Giro d'Italia 2009

Thomas Lövkvist's overall Giro d'Italia lead is another representation that cycling's next generation has arrived

by Jens Voigt, Chris Horner, Robbie Hunter, Bradley Wiggins, Lars Michaelsen and Carlos Sastre

Christian Vande Velde was forced to abandon the Giro d'Italia after falling

Garmin-Slipstream went into the Giro's opening stage team time trial as the hot favourite.

While some observers were amazed to see Alessandro Petacchi dominate the uphill finish of Giro d'Italia's stage three to Valdobbiadene, the Italian explained that climbing is nothing new in his repertoire.

Michael Rogers has become a favourite for the Giro title

by Anders Lund, Carlos Sastre, Jean-Paul Van Poppel and Marzio Bruseghin.

The finale of Giro d'Italia stage two in Trieste yesterday saw attacks from three of cycling's Classics stars

At the beginning of the season, Milram's Matthias Russ said that the Giro d'Italia was his favourite race.

Katusha's rookie sensation Ben Swift admitted on Sunday night that he was "a little surprised" by his third-place finish