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05.29.10Johann Tschopp wins atop Tonale as Ivan Basso defends Giro leadRESULTS Complete results PHOTOS Giro d’Italia galleries LIVE COVERAGE Today’s live Giro coverage GIRO BASICS 2010 Giro d’Italia route 2010 Giro d’Italia start list All Giro d’Italia articles Johann Tschopp (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) won Saturday’s 20th stage of the Giro d’Italia, a remarkably difficult 178km race from Bormio to a summit finish atop the Pass del Tonale. Tschopp was part of a huge break that went away on the first big obstacle of a long day in the saddle, the Category 1 Forcola di Livigno, which summited at 72.8km. He followed an attack by Gilbert Simoni on the Passo di Gavia, then rocketed away on the dangerous descent to the foot ...
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05.23.10Ivan Basso wins stage 15 of the Giro as David Arroyo defends his leadThe stage 15 profile RESULTS Complete results PHOTOS Giro d’Italia galleries LIVE COVERAGE Today’s live Giro coverage GIRO BASICS 2010 Giro d’Italia route 2010 Giro d’Italia start list All Giro d’Italia articles Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Doimo) triumphed in stage 15 of the 2010 Giro d’Italia, shedding world champion Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) in the final 3km of a hellishly mountainous race after a five-man break came to grief on the steeps of the Monte Zoncolan. Jérôme Pineau (Quick Step), Jackson Rodriguez (Androni Giocattoli), Ludovic Turpin (Ag2r), Guillaume Le Floch (BBox Bouygues Telecom), and Nico Sijmens (Cofidis) had built a lead that reached more than 14 minutes before a relentless chase by Liquigas reeled ...
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05.19.10Shock and awe at the Giro d’Italia as big break overturns the GC standingsA stunned Cadel Evans and Alexander Vinokourov cross the finish line. RESULTS Complete results PHOTOS Giro d’Italia galleries LIVE COVERAGE Today’s live Giro coverage GIRO BASICS 2010 Giro d’Italia route 2010 Giro d’Italia start list All Giro d’Italia articles The 2010 Giro d’Italia took a shocking turn on Wednesday on its longest stage when a large breakaway of dangerous riders got away from overall leader Alexander Vinokourov and second-placed Cadel Evans and re-arranged the top of the general classification. When the dust cleared — or more accurately, when rain jackets were removed and the cold rain was wiped off race numbers — Riche Porte (Saxo Bank), who started the day sixth, leading the ...
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05.13.102010 Giro d’Italia, stage 5 resultsThursday May 13, Stage 5: Novara—Novi Ligure (162km) (Stage 4 race report) (Results listing for all stages) (Giro results categories, explained) Stage results | GC (Overall standings) after stage Stage sprint points | Points standings Young rider standings Stage climber points | Overall climber points standings Stage Fast Team results | Overall Fast Team standings Stage Super Team points | Overall Super Team standings Stage’s Most Aggressive (Premio Combattività) points | Overall Most Aggressive standings Stage escape prize (Premio della Fuga) | Overall escape prize standings Abandons, this stage Stage results (Ordine d’arrivo) | Top of page Jérôme Pineau (FRA), Quick Step, 162 km in 3:45:59 (43.012kph) 2. Julien Fouchard (FRA) Cofidis, ...
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05.11.10World Cycling Productions 2008 Tour de France 4Hour DVD World Cycling Productions 2008 Tour de France 4Hour DVDWorld Cycling Productions 2008 Tour de France 4Hour DVD World Cycling Productions 2008 Tour de France 4Hour DVDThe 2008 Tour de France is as wide open as at any time in recent memory. Will this finally be the year Cadel Evans finishes first? Can the diminutive Carlos Sastre turn his explosive climbing and ironman endurance into a grand tour win? Maybe Alejandro Valverde, fresh off his win at the traditional warmup race Dauphine Libere, can finally fulfill his promise. And don’t count out Denis Menchov, who’s been threatening a Tour win for years. 3Disc Set Format: ...
