Landbouwkrediet - Colnago News

Giro d'Italia with Thomson Bike Tours! Thomson's reputation preceded them and I was prepared for a week of ambitious routes and high-level support in the spectacular Dolomites and Italian Alps.

We also have the Tour of Belgium and the Bayern-Rundfahrt to catch up with, along with some other news and lots of video action.

Katusha rider Joaquim Rodriguez lost the Giro d'Italia to Canadian rival Ryder Hesjedal on the final individual time trial on the streets of Milan on Sunday.

It could have been until Thomas De Gendt went on the attack in the style of Eddy Merckx and put all the others to the sword.

Michele Scarponi and his Lampre-ISD remain confident despite some dangerous signs in the Dolomite Mountains on Wednesday, in Cortina d'Ampezzo. The Italian formed part of an elite group with pink jersey Joaquim RodrA guez , Ryder Hesjedal , Ivan Basso , Rigoberto UrA n and Domenico Pozzovivo on the Passo Giau.

Stef Clement leads the stage's first escape along with Manuele Boaro , Pier Paolo De Negri and Angelo Pagani .

As a new Grand Tour promoter, the Giro d'Italia 's general director Michele Acquarone inaugurated a previously unseen way of communicating about the wild-cards, giving total transparency about the identity of the candidates , the panel of selectors and the reasons of their choices for teams invited to Milan-San Remo, Tirreno-Adriatico, Giro ... (more)

Is there trouble at RadioShack, that's today's "Top Story" . The Tour of Belgium has started and we catch-up with the NetApp team.

Current maglia rosa Joaquim Rodriguez of Katusha outsprinted an elite six-man gruppetto of overall favorites in Cortina d'Ampezzo for the victory in the second major mountain stage of the Giro d'Italia. The group contained Ivan Basso of Liquigas, Ryder Hesjedal of Garmin, Sky's Rigoberto Uran, little Domenico Pozzovivo of Colnago, and the embattled ... (more)

We have been chasing this year's Giro d'Italia, our first ever earnest attempt at a Grand Tour, since Verona, so twelve consecutive days was a trial by fire to say the least.

Peter Thomson, co-founder of Thomson Bike Tours , has been riding Europe's most spectacular routes for over 25 years.

PEZ's Darrell Parks captured all the action here... Batman & Robin let me shoot the 1st KOM from the roof of their Bat Mobile .

Movistar's Andrey Amador led two other survivors of an eight-man breakaway across the finish line to win Stage 14 of the Giro d'Italia. The Movistar rider took the lead on the long descent between the stage's two Cat 1 climbs and held on through the final 28 kilometers to beat the other two survivors in the final sprint.

Cold, wind, rain and snow in the upper edges of Italy marked stage 14 of the Giro d'Italia. And as the Giro pushed towards the French border, up into the Aosta Valley and the Cervinia ski resort, Garmin-Barracuda was pushing for the pink jersey again for Canadian Ryder Hesjedal, after losing it four days ago.

In the absence of exceptional champions or personalities riding for general classification at this year's Giro d'Italia , the revelation thus far has been Domenico Pozzovivo .

If this was le Tour a gendarme would have us face down on the tarmac by now. But the Giro is different, if you're cheeky enough, you can go straight through the bunch to the front, at the start - but only if your lead out man is the best .

The Giro has been great though and we have the up to date results and video's. More from the Tour of California, plus last Sundays Lincoln Grand Prix from England, add in some Tom Boonen info and some Gino Bartali retro and we have a full EuroTrash Thursday.

The embattled Italian Roberto Ferrari won stage 11 of the Giro d'Italia Wednesday.

And so is Ventoso, he's quick when his head is right and his face looks like he feels good to us.

WORD IN THE EAR: Italian rider Domenico Pozzovivo on his way to victory in the gruelling eighth stage of the Giro d'Italia. Italian climber Domenico Pozzovivo claimed an impressive solo win in the mountainous finale at Lago Laceno, while Canada's Ryder Hesjedal retained the overall lead in the Giro d'Italia. Cheered on by dozens of supporters ... (more)