Canada's Hesjedal injured in crash at Tour de Suisse BERNE (Reuters) - Former Giro d'Italia champion Ryder Hesjedal of Canada suffered several injuries in a crash during the third stage of the Tour of Switzerland on Monday and has withdrawn from the race, his Garmin-Sharp team said. The 32-year-old, who had been planning to use the nine-day Swiss Tour to prepare for the Tour de France which starts on June 29, took a "heavy blow to the neck and ...
June 10, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Cycling-Canada's Hesjedal injured in crash at Tour de Suisse BERNE, June 10 (Reuters) - Former Giro d'Italia champion Ryder Hesjedal of Canada suffered several injuries in a crash during the third stage of the Tour of Switzerland on Monday and has withdrawn from the race, his Garmin-Sharp team said. The 32-year-old, who had been planning to use the nine-day Swiss Tour to prepare for the Tour de France which starts on June 29, took a "heavy blow to the ...
June 10, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Sports
2014 Giro d’Italia to feature historic start in Belfast Bike racing in Ireland has been put on hold since the Tour of Ireland stopped after 2009. The 2014 Giro, however, will start in Belfast and will roll through Dublin before heading to Italy. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com The year's first grand tour will spend three days on the Emerald Isle, including a run through Dublin, before moving to Italy
June 8, 2013 - Velo News
Ivan Basso in The Associated Press It's going to be a very difficult stage,Basso said. "This stage doesn't suit my skills and I will have to be very relaxed. But we had a stage with the same kind of stress level during the Giro, and I handled it well."
Johan Bruyneel in International Herald Tribune Being at the start of the Giro is no problem,Bruyneel said. "But he has to have at least a decent level to be in the race and to compete at a certain level. ...... Now it's almost clear that he's not going to be able to be a contender but...
Lance Armstrong in USA Today I don't have any experience with this race,Armstrong said. "The other day I trained with Axel Merckx and I asked him a ton of questions. I'm excited. I'm certainly coming to try to win, because there's a chance that the Giro is the only...