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Italian rider of “Astana” Vincenzo Nibali for the second time in his career won the home race. Before the decisive mountain stage Nibali 44 seconds behind leader of the General standings, Esteban Chavez. Mountains to the penultimate day of the two main contender for victory in the race went in …

In the next piece of the Italian race has made major adjustments in the fight for the General classification. Today, the Italian finished the stage race in France. Perhaps, just this fact upset the captain of “Astana” Vincenzo Nibali, who managed to pick up a heavy mountain stage and once …

Italian racer Matteo Trentin (“Etixx-QuickStep) became the winner of the next segment of the Italian race. Trentino victory on the longest stage of the 99th version of the Giro has brought an impressive finishing spurt – Matteo qualified in the breakaway of the day, and on the last meters of …

German rider Roger Kluge (IAM Cycling) successfully attacked at the finish of the 17th stage of the Italian race. The breakaway of the day was eliminated for 1.7 kilometres before the stage finish. In the main group immediately went to new attack – an attempt by Lars Tank tore Filippo …

The captain of Movistar, Alejandro Valverde claimed his debut win in the Italian Cycling race. Valverde for 15.5 km from the finish and embarked on a successful solo attack – the experienced Spaniard supported Creswick and Zakarin. International trio managed to escape from the rest of generalisimo, and finishing the …

Alexander Foliforov sensationally won the mountain 10-kilometer race with a separate start. On the cut-off of 4.4 km Foliforov lost Kraslice 39 seconds – the final cut mining and butchering the Russians was much more powerful, and the final benefit rider “Gazprom-Rusolo” over the pink Jersey was a few tenths …

Colombian Esteban Chaves won the toughest mountain stage and joined the three leaders of the overall standings of the Italian race. Chavez is 28 kilometers from the finish on mount Valparola together with Krasivka escaped from the main Giro favourite Vincenzo Nibali. The Colombian and the Dutchman together dealt with …

Spanish rider “Team Sky” Mikel Nieve won the first serious mountain stage of the 99th version of the Italian race. Nieve for the first time on the Alpine stage attacked for 112 km to go, the riders qualified in the breakaway of the day and managed for 35 kilometers before …

German Andre Greipel without problems won another victory in the Italian stage race. Profile of the 12th stage best fit the sprint outcome – the fully flat 182-kilometer section was completed the expected sprint showdown and finishing the alignment Greipel easily confirmed his status of favorite. Greipel became a six-time …

Diego Ulissi became a two-time winner of stages in the 99th version of home of the race. All the fun on today’s stage began to happen on the mountain of the fourth category Forcella Mostacci – to move away from the main group tried such a prominent person in the …