Joe Dombrowski, a 21-year-old from Virginia, has quickly ascended the ranks of professional cycling, going from a small-time local racer to a member of the world’s best team in just over two years.
As the 2012 Giro d’Italia kicked off in Denmark this year, we’ve finally learned what doomed a proposed start in D.C.—Mayor Adrian Fenty’s 2010 primary loss.
In a bit of a letdown for local cycling aficionados, promoters of the Giro d’Italia announced today that the professional cycling race will kick off its 2012 installment in Denmark, not the District. How do you say “well, that sucks” in Danish? Ahh yes — nå, der suger.
After the economic recession dried up sponsorship for the second installment of the Capital Criterium last year, the District’s only professional bicycle race makes a big return this weekend. The Cap Crit, run for the first time in 2008, will bring a strong field of professional racers to downtown D.C. on Sunday, and will serve to further promote the city’s bid to host the opening stages of the 2012 Giro d’Italia. The race, which…
Over the weekend the Giro d’Italia, one of professional cycling’s three grand tours, kicked off in the Netherlands, much like the 2012 installment could well see its opening stages take place in the District. While local officials and race organizers gathered in the city earlier this year to talk up the prospects, one cycling director isn’t too keen on the idea. In a posting on his blog titled “Grand Tours Should Stay in Europe,”…
New York Knicks’ Danilo Gallinari, Mark Sommers, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, Angelo Zomegnan and Italian Ambassador Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata City officials, cycling aficionados and business leaders gathered in the soaring atrium of the Italian Embassy in Washington Thursday evening to celebrate what they see as a historic opportunity — bringing the 2012 Giro d’Italia to the District. Since last November, rumors have circulated that promoters of the Giro, one of the three grand…
There’s nothing like that late-evening call from someone in the know telling you that the post you wrote on the massive international cycling stage-race coming to the District isn’t really true. I dare say it, friends, but apparently the Giro d’Italia’s coming to America isn’t yet set in stone. A source at the Washington Convention and Sports Authority tells DCist that while a reception will be held tonight at the Italian Embassy featuring Mayor…
What was a rumor for some and a dream for others is coming true — the 2012 Giro d’Italia will start in the District of Columbia. According to VeloNation, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and race organizers will make the announcement tomorrow at the Italian Embassy that the famed Giro will take place in Washington. There is still some confusion over how many stages the District would host, though. VeloNation insists it would only be…
Photo by thepostalservice Organizers of the Giro d’Italia met with D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty yesterday to discuss plans to bring one of professional cycling’s most prestigious events to the streets of the District, as The New York Times reports. While the meeting seems to make it more likely that the bicycle race will make it stateside in 2012 — not 2011 as we had originally heard — head race organizer Angelo Zomegnan offered cautious…
Photo by {ryan} When rumors were floated two weeks ago that the District might host an opening stage of the 2011 Giro d’Italia, local cyclists crossed their fingers for what would be one of the few opportunities to see the world’s best professional cyclists stateside. Not only did the rumor turn out to be true, but planning for not one, but two stages in the city are underway. CyclingNews is reporting that a group…
