Bike World News

Meeting at the Italian Embassy in Washington D.C. raises hopes, but there are three cities in the running.

Washington, DC cycling organizers are continuing to pursue plans for two stages of the 2012 Giro d’Italia being held in the city.

Even in the off-season, there’s always news. Jamis/Sutter Home fleshes out their 2010 roster, Team Type 1 goes Euro, Pat McQuaid takes a Caribbean vacation, Schleck aims at the Tour de France and more….

In today’s bicycle racing news, a Dutch face for the Giro, Footon-Servetto and Caisse d’Epargne transfers, AToC looks to be a Tour de France warmup, Ricco returns and more…

The UCI announced this morning that Danilo Di Luca of the LPR Brakes team has been provisionally suspended for the use of EPO during the Giro d’Italia.

A look at the bikes and technology in use at the 2009 Tour de France.

Recent additions include Columbia-HTC’s Scott Addict R2, the Ridley Noah used by Katusha and the Specialized Tarmac SL3 being used by some of the Saxo Bank riders.

Alberto Contador will be Astana’s TdF captain, Sebastian Haedo moves up in NRC rankings, Giro stars race in crits, Silence Lotto recons team time trial course for Tour and more.

Welcome to June! We almost considered taking a rest day of our own here, but had to bring you today’s cycling news.

Here’s today’s notes from the Giro d’Italia, race results from around the world and other news from Bike World News, your home for cycling news.

Russia’s Denis Menchov survived a fall on a rain-hit final stage to win the Giro d’Italia in dramatic fashion in Rome on Sunday.