HOLYmac! The Pro, and former Pro, cyclists continue to climb aboard the Twitter bandwagon. The latest recruit – Trent Wilson – of Team Selle Italia, Giro d’Italia, Cycling News Diarist, and all-round-Aussie-nice-guy fame has just signed up. Trent has also just joined the SBS cycling Team covering the 2009 Giro d’Italia.
You too can follow Trent’s Twitter updates right here: Trent Wilson on Twitter
Stage 7: 244km. Innsbruck (Aut) – Chiavenna
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 5.56.53 (40.685km/h) 2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 3 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 4 Davide Viganò (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 5 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 6 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 0.31 7 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0.40 8 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 9 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 10 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha
General classification after stage 7 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 28.08.48 2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.05 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.36 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.43 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.50 6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 1.06 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 1.16 8 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 1.17 9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.27 10 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.41
More details and photos available on CyclingNews.com
Stage 6: 248km. Bressanone/Brixen – Mayrhofen (Aut)
1 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 5.49.55 (42.524km/h) 2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.32 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 4 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 5 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.36 9 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale
General classification after stage 6
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 22.11.15 2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.05 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.36 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.43 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.50 6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 1.06 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 1.16 8 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 1.17 9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.27 10 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.41
More details and photos available on CyclingNews.com
Stage 5:125 km San Martino Di Castrozza – Alpe di Siusi
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 3.15.24 (38.382 km/h) 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.02 3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.05 4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.09 6 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 0.19 8 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.22 9 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 10 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto
General classification after stage 5
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 16.20.44 2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.05 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.36 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.43 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.50 6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 1.06 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 1.16 8 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 1.17 9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.27 10 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.41
More details and photos available on CyclingNews.com
Mick Rogers was one of the earlier Pro riders to adopt Twitter. He’s good a solid following of 6840 followers (at the time of this post) and has a typically-Australian, easy going Twitter approach: regular updates, no egotism – just good old Aussie banter. Most of the “big” Pro Tour Twitter Riders are follow Dodge too, which speaks highly of the respect for the man.
Of the most famous Pro Cylcing Twitterers, here’s a few that follow Dodge’s Twitter:
To any real cycling fan, Viatcheslav Ekimov needs no introduction. So I won’t introduce him. What I will do is tell you that Eki is now on twitter, and that you SHOULD follow him. www.twitter.com/eki_ekimov
Stage 4 – Tuesday, May 12: Padova – San Martino di Castrozza, 162km
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4.15.04 (38.107km/h) 2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 4 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 5 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 8 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 10 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
General classification after stage four
1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 13.05.28 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.02 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.06 4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 0.26 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 6 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 0.28 7 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0.32 8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 0.42 9 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 0.49
Full results and photos available on cyclingnews.com
The ongoing battle of Valverde V’s CONI was ruled upon today, with the Italian anti-doping agency banning Alejandra for 2 years. It’s an Italy-only ban (at this stage), but with the 2009 Tour de France passing onto Italian soil, that means Valverde won’t be pinning a start number on this year. Unless the case gets over-ruled. Tis battle will no doubt go on. You can read a more in-depth analysis on cycling news.
Rory Sutherland seems to loves a few things. The two of the most-currently recognisable are the Joe Martin Stage Race, and Twitter. Rory has just won his 3rd consecutive Joe Martin title, which as an amazing feat, and shows Rory’s pure talent.
And as for Rory’s other love interest, Twitter, well you only have to follow his Tweets to know ….
Follow Rory on Twitter : he’s also “planning, discussing, and strategizing (is that a word) twitter domination”.
Cycling News are reporting (but not linking) that belga news agency is reporting that the results for this test were only learned in December 2008.