Liquigas‘s Italian rider Ivan Basso will not defend his Giro victory in 2011, but instead he will focus his efforts on Tour de France. According to cyclingnews.com it will be this year’s Vuelta winner Vincenzo Nibali who will be the teams Giro hope in 2011. “If I won Giro d’Italia I would be included on the list of riders who have three Giro victories, but the yellow jersey... 

Most pro riders are spending the coming weeks enjoying some well-deserved time off after a long and hard season, and most of them will be using this “holiday” planning the coming season, just like Liquigas rider Ivan Basso who is unsure whether to go for Tour de France or Giro d’Italia in 2011. “I am torn between the Giro and the Tour,” said Basso, who has won the Giro... 

Even though Liquigas-Doimo rider Roman Kreuziger came in second on stage 9 of Vuelta a España 2010 he is not satisfied. Kreuziger finished six seconds after stage 9 winner Davis Lopez from Caisse d’Epargne, and according to Kreuziger it was a small mistake that cost him the stage victory. Roman Kreuziger said that he did well on stage 9, but that he could have done better. He made a mistake when... 

Liquigas-Doimo has chosen the riders for Vuelta a España 2010. The team consists of classification hopes Vincenzo Nibali and Roman Kreuziger, the sprinters Daniele Bennati and Jacopo Guarnieri. The rest are: Mauro Finetto, Maciej Paterski, Ivan Santaromita, Frederik Willems and Oliver Zaugg. “We are covered on all bases”, says sports director Mario Scirea and continues: “Nibali... 

Liquigas-Doimo continues to prepare for future successes. 14 riders have been confirmed for future seasons, apart from renewed contracts with Ivan Basso e Vincenzo Nibali. The two brothers Peter Sagan and Juraj Sagan already have contract that will keep them on the team through the 2012 season. “We intend to give continuity to a team that for the past seasons has proven competitive everywhere”... 

Yesterday Liquigas-Doimo rider Alessandro Vanotti crashed in the race Tre Valli Varesine in Italy and broke his collarbone, and will not be riding more races for a while. After the crash Vanotti was taken to the hospital in Luino, where the fracture of the collarbone was confirmed. “Over the next few days surgeons and doctors will decide whether Vanotti has to undergo an operation” says...