How could you not love a guy who styled himself a modern-day Pirate? Bandanas, ear rings, bleached goatee, “aargh matey – ‘tis time to plunder us some mountain stages…!” He had the legs to back it all ...

On the Casetti wall in Valle dell’Orco, Italy, Matteo Della Bordella and David Bacci have made the first ascent of Il Pirata (8a max, 160m), a new multipitch dedicated to legendary Italian cyclist ...

Cold conditions and heavy snowed forced organizers to shorten the 15th stage of the Giro d’Italia, with the race ending four kilometers short of the planned finish at the Col du Galibier. Movistar’s ...

AT THE Col du Galibier, 2,646 metres up in the French Alps, the road truly begins to climb. For 18 kilometres, or 11 miles, the gradient is seldom below 7%. For two kilometres it reaches 12%, forced ...

BESANCON, France (AP) — With defending champion Chris Froome and two-time winner Alberto Contador out of the race, the path is wide open for Vincenzo Nibali to become the first Italian to win the Tour ...

For Sonny Liston, it was easy being a superman. It was being a man that was often difficult - Boxing Yearbook, 1964 You may like Emulating Il Campionissimo – Tadej Pogačar, Fausto Coppi and two vastly ...

The Giro d'Italia was due to finish in Cesenatico today, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Novi Colli Gran Fondo event and, as ever in May during the Corsa Rosa, to remember Marco Pantani, who ...