Giro d'Italia: Tiralongo to retire at season end - News shorts

Astana's veteran Paolo Tiralongo announced at the start of the Giro d'Italia that it would be his final year in the peloton. The 39-year-old has won three stages of the Giro during his career, but is best known as a super domestique who helped Alberto Contador win the Tour de France in 2010 (although his title was subsequently stripped).