Despite an early breakaway, today’s slow stage (39.6 kph) ended in a mass sprint that saw “Kiwi Guy” Julian Dean (above) in good position. Dean finished 9th and seems to be coming back strong from a couple of hard crashes during stage 2.
Christian Vande Velde also finished with the front group on the […]

Race report from DS Johnny Weltz
Since there were still 70 riders close enough on GC any of them could win the race, the boys played it out until the end. Will (right) was the first to attack right from start. He was later joined by three others and that was the break of the […]

Race report from DS Johnny Weltz
Today’s double stage day got off to a roaring start this morning with the Argyle maing and taking all the breaks.
Right from 0 km, the guys were on fire! Will was in the first two-man break that got caught 200 meters from the first bonus sprint. Then Kilian took […]

While the Giro crew survived a fast, uneventful stage 8, the guys over in France lit things up a bit at Picardie. Early in the stage, Mike Friedman and Christophe Laurent (right from Criterium International) joined a break that eventually broke up, leaving Christophe to defend the Argyle.
Christophe’s long breakaway of six riders was […]

Today’s mostly downhill stage was fast and relatively uneventful. The average speed for the day was 44.6 kph. Though a solid break of five went early, they were caught before the final mass sprint.
Guarding his strong overall position in the GC, Christian Vande Velde finished with the front group of 38. As the highest […]

Race report from DS Matt White
Another very hard day! We had Danny (above) in the initial split of over 30 riders, but that broke up with the climbs. There are some very, very tired boys in this race. This is the hardest first week of the Giro I have ever witnessed! Which only means one […]

Race report from DS Johnny Weltz
The forecast was for rain all day, but turned out to be sunny and very, very hot. This morning we had to send Tyler home as he has an infection next to his jaw so the whole side of the face is swollen. In the feed zone, we lost Martijn […]

Sixty kilometers into today’s shortened* stage, Magnus Backstedt joined a breakaway of 11. The group built their gap on the peloton to 12 minutes in less than 40 km. With little reaction from the peloton, the breakaway’s lead grew and then held at about 12 minutes.
Coming into the final kilometers, two in the group […]