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Giro d’Italia: Carlos Sastre not worried by lost seconds in opening team time trial by Ben Atkins - Saturday, May 7, 2011 Former Tour de France winner knows there’s a long way to go in the raceThe Geox-TMC team finished an uninspiring eighteenth in the Giro d’Italia’s opening team time trial, losing 53 seconds to stage winners HTC-Highroad. More importantly though, team leaders Carlos Sastre and Denis Menchov lost a whole bunch of seconds... → Read More
Quick Step's Zdenek Stybar podiums in first road race by Xylon van Eyck - Saturday, May 7, 2011 Cyclocross world champion makes a quick transition to the roadZdenek Stybar surprised himself in his first road race for the Belgian Quick Step team by finishing 3rd in stage 4 of 4 Jours de Dunkerque, 1 minute 43 seconds behind stage winner Thomas Voeckler (Europcar). His efforts also moved him up to 3rd in th... → Read More
Giro d’Italia: Rabobank happy with team time trial performance, if not position by Ben Atkins - Saturday, May 7, 2011 “Five teams on a handkerchief” sees Dutch team slip to seventh in race openerHaving won the opening team time trial of March’s Tirreno-Adriatico, albeit with an almost entirely different line up, Rabobank might have expected to finish better than seventh in today’s first Giro d’Italia stage. Behind the stage’s top two of HTC... → Read More
Movistar's Enrique Sanz takes afternoon stage in sprint; Castroviejo stays in overall leadby Bjorn Haake - Saturday, May 7, 2011 
Phil Southerland Interview: Winning Tour of Turkey and planning ahead by Ed Hood - Saturday, May 7, 2011 Team Type 1 moves up a gear with high profile winFrom low to high: fortunes turned for Team Type 1 on May 1st when, weeks after it suffered its toughest moment when hundreds of thousands of euros-worth of bikes and equipment were stolen, it grabbed the biggest win of its career. The American Pro Co... → Read More
Giro d’Italia: Team time trial winners and losers by Ben Atkins - Saturday, May 7, 2011 Who was hot and who was not in today’s opening stage?With all 23 teams finishing within 1’13” of each other in today’s opening team time trial, it’s tough to make definite observations on good or bad performances. Nobody split into pieces in the final kilometre, losing the race lead, as Astana di... → Read More
Frenchman goes it alone in typical fashion to grab lead from triple winner Kittelby Bjorn Haake - Saturday, May 7, 2011
Giro d’Italia: Marco Pinotti snags pink as HTC-Highroad takes team time trial by Ben Atkins - Saturday, May 7, 2011 American teams top the standings as Alberto Contador’s rivals draw first bloodMarco Pinotti (HTC-Highroad) pulled on the first maglia rosa of this year’s Giro d’Italia, thanks to his team’s blistering performance in the opening team time trial between Venaria Reale and Torino (Turin). The American team completed the 19.3km cou... → Read More
Philip Deignan expects to perform at the Corsa Rosa by Xylon van Eyck - Saturday, May 7, 2011 Irishman feels good prior to Giro d'Italia startTeam RadioShack's Philip Deignan says he’s a different rider than he was last year, but will be cautious at the Giro d’Italia as he isn’t sure of how his body will react to the tough terrain. The Irishman moved to the American team this season after ... → Read More
Giro d' Italia: Kevin Seeldraeyers looks for top 10 finish by Xylon van Eyck - Saturday, May 7, 2011 Young Belgian looks to bounce back in ItalyKevin Seeldraeyers is hoping to put an average 2010 behind him when he lines up on the start line of the Giro d’Italia today. The Quick Step cyclist was the best young rider in the 2009 edition of the race and finished 14th overall, announcing himsel... → Read More
Giro d’Italia: Race organisation issues final start list by Ben Atkins - Saturday, May 7, 2011 Changes made to original line up after rider withdrawalsSince the publishing of the Giro d’Italia’s start list more than two weeks ago there have been a number of changes made to some teams. Some were enforced by injuries, like the broken collarbones of Daniele Bennati (Leopard Trek) and Andrey Amador (Mo... → Read More
Porte ready for second Giro d’Italia by Shane Stokes - Saturday, May 7, 2011 Australian rider’s form on the upOne year ago, Richie Porte confirmed his arrival as one of the top young talents in the sport. Starting his first Grand Tour after winning the time trial in the Tour de Romandie, he was part of a massive break on stage elevent and grabbed the Maglia ... → Read More
Giro d’Italia team time trial: The fight for the first pink by Ben Atkins - Saturday, May 7, 2011 Who will win the prestigious opening stage and take the maglia rosa?The Giro d’Italia gets under way this afternoon with a 19.3km time trial between Veneria Reale, on the outskirts of Turin, and the Piazza Vittoria Veneto in the city’s historic centre. The city was chosen to open this year’s race because it was the f... → Read More
Pinotti satisfied with form, does Maglia Rosa await? by Shane Stokes - Saturday, May 7, 2011 HTC Highroad team motivated to chase Giro TTT winTwo years ago, his team-mate Mark Cavendish got the nod from team-management and was the first rider from his squad to cross the line in the Giro d'Italia's opening team time trial in Lido. That earned the Briton the leader’s pink jersey in the race.... → Read More
UCI clarifies No Needle Policy for diabetics by Xylon van Eyck - Saturday, May 7, 2011 Team Type 1 riders with diabetes can use TUEFollowing the introduction of their No Needle Policy in where professional cycling teams are prohibited from injecting their riders unless it’s of medical necessity, the UCI has announced the new regulation will not apply to self-administered insulin... → Read More
Tour of California: RadioShack has one goal in mind - overall victory by Bjorn Haake - Saturday, May 7, 2011 Team headed by three-time winner Levi LeipheimerLevi Leipheimer of the RadioShack team has won the Amgen Tour of California three times in his career (2007-2009) and wants to add a fourth title to his palmarès. The American squad is sending a strong line-up in which Chris Horner has a leader's rol... → Read More
Cavendish says he shouldn’t be compared to 2009 form by Shane Stokes - Friday, May 6, 2011 Ready for Giro, says anything less than a stage win would be failureWhen HTC Highroad’s Mark Cavendish last began the Giro d’Italia, the race started then – as now – with a team time trial. The American squad scorched the test and put their team leader in the maglia rosa, continuing what was a very strong season for ... → Read More
Riis accepts there is a risk to attempting Giro-Tour double by Shane Stokes - Friday, May 6, 2011 Deflects pressure onto Contador’s rivals: they ‘need’ to winDuring the period when Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France, the Texan had a race programme that was known for being carefully structured about arriving at the Tour in the best shape possible. Balancing fitness and freshness meant that he avoided r... → Read More
Iljo Keisse case: Brussels court upholds CAS verdict and rider must sit out rest of ban by Ben Atkins - Friday, May 6, 2011 Belgian track star sees home ban extended due to partial comebackIljo Keisse (Quick Step) must step back to the sidelines once more as the Brussels Court of Appeal has upheld the Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS) to suspend him. In what looks to be the final act in a saga that has been dragging on for years, t... → Read More
Neo-pro German sprinter maintains perfect raceby Ben Atkins - Friday, May 6, 2011
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