After the Vuelta-Tour double Chriss Froome is dreaming for a new and almost impossible exploit: the Giro-Tour double. The last athlete to reach this goal, in 1998, was Marco Pantani, a legend for this sport. Rumors from overseas are every day louder, he should be at the next Giro, from 4th to 27th of May, as the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf wrote. RCS Sport already denied to be the source behind this news. A thing is sure, the 32 years old British athlete seems very fascinated by this idea also because in 2018 there will be 4 weeks between Giro and Tour, enough for completing a full physical recovery. We […]

Davide Cassani is a long-time central figure in cycling. When he was still racing they were calling him “Racing coach”. Later he really became the Team Italy coach and today, head of the federal project, he works on helping and protecting the young athletes while growing up. Davide is a strong supporter of stage races, useful to improve their strengths and to select the best ones. “You stand for the importance of stage races for Under, but Nibali never won a Giro with his youth team, which was not even a first level one. How do you explain this? Phenomenons are a different topic. Anyway when Nibali was a junior he won […]

The Tour de France, with a solemn ceremony in perfect French style, was unveiled at the Paris Congress Palace. Presenting all the champions of contemporary cycling, the outgoing champion Chris Froome winner of the double Tour-Vuelta, Alberto Contador, Mark Canvendish, Nairo Quintana, Warren Barguil, Roman Bardet and Arnaud Demare. The Tour is always beautiful with an impressive choreography made of 10,000,000 viewers rated during the French holiday season in July (7 to 29). In the next edition there will be everything: the rocks of Roubaix that scare the big, the short stage 65km long, the Alpe d’Huez and the chronosquadre with a tough climb where it will be important not to blur the team. The Tour has unveiled its secrets, but the […]