You can expect eruptions from an active volcano such as Mount Etna, but it was Alberto Contador who supplied the fireworks on Stage 9 of the Giro d' Italia on Sunday.
The Spaniard attacked the group of contenders 4 miles from the summit finish on Mount Etna. He won the stage and put himself solidly in front of the overall leaders by 59 seconds.
Contador, who previously won the Giro in 2008, looks like the man to beat in this year's edition of the race with 12 stages to go. Five of those are mountain-top finishes ….
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Organizers of the Giro d'Italia threw in a double whammy for Sunday's Stage 9 mountain stage on the island of Sicily.
Instead of one climb to the top of the active Mount Etna volcanic, they mapped two routes to the summit on the 169km (104-mile) stage from Messina to Etna.
The first climbs the northeast route to the summit at 1631 meters. Then the peloton ….
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A thrilling solo attack by Oscar Gatto marked the Stage 8 win in Tropea for the Giro d'Italia on Saturday.
It was the second place finish by Alberto Contador, however, that will probably have the most impact on the final outcome of the three-week bike race.
With the peloton facing two demanding climbs up Mount Etna on Sunday, Contador moved himself up into 5th place overall, just 13 seconds behind Pieter Weening, who remained in the overall lead. ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/05/14/all-eyes-on-no-2-finisher-in-saturdays-giro-bike-race/
A young Belgian cyclist took a solo flyer on the mountaintop finish in Montevergine di Mercogliano to win Stage 7 of the Giro d'Italia.
Bart de Clerq of Omega Pharma Lotto held off a hard-charging group of four General Classification contenders led by Michele Scarponi, who missed the win by half a wheel-length.
Overall leader Pieter Weening (Rabobank) held onto the maglia rosa for a another day, as Scarponi moved up from 7th to 5th place overall. …..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/05/13/solo-attack-on-summit-finish-spells-win-on-giro-stage-7/
The Giro d'Italia enters the early phase of killer stages on Friday with a mountain-top finish in Montevergine di Mercogliano. It comes at the end of a 68-mile bike race on Friday for Stage 7.
The Category 2 finish follows another Category 2 climb in the second half of the stage on Serra Della Strada. The Streetview map of Serra Della Strada and the final Montevergine climb are provided below by CyclingtheAlps.com ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/05/13/mountain-finish-marks-stage-7-at-giro-ditalia/
Cyclists at the Giro d'Italia will find very little flat terrain on the Stage 6 bike race from Orvieto to Fiuggi.
The peloton races through the rolling Apennine foothills, but competitors for the mountain leader's jersey will find only a single Category 4 climb on the 216km (134-mile) race on Thursday. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/05/12/climbing-preview-for-stage-6-at-giro-ditalia/
A Dutch cyclist survived on the final, short climb of a crash-plagued Stage 5 as the Giro d'Italia favorites waited for each other to take the initiative.
The stage victory for Rabobank's Pieter Weening, 30, also made him the overall race leader in Wednesday's bike race from Piombino to Orvieto.
The 191km (118-mile) route through the Tuscany region of Italy included about 12 miles of dirt, which caused some sketchy cycling and a number of crashes ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/05/11/winning-ways-pay-off-for-weening-at-giro-ditalia/
As the Giro d'Italia bike race gets back more or less to normal on Wednesday, the peloton will face two climbs in the 191km (118-mile) cycling route from Piombino to Orvieto.
Both are Category 3 and conspire to classify Stage 5 as a “moderate mountain” stage. It's time for the real battle for the green mountain points jersey, held by Gianluca Brambilla (Colnago), to begin.
Dennis Wegewijs made the routes and profiles of the mountain passes available ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/05/11/climbing-preview-for-5th-stage-of-giro-ditalia/
A somber mood accompanied the 4th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday as the cyclists rode their bikes en masse without competing.
They rode in honor of Wouter Weylandt, the 26-year-old Belgian cyclist who died in a solo crash descending the Passo del Bocco on Monday.
Weylandt's best friend in the peloton, Tyler Farrar of Wenatchee, WA, is planning to leave the Giro at the completion of the stage. The two became friends and training partners in Farrar's European home base of Ghent. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/05/10/peloton-rides-in-mourning-through-giro-ditalias-stage-4-leopard-trek-team-pulls-out/
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You can expect eruptions from an active volcano such as Mount Etna, but it was Alberto Contador who supplied the fireworks on Stage 9 of the Giro d' Italia on Sunday.
Organizers of the
A thrilling solo attack by Oscar Gatto marked the Stage 8 win in Tropea for the Giro d'Italia on Saturday.
A young Belgian cyclist took a solo flyer on the mountaintop finish in Montevergine di Mercogliano to win Stage 7 of the Giro d'Italia.
Just 10 more pedal strokes. That's all Alessandro Petacchi needed in his legs to win the Stage 6 sprint of the 
A Dutch cyclist survived on the final, short climb of a crash-plagued Stage 5 as the 
A somber mood accompanied the 4th stage of the 
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