider rests, then loosens up prior to race restart

The BMC Racing Team is reporting that Taylor Phinney appears to be healing up after his dramatic high-speed crash on yesterday’s third stage of the Giro d’Italia. The young American hurt his ankle in a fall caused by a collision between Roberto F... → Read More


Ferrari to make apology to Cavendish, Phinney and other fallen riders

by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Italian sprinter accepts culpability after seeing TV images

With the dust settled, the wounds healing and the effects and repercussions of his wild sprint now clear, Italian sprinter Roberto Ferrari will seek to put yesterday’s crash behind him by making a formal apology to the riders he brought down on the G... → Read More


Giro d’Italia Rest Day Wrap: Who will be in the pink after the team time trial

by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, May 8, 2012
As the race arrives in Italy we look ahead to the overall contenders first big battle

The Giro has hit Italian soil after its three-day sabbatical in Denmark, and will re-start on Wednesday with a 33.2km team time trial in Shakespeare’s city of lovers, Verona. For most riders, this will be where the race really starts. Thankfully,... → Read More


Jakob Fuglsang eyeing possible return to Saxo Bank in 2013

by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Danish rider considering a reconciliation with Bjarne Riis after two years away

Jakob Fuglsang is considering a possible return to the Saxo Bank team in 2013, according to BT/sporten.dk. The 26-year-old Danish rider spent the first three years of his professional career with Bjarne Riis’ team, before departing at the end of 2010... → Read More


Granfondo Giro d’Italia to run two events in USA this year, part of future global series

by VeloNation Press - Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Los Angeles-Pasadena and Miami-Coral Gables venues in 2012

Giro d’Italia organiser RCS Sport has launched what it plans to be a series of events around the world to promote the race globally, with Gran Fondo events in the USA getting things underway. RCS Sport has confirmed that it will hold two Granfond... → Read More


4 Jours de Dunkerque: Jimmy Engoulvent confirms overall victory as Pelucchi takes closing stage

by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Rainy day on the Côte d’Opale sees another bunch sprint on the fifth of Four Days

Matteo Pelucchi (Europcar) sprinted to victory in the fifth and final stage of the Quatre Jours de Dunkerque in a close finish in the centre of Dunkerque. The 23-year-old Italian just managed to lunge his front wheel ahead of that of double stage wi... → Read More


Cookson unhappy with plans to charge spectators at Olympic road events

by VeloNation Press - Tuesday, May 8, 2012
‘Cycling is a sport which is traditionally free to watch’

British Cycling president Brian Cookson has expressed his dissatisfaction with a decision taken to charge spectators at some sections of the road race and time trial course at the London Olympics, pointing out that this conflicts with how things have... → Read More


Ask the Pro: The benefits and techniques of motor pacing

by Forme Coaching - Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Tips on boosting form behind an engine

Over the past two decades professional cycling as a sport has changed significantly. Gone are the days when riders were expected to race straight through the entire season. Now it is a profession where teams are more selective about the riders they s... → Read More


Sean Kelly Analysis: Giro d’Italia is wide open after Denmark stages

by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Irishman names his favourites, is surprised weather wasn’t a factor in breaking things up

Former world number one and Eurosport cycling expert Sean Kelly has said that the list of possible winners of the Giro d’Italia is much longer than many had expected after the opening stages, with the predicted echelons failing to materialize and bre... → Read More


Savio: Rujano’s in better shape than last year

by VeloNation Press - Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Androni Giocattoli – Venezuela team aiming for podium in Giro

Gianni Savio has said that he believes that Jose Rujano is stronger than he was during the 2011 Giro d’Italia, when he won a stage and finished seventh overall, then was upgraded to sixth, two stage wins and the mountains classification after Alberto... → Read More


Sean Kelly Analysis: Ferrari was wrong, needs to apologise for Giro crash

by Shane Stokes - Monday, May 7, 2012
“We have all made errors as sprinters, you have to be able to say sorry”

Former world number one Sean Kelly has said that he believes Italian sprinter Roberto Ferrari was fully responsible for the crash which afflicted the finale of the third stage of the Giro d’Italia today, and that the rider needs to man up and apologi... → Read More


