Today’s stage from Potenza to Peschici starts and ends with climbing, with a fairly long, flat section in the middle. The race organizers listened to the riders and shortened today’s stage by removing the Circuito del Gargano. This will allow the riders to get back to their hotels earlier for meals and massages. The organizers also moved the start of […]

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Yesterday, we saw a solo breakaway by Rik Verbrugghe of the Cofidis team, but he was not able to hold on all the way to the end. Today, five riders (Luis Laverde (CSF), Johannes Froehlnger (Gerolsteiner), David Millar (Slipstream Chipotle), Pavel Brutt (Tinkoff) and Francisco Perez Sanchez (Caisse d’Epargne)) were able to get away and stay away.
The group of […]

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It’s National Bike To Work Week, so my mind is thinking commuter bikes. Either of these bikes could be purchased for the same as about 3 tanks of gas in your Hummer.
The first bike we have is a Motobecane Single Speed 29′er. This particular seller sells a TON of Motobecane branded bikes and they seem to […]

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Today’s stage rolled out at 12:35 local time with the news that CSC team members Bradley McGee and Stuart O’Grady would not be starting the race today. There was also talk of a strike as the riders were quite frustrated with both yesterday’s course conditions as well as the late transfer from Sicily to the […]

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In a day that seemed to be plagued with crashes, Daniele Bennati of Liquigas managed to stay out of trouble and come out on top in the mass sprint of today’s 221 km stage from Catania to Milazzo.
There was a huge crash with about 70 kilometers to go, and another at 20 kilometers that knocked out […]

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There. I’ve said it.
The title of this entry was going to be “I’m SORRY that….,” but then I realized - why should I apologize for someone else’s weakness? I’ve had this bike on the road for about 2 weeks and I’ve already heard the snickers and the silent shock.
Are people really that hyper-masculine that they […]

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The Americans had their moment in the sun yesterday, but the Italians are back in control at the Giro.
The day started with the news that Igor Astarloa (Milram) dropped out of the race with intestinal issues.
The first escape of the stage race went to Dioniso Galparoso (Euskatel-Euskadi). He built up a lead of 1 minute […]

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The Slipstream-Chipotle team vaulted onto the world stage today by winning the first stage of their first ever Grand Tour event.
Christian Vandevelde and four of his teammates completed the 23.6 km time trial course in the shortest time to put Vandevelde in the pink leader’s jersey. Team CSC took second at 6 seconds behind while […]

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The race starts in less than a day. Here’s a preview of the Team Time Trial and other news:

VeloNews is predicting that the Giro may be the best race of the year. Defending champ Danilo di Luca (LPR Brakes) will be there, along with Contador (Astana, 2007 TdF winner), Denis Menchov (Rabobank, 2007 Vuelta winner), Paolo […]

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As you probably know by know CSC not be continuing sponsorship of the cycling team after the 2008 season. Their fickleness works to your benefit as all of the team gear is being sold off at bargain basement prices at Competitive Cyclist.
Here are a few examples of the deals:

2007 Jersey/Shorts combo - Was $195, now $49.99
2007 […]

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