Herning, Denmark News

After a long break since the hard fought draw with Gabriel Campillo in October 2011, he will be fighting Cuban Miguel Velozo .

The flag of the 2012 Giro d'Italia flies high in the start city of Herning, Denmark Photo: BrakeThrough Media Colors abound at the team presentation for the 2012 Giro with the Farnese-Vini team taking "brightest" honors.

BoConcept Holding Changes board/management/auditors Management changes at BoConcept Holding A/S Viggo MA lholm will resign as chief executive officer of BoConcept Holding A/S as of 29 August 2012 to stand for election to the company's supervisory board at the next annual general meeting, where he is expected to be appointed chairman of the board.

This morning as we chill with a coffee and juice outside the Herning B&B, our host Jorgen has quickly produced a flag in her honor ... Down the stairs with a beaming smile and armed with an Allen key comes one of the living legends of American bicycle racing, Olympic gold medal road rider Connie Carpenter-Phinney. I don't think she is too bothered ... (more)

American Taylor Phinney won the first stage of the Giro d'Italia, a 5.4-mile individual time trial in Herning on Saturday.

This afternoon's 8.7km opening time trial of the Giro in Herning, Denmark, is the Giro d'Italia 's most distant start from Italy, and - together with the Vuelta's start in Assen in 2010, at 1,300 kilometres away from Spain, a similar distance to Herning from Italy - is the equal furthest from its home country for any Grand Tour in cycling history.

The news came tearing through the peloton on that awful spring day, in whispers passed from rider to rider following Stage 3 of the Giro d'Italia. It was nearly one year ago that Farrar's good friend, Belgian rider Wouter Weylandt, was killed during a crash on a fast, technical descent.

Michele Scarponi will be the final man to start on Saturday in the Giro d'Italia's opening time trial.

The Spanish Movistar team has revealed its final roster for the Giro d'Italia , which begins May 5 in Herning, Denmark.