cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
Stefano Garzelli is looking forward to the 2010 Giro d'Italia, ten years after he won the race. Next year may well be the last time he rides the Giro, and the 36-year-old Italian says he wants to go out with a bang. “I have just started my preparations for 2010, thinking only of the Giro d'Italia,” he told the Italian news agency ansa. “It will be tough, but ten years after my victory...
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
2009 Giro d'Italia winner Denis Menchov (Rabobank) was one of several riders on hand in Milan, Italy, on Saturday afternoon for the presentation of the 2010 Giro d'Italia. Next year's race looks certain to provide plenty of action and will include: three individual time trials, a team time trial, gravel roads and a number of legendary mountain passes. 2009 mountains classification winner Stefano Garzelli...
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
So after f'ing this up in the VDS thread (I blame Will because... well... just because) I decided to redo it using Chris' actual final spreadsheet this time, rather than the actual non-official spreadsheet that I pulled out of my ass. So, following the rules as I remember them (must have one 25 point rider, no more than two 20 point riders, 25 riders total with a total cost of no more than 150 points),...
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 26/09/2009
Italy 1 Alessandro Ballan 2 Ivan Basso 3 Marzio Bruseghin 4 Damiano Cunego 5 Stefano Garzelli 6 Luca Paolini 7 Filippo Pozzato 8 Michele Scarponi 9 Giovanni Visconti Spain 10 Carlos Barredo Llamazales 11 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 12 Oscar Freire Gomez 13 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa 14 Daniel Moreno ...
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009
I can't bring myself to do a mundane list of contenders; more talented people than I are typing away at such exercises everywhere, with Gavia's work at Steephill the first place to look. But I do loves me some team tactics projection, and I've never been shy about inserting facts based on what sounds good. Plus team tactics are always a bit of a curiosity at the Worlds, where trade team rivals are...
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 14/09/2009
Preliminary Squadra Azzurri for Mendrisio (road) consists of: Happy Puppy Ivan Basso Alessandro Ballan Pippo Pozzato Stefano Garzelli Michele Scarponi Giovanni Visconti Marzio Bruseghin Matteo Tosatto Luca Paolini Mauro Santambrogio Final nine will come from this eleven. Now, happy puppy looks really good in the Vuelta, won two GT stages since....err...2004 Giro. He can win this thing, at least I hope...
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 02/09/2009
Italy's Stefano Garzelli wants to race with the national team at the World Championships on September 27. The course for this year's road race is just outside his front door in Mendrisio, Switzerland. National director Franco Ballerini has led the team to wins in the last three editions. He is currently following a series of lead-up races to help make his decision on 2009's nine-man team. "I...
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
Today's winners: Vincenzo Nibali, the Shark of the Strait, used his descending skill to drop a few compatriots in the finale of the GP Citta di Camaiore and solo home to victory. And yes, I am taking full credit for kinda sorta calling this one yesterday. Look it up! Andre Greipel finally bagged that stage win at the Tour de Pologne, though his teammate Edvald Boasson Hagen couldn't make up ground...
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
We didn't have a live thread yesterday. But today is the all important ITT. Ok tomorrow's stage is also quite desicive in terms of the GC... Start and finish in Roa, 15K. It looks rather flat I may add. The stage starts about 16:30 local time, check here or here for live streaming later. T his is a Spanish live ticker. Official website here . Stage result: 1. Tom Danielson (Garmin) 17:09 2. Danny Pate...
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 31/05/2009
Good to the last drop, this race was. Final stage results: Ignatas Konovalovas, Cervelo Bradley Wiggins, Garmin, at 0.01 Edvald Boasson Hagen, Columbia, at 0.07 Yaroslav Popovych, Astana, at 0.11 Marzio Bruseghin, Lampre, at 0.16 And the Maglia Rosa podium: Denis Menchov, Rabobank Danilo Di Luca, Lpr, at 0.41 Franco Pellizotti, Liquigas, at 1.39 Other jerseys: Stefano Garzelli, KOM Danilo Di Luca,...
ABC (Free subscription) | 30/05/2009
Russia's Denis Menchov is well-placed to win the Giro d'Italia after defending his hold on the pink leader's jersey in the penultimate stage won by Belgium's Philippe Gilbert.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 30/05/2009
Anagni, Italy - Russia's Denis Menchov was well placed to win the Giro d'Italia after he stayed in the leader's pink jersey following the penultimate stage on Saturday. Belgium's Philippe Gilbert won the stage from Naples to Anagni ahead of France's ...
Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 30/05/2009
Philippe Gilbert won the penultimate stage of the Giro d'Italia, while Denis Menchov increased his overall lead.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 30/05/2009
Russia's Denis Menchov was well placed to win the Giro d'Italia after defending his hold on the pink leader's jersey in the penultimate stage won by Belgium's Philippe Gilbert. Rabobank's Menchov finished with Danilo di Luca and edged his advantage over the 2007 winner up to 20 seconds by coming second in the intermediate sprint. The centenary edition of the race will now be decided in Sunday's time-trial...
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 30/05/2009
Once more 'round Anagni, and then it's on to Rome... OK, another mellow stage = another chance to hijack the final live thread for the post-race discussion too. Nuthin doin for poor Killer, who ceded two seconds in a bonus sprint and saw his own ambitions for finish bonuses inevitably swamped by other glory-seekers, most notably Phil GiIbert. For those of you who have been following the race, the Giro...
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