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05.09.102010 Giro d’Italia, stage 2 resultsGiro supporter RESULTS Giro d’Italia results home PHOTOS Giro d’Italia galleries VIDEO VeloCenter GIRO BASICS 2010 Giro d’Italia route 2010 Giro d’Italia start list All Giro d’Italia articles Sunday May 9, Stage 2: Amsterdam—Utrecht (210km) Stage results (Ordine d’arrivo) GC after stage (Classifiche Generali) Stage points Points standings Young rider standings Stage climber points Climber standings Stage Fast Team Fast Team standings Stage Super Team points Super Team standings Stage’s most aggressive (Premio Combattività) Most aggressive standings Stage escape prize (Premio della Fuga) Escape prize standings Abandons, this stage Stage results (Ordine d’arrivo) 1. Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Transitions in 4:56:46 2. Harley Goss Matthew (AUS) HTC-Columbia at 0:00 3. Fabio Sabatini (ITA) Liquigas ...
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05.06.10Carlos Sastre: Unsung HeroCarlos Sastre has thought long and hard about last year’s disappointing defence of his Tour de France title. At the Giro d’Italia he took two mountain stage wins and fourth overall, later revised to third with Danilo Di Luca’s exclusion for doping. The veteran Spanish rider looked ready to give a spirited ride at the Tour. But it never happened. He finished 17th. He was off the pace, never in contention. More than anything, he says, his failure to contend came down to one thing. ...
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03.22.10Shack says Cali’ trumps GiroTeam RadioShack won’t be going to the Giro d’Italia this year — but that was the team’s choice rather than a snub by organizers RCS Sport, says Johan Bruyneel. Writing on his blog, Bruyneel confirmed that RadioShack would not be racing the Giro, adding, “but the truth is that we communicated this to the Giro organizers, RCS. I like the Giro, I think it’s a great race, but to be quite honest, we are putting all our focus on the Amgen Tour of California.” Bruyneel said the weeklong American stage race holds more value to its sponsors and thus is key to ...
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02.18.10King: ‘Looking for experience to pay off in 2010’Ted King is ready to apply the lessons he’s learned in 2009 to have an even better sophomore season in the pro ranks. Ted King before start of Wednesday's stage 1 at Volta ao Algarve Last year in his rookie season with Cervélo TestTeam, King bounced back from a broken arm in February to start and finish the Giro d’Italia, an important milestone for any first-time experience in a grand tour. With a year’s experience, King rolls into 2010 with renewed confidence to step up for the team, both in terms of results and as a loyal domestique for team captain Carlos Sastre. Racing ...
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11.13.092008 Tour champion Carlos Sastre says he’ll be back next yearAfter weeks of hinting he might skip the Tour de France, Carlos Sastre has confirmed that he will be at the start line in Rotterdam for the 2010 edition. Sastre skipped the 2010 Tour presentation last month and was ambiguous in his comments about what his racing calendar would look like next season, suggesting he wanted to wait to see the official route of next year’s Vuelta a España, revealed next month, before making a final decision. The 2008 Tour champ is still holding out until ...read more
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09.07.08Moncoutie solos to Vuelta stage win, Leipheimer regains overall leadLevi Leipheimer regained the overall lead at the Vuelta a España on Sunday, finishing eighth in a short, but difficult, 151km stage behind Cofidis’s David Moncoutie, who made a brave solo attack out of the day’s early breakaway group. Leipheimer and teammate Alberto Contador now lead in the overall standings, after putting in a big effort to take time from their chief rival, Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank). Sastre lost 13 seconds to Contador, who finished five seconds ahead of the Tour de ...read more
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07.27.08Sastre: the seventh Spanish Tour winnerCarlos Sastre became the seventh Spaniard to win the Tour de France yellow jersey when he wrapped up overall victory on Sunday, taking his country's total to 11 wins. Wins by country after 95 editions 36: France 18: Belgium 11: Spain 10: United States 9: Italy 4: Luxembourg 2: Netherlands, Switzerland 1: Germany, Denmark, Ireland Federico Bahamontes, nicknamed the 'Eagle of Toledo' thanks to his formidable climbing skills, broke new ground for his ...read more
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