Thor Hushovd News

Thor Hushovd has flown to the US for medical examinations. It is thought that a viral infection may be responsible for his poor performance so far this year.

In Team Garmin-Barracuda's six-year existence, it has had its share of stellar months.

BMC Racing Team 's Thor Hushovd withdrew from the Giro d'Italia Friday, citing fatigue that kept him from performing to his level of expectation in the opening week of the race.

World Champion Mark Cavendish won his second stage at the 2012 Giro d'Italia by once again winning the bunch sprint and showing his spot as one of the top sprinters in the peloton.

Four riders have reportedly dropped out of the 2012 Giro d'Italia on today's stage 6 from Urbino to Porto Sant'Elpidio. Former world champion Thor Hushovd , American Tyler Farrar and Romain Feillu abandoned today, and Pablo Lastras has crashed out of the race, injuring his collarbone.

Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez of Androni Gioccatoli finished off a solo attack, out-pacing a chase by Adriano Malori, Alex Dyachenko, Michel Golas and Cesare Benedettl to take the win in today's Giro d'Italia stage to Porto St.

CAV GETS BETTER OF GOSS AGAIN Cycling: The sight of Mark Cavendish sailing over the line slightly in front sadly is becoming a familiar sight for Australian Matt Goss at the Giro d'Italia this week.

World champion Mark Cavendish and his Sky leadout train held class Thursday on the Adriatic coast as the Manxman won stage 5 of the Giro d'Italia in a nearly picture-perfect bunch sprint finale.

Taylor Phinney looked disappointed after losing the Giro d'Italia leader's jersey to Garmin-Barracuda's Ramunas Navardauskas in circumstances in which he normally would have performed, but he wasn't able to ride at his normal level during the stage 4 team time trial .

Matt Goss was relieved in more ways than one after delivering a huge win in Monday's crash-marred finale at the Giro d'Italia. The Australian got a monkey off his back with his first victory of the 2012 season, after posting five second places in his eight race days.

Mark Cavendish of Sky Procycling celebrates as he wins the second stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race.

Mark Cavendish won stage 2 of the 2012 edition of the Giro d'Italia to claim his 8th victory at Italian Grand Tour of his career.

Stage Two of the 2012 Giro d'Italia came down to a bunch sprint, and Sky's Mark Cavendish showed that he is still the "Fastest Man in the World." The World Champion followed Geraint Thomas , one of the few riders to get any kind of leadout at all; the peloton couldn't organize in the final kilometers, and a crash 500 meters out only made things ... (more)

THEY were once the ''three amigos'' on the world's most successful team. But Australians Matt Goss and Mark Renshaw, and British world champion Mark Cavendish, will now go elbow-to-elbow if stage two of the Giro d'Italia tonight ends in a bunch sprint, as expected.

Mark Cavendish has made his way back to Denmark for the start of the Giro d'Italia in Herning seven months after claiming the world title in Copenhagen.

Michele Scarponi shows the trophy of last year's edition of the Giro d'Italia cycling race after Alberto Contador was stripped of the honor for doping, in Herning, Denmark, Thursday, May 3, 2012.

The Tour is the UK's biggest professional cycle race, and Reigate will host the start of the last stage of the 840-mile event on Sunday, September 16.