Rupert Guinness

Rupert Guinness

Rupert Guinness is a Sports Reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald

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Two Australians out of the Giro d'Italia

Rupert Guinness A crash and ongoing health issues forced two Australians out of the race.

From Giro to hero: Cadel on road to Tour glory via Italy

Cadel Evans.

Rupert Guinness IT IS mid March. Cadel Evans has just returned to his home in Stabio, Switzerland from the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race in Italy, where he was clearly off the pace.

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Hansen's epic solo ride to victory in the Giro d'Italia

Adam Hansen.

Rupert Guinness For a rider whose job is usually to help others win, Adam Hansen picked the right race and country to claim a laudable rare win.

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Evans' best hopes of Giro d'Italia success lie with following the leader

Australia's Cadel Evans

Rupert Guinness The hope Cadel Evans has of winning the Giro d'Italia may be best served by Italian Vincenzo Nibali leading the race overall into its second week.

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Wurf the trouble: Aussie climbs into Giro d'Italia blue jersey contention

Rupert Guinness

Rupert Guinness Australian Cameron Wurf fought off the debilitating effects of bronchitis to race into contention for a rare chance to claim the Giro d'Italia blue climber's jersey on Monday after he unleashed a...

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Garmin-Barracuda out to have fun as they seize lead in Giro d'Italia

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Rupert Guinness After watching his riders win the Giro d'Italia team time trial and put one of them in the race lead, the Australian sports director of the Garmin-Barracuda team Allan Peiper declared that getting...

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Evans slips as imperious Nibali seizes control

Cadel Evans.

Rupert Guinness Cadel Evans has conceded that his chances of winning the Giro d'Italia are gone after slipping more than four minutes behind race leader Vincenzo Nibali .

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Goss has no regrets about ditching Giro

Matt Goss

Rupert Guinness Matt Goss believes he made the right decision to withdraw from the Giro d'Italia when he did, despite another stage-winning opportunity on Sunday.

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Evans confirmed as Tour de France team leader

Australian Cadel Evans.

Rupert Guinness BMC team president quashes speculation that rising star Tejay van Garderen could take the helm.

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Lancaster vows not to bomb on Evans

Cadel Evans

Rupert Guinness Vicenza: For the Australian Orica-GreenEDGE team, the pursuit for a breakthrough stage win in the Giro d'Italia has been frustrating, especially with their star sprinter Matt Goss having to quit the...

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Evans going all out to win Giro

Cadel Evans

Rupert Guinness With less than a week to go in Giro d'Italia, Cadel Evans starts getting "greedy".

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Giro leader braces for Evans' mountain attack

The Giro peloton.

Rupert Guinness Vincenzo Nibali is bracing himself for an all-out attack on his lead from Australian Cadel Evans in the last two stages of the Giro d'Italia in the mountains later this week.

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Evans still in with chance of winning Giro, says Kelly

Australia's Cadel Evans

Rupert Guinness The race is for Italian Vincenzo Nibali to lose but all is not lost for Cadel Evans, says Irish cycling legend Sean Kelly.

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Goss: report showed less skin, more transparency

Riding high: Australian Matt Goss.

Rupert Guinness Australian welcomes report of independent review into Orica-GreenEDGE's anti-doping processes.

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Goss at ease with review of team doping protocols

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 14: Matt Goss of Team Australia prepares for the 
race to start during the London-Surrey Cycle Classic road race at The Mall on 
August 14, 2011 in London, England. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images) 

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Rupert Guinness CHERASCO: Matt Goss has welcomed the handing down of the report on an independent review of his Orica-GreenEDGE team's anti-doping processes.

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Nibali prospers in the elements as Evans slips behind

Cadel Evans.

Rupert Guinness BARDONECCHIA: Cadel Evans was met with his first significant blow in the Giro d'Italia, losing precious time to the race leader, Vincenzo Nibali, in Saturday's 14th stage in the Alps, despite a...

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Friend turns foe in Alps

Supporters cheer Australia's Cadel Evans on during the 14th stage of the Giro d'Italia from Cervere to Bardonecchia.

Rupert Guinness Former teammate central to Cadel Evans' loss of vital time to race leader Vincenzo Nibali.

Santambrogio leaves mateship behind - and Evans chasing

Australia's Cadel Evans

Rupert Guinness He is a former teammate and the first rider in whom a teary Cadel Evans confided about a fractured elbow that might have cost him Tour de France victory in 2010.

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Pressure's on Orica team to win Giro stage

Matt Goss

Rupert Guinness The Australian Orica-GreenEDGE team may not have a rider vying for overall victory or a top place in the Giro d'Italia that ends on Sunday.

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Evans holds his place in the mountains

Cadel Evans

Rupert Guinness Cadel Evans holds on to his second place overall in the Giro d'Italia.