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• May. 17, 2008
  Giro d'Italia Stage 8: Live Coverage
  04:33 AM: Good day andwelcome to VeloNews.com's Live Coverage of Stage 8 of the 91st Giro d'Italia, a 206-kilometer ride from Rivisondoli to ...
• May. 16, 2008
  Lezyne's forged alloy tire levers could last a lifetime
  Price: $15/pair Weight: 15 grams each Web site: www.lezyne.com Your last levers? Lezyne’s forged, polished aluminum tire levers will likely out last any other composite or plastic tire lever on the ...
• May. 16, 2008
  Health Net's Rory Sutherland wins Mt. Hood's time trial stage, takes the overall lead
  After two brushes with the top of the podium, Health Net-Maxxis rider Rory Sutherland got the stage win he was looking for Friday in the critical time trial stage of the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic in Oregon. Sutherland won by about 25 seconds over Bissell's Ben Jacques-Maynes ...
• May. 16, 2008
  Giro jury rules against Leipheimer
  Time differences taken at the finish line in Thursday’s sixth stage at the Giro d’Italia stand for now. Members of the race jury ruled Friday after analyzing photos that a crash involving a police motorcycle just under 1km to go “did not cause a time gap” in the ...
• May. 16, 2008
  Mactier wins Tour de l'Aude kickoff
  Australian Katie Mactier won the prologue of the 24th Tour de l'Aude on Friday in the streets of Gruissan. The flat course clearly suited the Australian, despite a swirling wind at the seaside resort. Ellen Van Dijk was second in the 3.9km time trial with American Alison ...
• May. 16, 2008
  Siedler takes Picardie opener
  German veteran Sebastian Siedler (Skil-Shimano) survived a finish-line crash to snag the maillot jaune after sprinting to victory in the opening stage of the Tour de Picardie on Friday in France. The 30-year-old Siedler stabbed his bike across the line ahead of Belgian ...
• May. 16, 2008
  Milram sacks Petacchi
  Milram has sacked its fabled sprinter, Alessandro Petacchi, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ordered that he serve a year’s suspension for taking more than the authorized dose of salbutamol. “Every breach of our team policy is going to be penalized,” said ...
• May. 16, 2008
  Giro d'Italia 2008 Stage 7: Live Coverage
  10:43 PM: Good morning . . .. . . and welcome to VeloNews.com's Live Coverage of stage 7 of the 2008 Giro d'Italia, a mountainous 180km leg from Vasto to ...
• May. 16, 2008
  Saunier Duval's Riccardo Ricco scores another stage win at the Giro d'Italia
  Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) ripped to another dramatic victory in Saturday’s 208km eighth stage to prove he’s top dog in the first week of racing in the 91st Giro d’Italia. Riccò, 24, snagged his second stage in a week by out-kicking world champion Paolo ...
• May. 16, 2008
  Bosisio takes 1st summit finish
  It was a battle on three fronts in the first mountain stage of the 91st Giro d’Italia, and a preview of the suffering to come. Up front, Gabriele Bosisio (Team LPR) was the last man standing from a huge mob that peeled away early in the four-climb, 180km romp from Vasto to ...
• May. 16, 2008
  Team Type 1 Chadwick victorious at Tour of Arkansas stage
  Team Type 1’s Glen Chadwick soloed to victory on the opening stage of the inaugural Tour of Arkansas Thursday while his teammate, Moises Aldape, finished third. Chadwick won the “Epic Road Race,” a 110-mile (177 km) race that featured 10,592 feet of climbing. In doing ...
• May. 16, 2008
  Q&A with Astana's Sean Yates
  Astana is looking to make the most of the unexpected trip to the Giro d’Italia. With its marquee lineup that includes Levi Leipheimer, Alberto Contador and Andreas Kloden, the team would normally be expected to dominate the race. But Astana’s invite didn’t come until a ...