Category Archives: Cycling

Giro d’Italia Results - Stage 12

May 22, 2008 –

from the AP…
CARPI, Italy, May 22 (Reuters) - Italian Daniele Bennati won the 12th stage of the Giro d’Italia on Thursday in a sprint finish to the run from Forli to Carpi, according to provisional results.
Second behind the Liquigas rider in a very tight bunch was Briton Mark Cavendish, with Australian Robbie McEwen coming […]

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Italian rider Moletta suspended for alleged doping

May 22, 2008 –

from the AP…
CESENA, Italy (AP)—The Gerolsteiner team suspended Andrea Moletta and pulled the Italian rider out of the Giro d’Italia because of alleged doping.
Moletta, who was in 77th place halfway through the three-week Giro, did not start Wednesday’s stage.
La Gazzetta dello Sport reported Thursday that Italian police searched a car driven by Moletta’s father in […]

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Giro d’Italia Results - Stage 4

May 14, 2008 –

from RoadCycling….
Matt Cavendish (High Road) has won Stage 4 of the Giro d’Italia. The 21-year-old took a crash-marred sprint to win the rolling, 183-km run from Pizzo Calabro to Catanzaro-Lungomare. Robert Forster (Gerolsteiner) finished second, and Daniele Bennati (Lampre) took third. Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) remains the maglia rosa.
The hostilities began early. At the gun, Rik […]

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Giro d’Italia Results - Stage3

May 13, 2008 –

from the AP…
MILAZZO, Sicily (AP) — Daniele Bennati won the third stage of the Giro d’Italia on Monday in a massive sprint finish, and Liquigas teammate Franco Pellizotti held onto the overall lead.
Bennati avoided several crashes in the 137-mile leg from Catania to Milazzo to finish in 5 hours, 37 minutes, 1 second. Erik Zabel […]

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Giro d’Italia Results - Stage 2

May 12, 2008 –

Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval) has won Stage 2 of the Giro. The Italian surged into the lead in the last 100 m to take the rugged, 207-km ride from Cefalu to Agrigento in 5:48:35. Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) and Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) finished second and third, respectively, while Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) took the maglia […]

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Giro d’Italia Results - Stage 1

May 10, 2008 –

Slipstream has won Stage 1 of the Giro d’Italia. The American squad smoked the technical, 23.6-km team time trial in Palermo in 26:32. CSC finished second at 0:06, and High Road took third, a fraction of a second behind CSC. Christian Vande Velde (Slipstream) is the 2008 Giro’s first maglia rosa.
Milram was the first team […]

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US Cyclists can punch tickets to Beijing in Giro d’Italia

May 9, 2008 –

from USAtoday…
 
The Giro d’Italia begins on Sunday in Palermo, but for American riders, the real impact of the world’s second-biggest stage race will be felt in Beijing.
That’s because the Giro — the Tour of Italy — is a qualifying event for the U.S. Olympic Road Cycling Team. A win in any of the race’s three […]

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Race Preview: 2008 Giro d’Italia

May 9, 2008 –

from RoadCycling….
The 2008 Giro d’Italia will be a climber’s race. The race has four time trials, but at 28.5 km, 36 km, 13.8 km, and 23.5 km, none is especially long. Only six of the 21 stages will be sprinter’s stages. Eight of the stages will be mountain or high mountain stages, so the climbers […]

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Astana invited into Giro lineup

May 8, 2008 –

From the AP…
GENEVA (AP)—Giro d’Italia organizers have invited the Astana team to compete in the race, reversing an earlier decision to ban it because of doping scandals.
Astana officials confirmed Saturday they are hurrying to get elite American rider Levi Leipheimer from California to Palermo, Sicily, for the start of the three-week race next Saturday.
“It is […]

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Tour of Pennsylvania offers US$150,000 purse

May 1, 2008 –

from BikeRadar…
With 18 domestic and international teams already selected to compete in the inaugural running of the American Eagle Outfitters Tour of Pennsylvania Presented By Highmark Healthy High, race organizers today released the details of the demanding 450-mile, six-day race route.
A complete field of 20 to 22 teams will compete June 24 through June 29 […]

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