By Miffy Galloway (@Miffyg) … Was the first thing I heard when I stumbled off the plane at Milan airport last Sunday. I tried to unscramble the words in my head, my first test to see how little Italian I remembered since being here in 2009 – ?Dairy eel ben vennouto a Italia?… Nothing. I?m…
By Rhys Gillett GP Mercatale. 160km. 303 riders. One of the biggest races on the Italian calendar. Also one of the most important, especially for squadra Fracor since it is in our home town. Not something you go into under-done. When I sat down with Francesco on Monday (the day before the race) and he…
By Sandra Bevin – Personal Trainer, I Can Personal Training How many of you out there think that to be a better and faster cyclist means you have to spend more time & kilometres in the saddle? Mmmm… a fair few I expect. I am here to tell you that that is simply not the…
By Lisa Jacobs Last weekend was the Mersey Valley Tour, the first race of the national road series. The VIS women (or @VIS_Chicks now, for all the cool kids) were running a skeleton operation due to a last-minute poaching job by Australian team coach Martin Barras. Warming up before the TT (this was the driest…
Following one of the most successful debuts in the [W:WorldTour] of cycling, [W:GreenEDGE] today announced a three-year co-naming sponsorship with leading global mining services company Orica Limited. As of this year?s [W:Giro d?Italia], the team will change its name to Orica-GreenEDGE. ?This is a rare and fantastic opportunity to secure the founding co-naming sponsorship with…
Intxausti, Lastras, Pardilla, Amador, Samoilau, Bruseghin, Ventoso, Visconti and Jos? Herrada will wear the Blue jersey during the 95th [W:Giro d’Italia] starting in Denmark on Saturday. After big success achieved in the competitions held in the last weekend -a stage victory (Jes?s Herrada) and the overall (Intxausti) in Asturias and an overall podium finish (Rui…
A total of 198 riders, from 22 different countries, are set to ride the 2012 Giro d?Italia, which begins on Saturday May 5, with a individual time trial in Herning, Denmark. Italian and international riders will battle for overall success and the winner?s final maglia rosa. 2011 winner Michele Scarponi leads the Lampre-ISD team with…
Rank Prev. Rider Nat. + Birthdate Team (Code) Points 1 1 BOONEN Tom BEL19801015 OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP (OPQ) 366 2 2 NIBALI Vincenzo ITA19841114 LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) 272 3 3 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel ESP19780205 EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI (EUS) 252 4 4 SAGAN Peter SVK19900126 LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) 229 5 14 WIGGINS Bradley GBR19800428 SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 224…
Basque climber profits from another teamwork exhibition from Movistar Team -overall winning squad- to notch up the GC in the Vuelta a Asturias, 12th success from the Blues in 2012, on the slopes of the Alto del Naranco. Be?at Intxausti left definitely all bad moments from the 2011 season behind as he returned to the…
Check out all the action from Day 3 of the 2012 Track World Championships!