Giro Stage 15 Route: UPDATE!
Risk of avalanches at higher altitudes significantly alters stage and eliminates summit finish atop the Col du Galibier.
Giro d'Italia: On the Scene at Stages 10 and 11
The two stages following the Giro's first rest day featured the race's first mountaintop finish, followed by a medium mountains day.
Tour of California Stage 7 LIVE
Livermore - Mount Diablo 147.1 km Another evil climb to decide the GC. Honorary Levi of the Day: Leopold König If Tejay takes it easy König could finally get a good win. Official site , S...
Giro Stage 15 Route: UPDATE!
Risk of avalanches at higher altitudes significantly alters stage and eliminates summit finish atop the Col du Galibier.
Giro d'Italia: On the Scene at Stages 10 and 11
The two stages following the Giro's first rest day featured the race's first mountaintop finish, followed by a medium mountains day.
Giro Stage 14: Scalatori in the Mist... Santa Wins
Vini Fantini's Mauro Santambrogio vastly improved his case for grand tour leadership today with the victory atop the Bardonecchia in the Italian Alps in a shortened Stage 14 of the Giro d'Italia....
Giro: Mont Cenis - From Elephants to Emperors
This Sunday, stage 15 was scheduled to be* the first of three gigantic alpine Giro stages (with stages 19 & 20). Many of the featured climbs in the Giro owe much of their celebrity to cycling...
Notes from Giro Desk... Big DNSs/Teams Power Poll
Ugh, I'm having one of those weeks. You know the kind: when work becomes paralyzing (and worse, deprives you of wifi) while one of your co-workers goes to Italy to ride his bike and shout at racers...
Maglia Rosa Competition: And the Winner Is...
Ant1. As you no doubt recall, this competition started Wednesday and asked you the following questions: Who is the Eagle of the Canavese? Who was the Lion of Mugello? Who is the Spider of...
2013 Giro d'Italia - Mountains Preview
Ciao! This weekend the 96th Giro d'Italia begins. And if you like mountains, you'll love the course. Seven mountain top finishes, including an uphill Time Trial. Nice. The Queen stage? Without...
Tour of California Stage 6 LIVE
San Jose 31.6 km Timetrial Quite an original looking timetrial once again. Just as the Giro TT the other day this looks quite hard to predict as it ends with quite a challenging climb Honorary...
Giro Stage 13: Cav Makes it Four
Cavendish takes his fourth stage win and increases his lead in the points classification before the Giro heads towards the high mountains.
Tour of California Stage 5 LIVE
Santa Barbara - Avila Beach 185.7 km More sprinty times.Can the domestic teams have their day. They've come close every day. Honorary Levi of the Day: Peter Sagan I have to go with another...
Giro Stage 12: Cavendish Survives the Slop
Omega Pharma Quick Step's Mark Cavendish easily won a sprint from Nacer Bouhanni of FDJ in Treviso to take stage 12 of the Giro d'Italia, while his countryman Bradley Wiggins of Sky saw his chances...
Is the Tour of Languedoc Roussillon cancelled?
The French stage race cancelled the day before it's due to start - or maybe not, no one knows, including the organisers...
Win! Maglia Rosa, 2nd Edition, by Herbie Sykes!
Here at the Cafe we have extensively covered author Herbie Sykes' contributions to the Cycling lexicon, and today we have a chance to bring one of his wonderful books home to you! Courtesy of...
Tour of California Stage 4 LIVE
Santa Clarita - Santa Barbara 134.6 km Another day for the sprinters. Honorary Levi of the Day: Jake Keough He could totally have a repeat of his Utah win here today. Totally. Official site ,...
Giro d'Italia Stage 11
Tarvisio - Vajont 182 km Another day where no one gets to relax. A long uphill slog to Sella Ciampigotto and a the stage finishes on a seven km uphill finish. No brute like yesterday but one of...
Five Reasons to Watch the Tour of California
So, the Giro still rules all, but there is a bike race in America that's worth watching. Here's why.
Catching up with sprinter Kirsten Wild
Currently sidelined with a shoulder injury, the sprinter hopes to return to the road for the Giro, the World Cup race in Sweden and the Holland Ladies Tour.
Tour of California Stage 3 LIVE
Palmdale - Santa Clarita 177.5km A bit of respite and one of those ATOC days where you have nooooooooo idea how it is going to end. Honorary Levi of the Day: Gianni Meersman Loking good to...
Giro Stage 10: Uran Makes His Move
Sky's Rigoberto Uran became the latest Colombian to win something, in this case the first major mountain stage of the 2013 Giro d'Italia, outdistancing his countryman Carlos Betancur of AG2R on the...
Giro d'Italia Rest Day: Five Up, Five Down
Let's face it, the beauty and spectacle of the Giro d'Italia, and the nation which hosts (most of) it, makes us root for a great race. At its best, the Giro is full of wonderful quirks combined...
Giro d'Italia: On the Scene in Saltara for Stage 8
At Saturday's stage finish, poster displays celebrated Saltara's place in the history of Italian cycling. When the sun was out, Saltara provided a scenic backdrop for the stage drama. I...
Giro Stage 9: Belkov's Big Day; Hesjedal Suffers
Maxim Belkov of Katusha soloed away over a difficult ninth stage of the Giro d'Italia and held off a chasing trio of Tobias Ludvigsson of Argos-Shimano, Carlos Betancur of AG2R and Jarlinson...
Giro d'Italia Stage 9
Sansepolcro - Firenze 170 km Another really hard stage to assess. Serious climbing mid-stage and the perfect attack launchpad with the steep 4 km Vetta la Croci (avg 9.1%) 22 km from the finish....
Dreamday for Dowsett, not Wiggo
Top 10 Stage 8 TT Alex Dowsett, Movistar, 1:16:27 Brad Wiggins, Sky, +10 sec Tanel Kangert, Astana, +14 Vincenzo Nibali, Astana, +21 Stef Clement, Team Blanco, +32 Luke Durbridge, Orica, +35 ...
