2015 Giro Rosa

Behind the lens with Balint Hamvas: “The biggest revelation for me is how awesome women’s road racing is.”

August 14, 2015

We have had the privilege of using Balint Hamvas’ beautiful photography to help us tell the stories of various women’s races this year. From the Ronde van Drenthe to the Giro Rosa to La Course, his photos tell a story our words never could. When an injury sidelined him from a mountain race in 2001, […]

Inside the grupetto

August 5, 2015

The Giro Rosa is but a distant memory at this point, which I have to admit is a wonderful thing. Yes, we cyclists are a masochistic breed, but I’m also starting to think that we have memories like goldfish. How else do you explain the suffering and torture we willfully and optimistically subject ourselves to […]

Anna van der Breggen’s unassuming rise to the top

July 29, 2015

With its most prolific rider sidelined with injuries, many of the stories surrounding Rabo Liv have been around the absence of Marianne Vos. So dominant last year, many wondered what would become of Rabo Liv this year and who would emerge as the team’s new leader. With a stacked roster, there is ample talent in […]

Daily News Digest

July 21, 2015

In today’s Daily News Digest: Plaza fends off Sagan to take stage 16; Lepistö wins stage 4 of Thüringen Rundfahrt; Geraint Thomas loses time in spectacular crash; “If God wants, I win.” Consistency continues but Sagan still hunting stage victory; “Mayuko Hagiwara has the potential to win the Giro Rosa”; BMC back van Garderen as […]

“Mayuko Hagiwara has the potential to win the Giro Rosa”: Rochelle Gilmore on the Japanese champion

July 20, 2015

We reached out to Rochelle Gilmore about an hour after Mayuko Hagiwara (Wiggle Honda) made history with her stage six win at the Giro Rosa. The team owner of Wiggle Honda, Gilmore had signed Hagiwara to the squad for year one and has played an integral part in the development of the Japanese champion. Following […]

Daily News Digest

July 20, 2015

In this morning’s edition of the CyclingTips Daily News Digest: Greipel takes another sprint victory; Lisa Brennaur leads Thüringen Rundfahrt; Mattia Gavazzi wins final stage of Tour of Qinghai Lake, Radoslav Rogina wins overall; Robert Power wins Giro Ciclistico della Valle d’Aosta; Froome faults media after urine thrown at him; Laurent Jalabert confronted by Matt […]

Daily News Digest

July 17, 2015

In this morning’s edition of the CyclingTips Daily News Digest: Rodriguez solos to victory; Mattia Gavazi wins at Qinghai Lake; Robert Power continues in yellow; Basso could return to peloton before end of the season; Vinokourov tells Nibali to leave Astana; Froome blasts French critics; Zak Dempster abandons Tour de France; Lance Armstrong starts Tour […]

Daily News Digest

July 16, 2015

In this morning’s edition of the CyclingTips Daily News Digest: Majka solos to victory on stage 11; Gavazzi wins stage 10 at Qinghai Lake; Robert Power still in yellow; Michael Matthews Q&A; Reda returns positive test for EPO; Richie Porte punched by spectator; Basso recovering after testicle removal surgery; Sagan – We have just one […]

Photo gallery: Highlights from the 2015 Giro Rosa

July 16, 2015

The 26th edition of the Giro Rosa was action-packed and drama-filled until the final kilometre. There was a bit of something for everyone with a prologue, time trial, flat stages, lumpy stages and two summit finishes. We saw nine different stage winners over ten days and four different riders don the beautiful maglia rosa. Every […]

Ella Picks: Women’s cycling content we loved this week

July 14, 2015

It’s a special Giro Rosa edition of Ella Picks with a heap-load of our favourite links to one of our favourite races of the year – but beyond the Giro Rosa, we’ve have some great finds for you, too. Our picks this week include fun news from Velocio, an inspiring column from The Nation about […]