Since American Christian Vande Velde of Slipstream-Chipotle claimed the maglia rosa in Stage 1 of the Giro d’Italia, it’s been all Italians in the country’s grand tour.

Well, all Italians and crashes …

Daniele Bennati won Stage 3, a 221km ride from Catania to…

American Christian Vande Velde is in the maglia rosa after his team, Slipstream-Chipotle, won the team time trial in impressive fashion Saturday in the opening stage of the Giro d’Italia. 

Vande Velde led the five surviving argyle-clad Slipstream-Chipotle riders across the finishing line…

With Americans prominent on Slipstream-Chipotle, CSC and Astana, Velonews.com previewed the Giro d’Italia and suggested that an American could end up in the maglia rosa Saturday after the Team Time Trial in the opening stage of the Giro d’Italia.

Velo…

Ol’ 10 Speed has taken a few days to relax and ruminate after traipsing through Georgia last week for the sixth edition of the Tour de Georgia, and I keep coming back to what a fantastic event this was from…

High Road successfully defended Kanstantin Sivtsov’s yellow jersey throughout Stage 7 of the Tour de Georgia on Sunday in Atlanta, riding tempo at the front of the peloton, keeping the yellow jersey out of trouble and granting safe passage to the…

As a sponsor of the Tour de Georgia, the Bissell vacuum company had its logo on the final car in the Tour caravan, ostensibly to “sweep up” riders in the peloton who fell way behind.

But Friday, the Bissell logo was…

High Road team owner Bob Stapleton chats outside the High Road motor home Thursday at Road Atlanta, the site of Stage 4 of the Tour de Georgia. Photo by Dave Luecking 

When T-Mobile withdrew its name as the title…

SAVANNAH, Ga. – In the words of Toyota-United team director Len Pettyjohn, T-U rider Justin England “buried himself” for the good of the team Tuesday in Stage 2 of the Tour de Georgia.

In the world of professional cycling, that means…

It was really nervous at the start today. Everyone was trying to be at the front because they were concerned about the wind being a factor. After about 15 kilometers, the race was really on. There were lots of little…

What’s a blog without a music video?

‘Specially one with a shoutout to Missouri’s own … Miss Sheryl Crow, who summited Alpe d’Huez a few years back. Different coast, but the tune fits the theme of Day 1 in the Tour de Georgia.…