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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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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The start is just 3 days away and the press coverage is starting to ramp up.�
* Pez Cycling News has a great overview of this year’s stages, including detail on some of the punishing climbs. CyclingNews.com has both stage profiles and stage maps.
* From the Giro’s official site, here are the course profiles for all of the stages. […]

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Here’s the latest from around the web:

France has stiffened their anti-doping laws. The news laws state a one year sentence for being in possession of doping products and stiffer penalties (5 to 7 years) for trafficking. When will one of their own be found guilty?
The UCI delivered the Cyclocross World Cup trophies to Sven Nys and Daphny […]

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