Froome motivated by history bid at Giro
Chris Froome is trying to put his tumultuous Giro d'Italia preparations behind him as he focuses on making history.
Chris Froome is trying to put his tumultuous Giro d'Italia preparations behind him as he focuses on making history.
Two days before the Giro d'Italia is set to start in Jerusalem, the Israel Cycling Academy spent Wednesday afternoon visiting the official Israeli Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem for a ceremony honouring Gino Bartali and his efforts to save Jews during World War II.
Chris Froome (Team Sky) has begun his final countdown to the Giro d’Italia seemingly determined to keep the issues with his salbutamol test at bay and focussed fully on racing.
"That's a nice one to start with…" Tom Dumoulin smiled as he reached for the microphone at his pre-Giro d'Italia press conference in Jerusalem on Wednesday afternoon. Ordinarily, a defending champion might expect a tame opening gambit about his condition in such a situation...
Hannah Barnes will return to home soil to compete in the women's Tour de Yorkshire, held on May 3 and 4 in Great Britain. She celebrates her 25th birthday on the second and final stage, and will lead the six-rider Canyon-SRAM team in hope of securing the overall title.
The pleasure Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) feels at taking part in the Giro d'Italia for the second year running was palpable during the Frenchman's pre-race press conference, but there are two issues set to be writ large in this year's race that Pinot would prefer to avoid...
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Nobody, it seems, can side-step a straight question quite like Dave Brailsford. Chris Froome's presence at this Giro d'Italia despite his still unresolved salbutamol case has dominated the build-up...
Italian cycling champion Gino Bartali, who helped save Jews during World War II, was made an honorary Israeli citizen Wednesday as the country prepared to host the start of the Giro d'Italia, one of the sport's major races.
Ciao a tutti, benvenuti in montagne. Welcome to our 2018 Giro d’Italia Mountains Preview. This year’s Giro route begins in Israel for three stages. It returns to Italy with three stages in Sicily - including a volcano visit before hopping onto the toe of the boot-shaped mainland...
Filippo Pozzato will miss the 2018 Giro d'Italia after flying home from Israel to be with his seriously ill father.
Reigning champion Tom Dumoulin questioned Chris Froome's participation at the Giro d'Italia on Wednesday, ahead of Friday's 'Big Start' in Jerusalem.
To celebrate the start of the first Grand Tour of the season, Danish ceramic bearing specialists CeramicSpeed have launched limited edition pink derailleur jockey wheels to be used by AG2R La Mondiale during the Giro d'Italia.
Laurens De Plus said his six-month injury lay-off was quickly forgotten as he made his comeback at Eschborn-Frankfurt on Tuesday.