After Wednesday’s long ride up Sella Ciampigotto and an uphill climb to the finish, the riders in the 2013 Giro d’Italia face the short, flat, primarily downhill Stage 12 on Thursday. Riders start at Longarone and travel south through Pieve d’Alpago and Vidor before finishing in Treviso. The stage runs just 134 km (83 miles) and, save for a couple of short climbs, slowly makes its way downhill toward the Adriatic coast. Thursday’s leg is the first one-star stage since Stage 6, and serves as...Read Full Story

BARDONECCHIA, Italy — Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali strengthened his overall lead in the Giro d’Italia on Saturday after battling through treacherous conditions to finish second behind compatriot Mauro Santambrogio in the race’s first Alpine summit finish. With temperatures plummeting to zero amidst intermittent freezing rain, Santambrogio and Nibali accelerated away from a small group of favourites 1.5 kilometres from the mist-shrouded summit finish, crossing the line nine seconds ahead of...Read Full Story

Cadel Evans maintained his second place overall on a cold, rainy – and sometimes snowy – stage of the Giro d'Italia Saturday. Read more ›The post Giro d’Italia 2013: BMC’s Evans Reacts to Stage 14 appeared first on Bike World News.Read Full Story

AVILA BEACH, San Luis Obispo County (CBS / AP) — Germany’s Jens Voigt won the fifth stage of the Tour of California on Thursday, and American Tejay van Garderen surprisingly took the overall lead a day sooner than expected. The 41-year-old Voigt, riding for RadioShack Leopard, jumped to the front with about three miles left and completed the windy 115.4-mile Santa Barbara to Avila Beach road race in 4 hours, 41 minutes, 11 seconds. “There was a sticky little uphill with about five kilometers...Read Full Story

The riders in the 2013 Giro d’Italia head into the mountains of central Italy’s Abruzzo region for Friday’s Stage 7. The 177-kilometer (110-mile) stage features two gradual early climbs in the first half and four King of the Mountain peaks in the second half, as riders race from San Salvo Marina to Pescara. After six of the race’s 21 stages, Italian Luca Paolini of Team Katusha holds a 17-second lead over Rigoberto Uran Uran. A number of other top names, including former Tour de France...Read Full Story

The riders in the 2013 Giro d’Italia head into the mountains of central Italy’s Abruzzo region for Friday’s Stage 7. The 177-kilometer (110-mile) stage features two gradual early climbs in the first half and four King of the Mountain peaks in the second half, as riders race from San Salvo Marina to Pescara. After six of the race’s 21 stages, Italian Luca Paolini of Team Katusha holds a 17-second lead over Rigoberto Uran Uran. A number of other top names, including former Tour de France...Read Full Story

Mark Cavendish won his second consecutive stage when he won the Giro D'Italia Stage 13 this afternoon..The longest stage of the race at 25Read Full Story