Giro d’Italia: Medical examination rules out fractures for Phinney

by Shane Stokes - Monday, May 7, 2012
American rider gets three stitches following stage three crash

After limping onto the stage to receive another Maglia Rosa as race leader, then boarding a plane to fly to Italia, Taylor Phinney underwent x-rays at a hospital in Verona this evening in order to ascertain the full nature of the injuries he suffered... → Read More


Significant win for Orica GreenEdge as squad clocks up first Grand Tour success

by VeloNation Press - Monday, May 7, 2012
Goss delighted to land a win after several near misses

Stage three of the Giro d’Italia was another milestone for the Orica GreenEdge and was important on three counts. Firstly, it marked the first Grand Tour victory for the team. It was also its first win since Orica took over the title sponsorship ... → Read More


Nick Nuyens happy with comeback but pulls out of 4 Jours de Dunkerque

by Ben Atkins - Monday, May 7, 2012
Former Ronde van Vlaanderen winner wary of pushing himself too hard in tough fourth stage

Saxo Bank’s Nick Nuyens has reported himself happy with his comeback to racing at the Quatre Jours de Dunkerque, having spent the last two months on the sidelines after fracturing his pelvis in the Paris-Nice prologue. The 2011 Ronde van Vlaanderen ... → Read More


Roberto Ferrari defiant after causing Giro sprint crash

by Ben Atkins - Monday, May 7, 2012
“I don’t care what goes on behind me,” says wayward Italian sprinter

Roberto Ferrari (Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela) was defiant about his role in the finishing straight crash in the Giro d’Italia’s third stage, which brought down World champion Mark Cavendish (Team Sky) and maglia rosa Taylor Phinney. The Italian spri... → Read More


Zdenek Stybar escapes to maiden pro road victory in 4 Jours de Duinkerque

by Ben Atkins - Monday, May 7, 2012
Two-time cyclocross World champion jumps onto podium on aggressive penultimate day

Two-time cyclocross World champion Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) took his first ever professional road race victory as he escaped in the final kilometre of the fourth stage of the Quatre Jours de Dunkerque between Gravelines and Cassel. Th... → Read More


Giro d’Italia: Phinney remains in Maglia Rosa after sprint finish pileup

by Shane Stokes - Monday, May 7, 2012
BMC Racing Team rider able to continue despite finishing in ambulance

American talent Taylor Phinney had a bad scare on today’s third stage of the Giro d’Italia, coming down heavily inside the final 500 metres as a ripple effect of a crash involving Sky’s Mark Cavendish. The world champion hit the ground as a result of... → Read More


Matt Goss finally opens up his 2012 account with Giro d’Italia stage three

by Ben Atkins - Monday, May 7, 2012
Pile up in the finishing straight mars the stage dedicated to the memory of Wouter Weylandt; Phinney down again

After five second places in the previous two weeks, Matt Goss finally took a victory in the colours of Orica-GreenEdge in a peloton sprint at the end of the third stage of the Giro d’Italia in Horsens, Denmark. The Australian was the first to open up... → Read More


Giro d’Italia: Wouter Weylandt remembered with minute’s silence prior to stage 3

by Shane Stokes - Monday, May 7, 2012
Tributes paid one year on to Leopard Trek rider

One year on from a tragic crash on the descent of the Passo del Bocco, the peloton of the Giro d’Italia today remembered the Belgian Wouter Weylandt with a minute’s silence.Prior to the start of the 190 kilometre stage in Horsens, Weylandt’s former t... → Read More


Ryder Hesjedal Interview: On form and targeting Giro d’Italia GC

by Shane Stokes - Monday, May 7, 2012
Garmin Barracuda rider represents best North American hope in battle for Maglia Rosa

It’s now 24 years since Steve Bauer took fourth place overall in the 1988 Tour de France, a placing which remains the highest finish to date by a Canadian rider in a Grand Tour. Bauer’s performance was a notable one, particularly as the rider was... → Read More

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