Road: Top Stories

• May. 15, 2008
  Giro d'Italia 2008 Stage 6: Live Coverage
  06:10 AM: Good morning . . .. . . and welcome to VeloNews.com's Live Coverage of stage 6 of the 2008 Giro ...
• May. 15, 2008
  Visconti seizes lead at Giro as Priamo wins stage 6
  For the second day in a row, a breakaway stayed clear of the peloton, with another unsung hero from a smaller team in the form of Matteo Priamo (CSF-Panaria) taking center stage. Unlike yesterday, the attackers had enough rope to end Franco ...
• May. 14, 2008
  Colavita's Tina Pic and Toyota's Hilton Clarke take crit wins and the overall lead in Portland.
  The Mt. Hood Cycling Classic ventured into new territory Wednesday with a new venue for the sixth year of the event: a hilly criterium held in a verdant city park wrapping around a long-extinct volcano. The new event delivered large crowds and ...
• May. 14, 2008
  Peloton growing peevish over transfers, travails
  Riders are at their wits’ end with the seemingly endless string of transfers, delays and hassles associated with the opening days of the 91st Giro d’Italia. In the first three stages of racing on Sicily, there were no less than 500km of ...
• May. 14, 2008
  Giro d'Italia 2008 Stage 5: Live Coverage
  12:46 AM: Good morning . . .. . . and welcome to VeloNews.com's Live Coverage of stage 5 of the 2008 Giro ...
• May. 14, 2008
  Brutt battles to stage-5 win
  Tinkoff’s Pavel Brutt feinted and feigned his way to victory in the final kilometers of a five-man breakaway that held off the chasing peloton by 30 seconds in Wednesday’s fifth stage at the 91st Giro d’Italia. The blond Russian said he was ...
• May. 13, 2008
  Kiwi trackies clean up at Mt. Hood opener
  A pair of New Zealander track riders — in the States for some summer road racing to tune up before the Olympics — took the first two spots in the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic women's prologue on Tuesday. Joanne Kiesanowski of the Tibco team, a ...
• May. 13, 2008
  Mt. Hood: the prologue to the Prologue
  There are few active racers who can be described as a legend with no dispute. Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli, who has won 51 French and world championships, is at the top of the list. When Longo, a last-minute entrant at the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic, ...
• May. 13, 2008
  Giro d'Italia 2008 Stage 4: Live Coverage
  10:12 PM: Good morning . . .. . . and welcome to VeloNews.com's live coverage of stage 4 of the 2008 Giro d'Italia, a 183km ...
• May. 13, 2008
  Cavendish rockets to stage-4 win
  High Road's Mark Cavendish survived another chaotic dash to the line to win stage 4 of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday. Gerolsteiner's Robert Forster crossed second and Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) third. Franco Pellozotti (Liquigas) retained the ...
• May. 12, 2008
  Wangsgard, Haedo take Joe Martin final
  Nichole Wangsgard and Lucas Sebastian Haedo — both of Colavita-Sutter Home — scored criterium wins in the final stage of Arkansas’ May stage race. Health Net's Rory Sutherland and Cheerwine's Robin Farina took the overall. Action Images ...
• May. 12, 2008
  2008 Mt. Hood Cycling Classic boasts top lineup
  Lingering snows in the high country have forced organizers to re-route a key stage of Mt. Hood Cycling Classic, but they promise the improvised route for stage 5 is just as challenging — maybe even more so. The six-day stage race gets underway ...