Despite all the chaos and long race days so far in the Giro, David Millar finds the time to pen a brilliant summary of the first three eventful stages of his first Giro d’Italia. Check out his latest on Bicycling’s “The Millar Diaries“.

Velonews.com reports on stage 2 of the 2008 Giro d’Italia and Christian Vande Velde’s day in pink. “We’ll ride to honor and defend the jersey, but today’s stage isn’t a typical road stage to open a grand tour, so we’ll have to see what happens,” said Canadian Ryder Hesjedal, third overall. “There are a lot […]

The Times Colonist interviews Ryder Hesjedal on the possibility that he will be the first Canadian cyclist in more than ten years to compete in the Tour de France.
“Victoria’s Ryder Hesjedal is the kind of athlete whose persona in competition conflicts sharply with his demeanour away from it. Soft-spoken and introspective when he […]

PezCycling News reports on Slipstream/Chipotle H3O’s win in the opening team time trial in the 2008 Giro d’Italia.
From the report “Never have I seen a team so absolutely thrilled with their performance as I did today on the streets of Palermo. The genuine emotion gushed from all members of the team as they rode […]

DailyPeloton.com profiles Slipstream/Chipotle H3O and its Grand Tour veterans. From the article: “The nine riders of Slipstream are among the top teams expected to have a rider in the Maglia Rosa tomorrow when dust clears after the stage 1 team time trial.”

denverpost.com profiles VMG/Felt U23 rider and Olympic team member Taylor Phinney. As one of American’s most talented cyclists, Taylor is also a laid-back teenager with blue-ribbon bloodlines.
“I’m happy I’m going to the Olympics, and I am going to the Olympics to medal, but it’s not like the highest step of my career,” he said. […]

The International Herald Tribune features Team Slipstream/Chipotle H3O as one of new teams that have been created in an attempt to revamp cycling’s drug-tarnished image.
Said Millar: “We have one of the best teams in the race and we’re really determined to get the maglia rosa. I’d be happy if one of the young U.S. […]

DenverPost.com features Christian Vande Velde as the team’s emotional leader and unofficial captain as it faces its first Grand Tour, the Giro d’Italia.
“He’s the team’s eyes and ears. He knows when a rider is hurting. He knows when a rider isn’t hurt but is acting like it. ‘I feel I’ve been up. I’ve […]