Discovery Channel cyclist Paolo Savoldelli kept himself in the pink leader's jersey Saturday by winning the 3.8-mile prologue in the Giro d'Italia.
The Italian cyclist on the US-based pro team won the three-week bike race around Italy last year for the second time. His 11-second win Saturday gives him the stage and general classification lead in the race that ends May 28. …
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Take a deep breath; the spring warm-ups are behind us and the first of the three-week classics, the Giro d'Italia bicycle race, begins Saturday and runs through May 28.
After the opening four days in distant Belgium to commemorate Italians who died in a coal mine accident there 50 years ago, expect the hill climbers to shine as the organizers mapped out five mountaintop finishes once the race returns to Italy for its final 17 days. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/04/top-cyclists-compete-in-giro-ditalia-bike-race/
You can follow the 89th Giro d'Italia bicycle race, which begins Saturday, by watching live video streaming on the Internet on most days over the next three weeks.
A couple of cycling websites offer up-to-the-minute updates, as well as race summaries and results. Video reports are also available — in Italian — at the Gazzetta dello Sport's Giro official website. You can use Babelfish to translate the rest. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/04/where-to-watch-the-giro-ditalia-bike-race/
The Outdoor Life Network once again is offering live coverage of this year's Giro d'Italia at its OLNTV website.
The streaming broadband feed of the three-week Italian cycling classic is being offered Monday through Saturday in partnership with Cycling.TV. On Sundays, Giro fans will need to tune into OLN for its Cyclysm coverage at 5 p.m. (ET). …
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German cyclist Jan Ullrich will be back in the saddle at the Giro d'Italia in May, but just to tune-up for the Tour de France in July.
Ullrich, touted by Lance Armstrong as the best candidate to win this year's Tour de France, was said to be in outstanding shape when he arrived at the T-Mobile camp this spring, but has yet to race. Hmm…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/23/where-in-the-world-is-cyclist-jan-ullrich/
The organizers of the Giro d'Italia unveiled a mountainous route this weekend for the 2006 edition of their bicycle race across Italy.
It has many cyclists, especially the sprinters, saying, “Arresti il dolore” while the climbers must be saying, “Molto buon.”
The first of Europe's triumverate of three-week-long cycling classics, the Giro runs May 6-28. It begins in Belgium this year for …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/14/giro-ditalia-2006-bike-race-begins-in-belgium-wraps-up-in-italy/
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