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With the arrival of Ivan Basso celebrated in the Arena of Verona - DAS is an arena! - Ended the 93rd Giro d'Italia. An amazing comeback, but the performance of the team of Liquigas Doimo more surprisingly, all nine riders to the finish! Perhaps competition for the big favorites in the Tour of France this [...]

(Time to update that list again.) If you look at the past 25 26 years, one can understand why France is probably more anti-globalization than in Italy: Year Giro d'Italia Tour De France 1983 Giuseppe Saronni (Italy) Laurent Fignon (France) 1984 Francesco Moser (Italy) Laurent Fignon (France) 1985 Bernard Hinault (France) Bernard Hinault [...]

Not only the sun is not unpleasant: in the 1940s, there also was a black jersey, for the cyclist who was last in the general classification. (Via Wikipedia) Related Articles [rest] Giro d'Italia [/ quiet] (0) How would even a fancy bike jersey? (0) Why not to Vesuvius? (1)

Today's leg was cut from the ugly indeed handball, but the finale could compensate the cycling fan I think. At the Passo di Gavia it started, Johann Tschopp could prevail in the sprint against Gilberto Simoni and secure the coveted Cima Coppi. In the descent through ice and snow, he could more time between [...]

For the third time, the organizers wanted to indulge in some fans and drivers and have an arrival placed on the Kronplatz. But the competition of the favorites won at the end of Stefano Garzelli, while Evans could now make up only half a minute to Basso, since one would have expected more. But the Giro is interesting to Favorites Basso, Evans, Sastre, [...]

What was going on for today? First take kloppen Cadel Evans and (as I have since learned), Daniele Righi, then go away and Vincenzo Nibali Wino, but to watch all the time only? Has that ever won a stage?

As I turn the first time today at the Giro in 2010 in and see what I see? A mud - in the truest sense of the word. What the Italians have chosen for there again? Was that intentional or was the asphalt was gambled in some way? Alexander Vinokourov came this assessment: "dura come una Roubaix - Hell [...]

This year, suffers from the start of the Tour of Italy clearly in the Ice Hockey World Championship and my cold. Last year had the two sporting events only two days overlapped, but this year there are more than two weeks! Cadel and Wino could have the Maglia Rosa slip on and I have not pursued a racing kilometers so far! Fortunately, are [...]

Nearly two weeks after the presentation of the route of the Tour de France yesterday, the route of the Giro was announced. The Italy tour rolls on in the Netherlands and that three stages starting in Amsterdam. Actually, just a pity that there are no more mountains. Should be selective in the time trial to Plan de Corones not really [...]

What a finale, Denis Menchov, it would probably make again exciting. 800m from the finish when he took a risk to go long anymore, it placed him on the pavement, but his time was up to then well enough to remain not only in the stage but also in the overall standings before Di Luca. [...]