2015 Giro d’Italia

Daily News Digest

In this morning’s edition of the CyclingTips Daily News Digest: Zakarin takes stage 11 of the Giro d’Italia, Contador stretches legs with late attack; Kristoff bests Ewan to take Tour of Norway opener; Tatiana Guderzo wins stage 1 at the Tour of Zhoushan Island; MPCC says Bardiani-CSF team is under scrutiny after squad breaks its […]

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Zakarin takes stage 11 of the Giro d’Italia, Contador stretches legs with late attack

Russian rider Ilnur Zakarin followed up on his win in the Tour de Romandie with another victorious showing on Wednesday’s 11th stage of the Giro d’Italia, soloing to success on the motor racing circuit in Imola. The Katusha rider was involved in the day’s big break and knuckled down with the other riders to open […]

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Daily News Digest

In today’s edition of the Daily News Digest: Porte loses time on stage 10 of the Giro as Boem takes an unlikely win; Porte reeling after two minute time penalty drops him down to twelfth overall; Contador: I’ve had my bad moment and now Richie has had his; Henderson: Nothing I can do about Fabio […]

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Porte reeling after two minute time penalty drops him down to twelfth overall

Team Sky has pledged to fight on after its general classification rider Richie Porte was handed a two minute penalty on Tuesday which could cost him his chance of winning the Giro d’Italia. The Australian punctured inside the final ten kilometres of the stage to Forli. Stranded without immediate support, he was given a wheel […]

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Porte loses time on stage 10 of the Giro as Boem takes an unlikely win

Nicola Boem (Bardiani-CSF) has taken an unlikely victory on stage 10 of the 2015 Giro d’Italia, winning the sprint from a four-rider breakaway on a day that seemed almost certain to finish in a bunch sprint. Boem was part of a five-rider group that got clear in the opening kilometres of the stage; a group […]

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The Secret Pro: Aru vs Henderson, the Giro and more

After a busy few months of racing The Secret Pro is back. In this latest instalment our anonymous insider writes about the latest chatter within the pro peloton, what’s been happening at the Giro d’Italia, reflects on the Fabio Aru vs Greg Henderson case and more. It’s that time of year again. The Grand Tours […]

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Giro d’Italia photo gallery: stages 7 to 9

After nine stages of the 2015 Giro d’Italia Alberto Contador continues to lead the race, despite battling an ongoing shoulder injury. The three big favourites — Contador, Aru and Porte — are all within 22 seconds of one another and it’s likely to be the stage 14 ITT that shakes things up. In the meantime, […]

Daily News Digest

In this morning’s edition of the CyclingTips Daily News Digest: Porte in “a fantastic position” after first week of the Giro; Alberto Contador - “Each day after my crash I’ve been getting better”; UCI releases English version of Astana Reasoned Decision; Inside Richie’s RV; Aru’s lawyer confirms legal action against Greg Henderson for Twitter comments; […]

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8 talking points from the first week of the Giro d’Italia

With nine stages of the 2015 Giro d’Italia now complete the 188 remaining riders in the race can enjoy a well-deserved rest day. It’s been an action-packed nine days so far and the racing has left us with much to discuss. Here then are eight talking points from the first nine stages of the 2015 […]

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Daily News Digest

In this morning’s edition of the CyclingTips Daily News Digest: Paolo Tiralongo wins stage 9 of the Giro, Contador retains maglia rosa; Peter Sagan wins the Amgen Tour of California; Giorgia Bronzini wins the Tour of Chongming Island World Cup; Alex Dowsett wins Bayern Rundfahrt; Brenton Jones claims Tour of Japan prologue victory; Evelyn Stevens […]

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