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Alberto Contador 98th on eve of verdict
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He has continued racing and stands to lose all his results if banned for more than a year, including winning the Giro d'Italia last season. The 29-year-old cyclist says steaks bought from a Basque producer and provided by a colleague explain his high ...
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Fenn gets rookie win in Mallorca Challenge
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Several big names made their respective season debuts, with 2011 Tour de France champion Cadel Evans (BMC) lining up alongside Giro d'Italia champion Alberto Contador (SaxoBank) and Juanjo Cobo (Movistar). The Schleck brothers also raced for the first ...

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Milano-Torino confirmed for 2012
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The race is owned by RCS Sport, and the Giro d'Italia organiser has reached an agreement which allows the Associazione Ciclistica Arona to organise it for the next three seasons. Italian cycling's oldest classic, the first Milano-Torino took place in ...
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Italy's oldest classic race returns
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RCS Sports, the organizers of the Giro d'Italia, Milan-Sanremo, Il Lombardia, Tirreno-Adriatico, Strade Bianche, and Gran Piemonte races has announced that they will re-launch “Milano-Torino”, the oldest Italian one-day classic.


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17th GP Costa Degli Etruschi
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Cold temps continued to plague Italy, but the sun appeared as the riders got under way after a short delay to contest a parcours shortened by 24 km. The ealy action was courtesy of, Davide Ricci Bitti (Farnese Vini Selle Italia), Alessandro De Marchi ...
GP Costa degli Etruschi: San Vincenzo - Donoratico 194.6kmCyclingnews.com

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Contador to start Mallorca Challenge tomorrow
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Other victories he's earned, such as the 2011 Giro d'Italia as well as the overall titles at the Murcia and Catalunya tours, could be stripped as well. Contador, meanwhile, has insisted on his innocence and hopes to be cleared of charges, ...

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Lance Armstrong’s comeback – USA TODAY


Lance Armstrong's comeback
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The photo of the duo was taken before the start of the Giro on May 7, 2009. Lance Armstrong, center, takes a break with the rest of the Giro d'Italia field before the 10th stage, from Cuneo to Pinerolo, Italy. Lance Armstrong passes Milan's cathedral ...

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News Briefs
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BATH, England (BRAIN) Feb 3, 10:23 MT — Shift Active Media, a consulting company founded by former FuturePublishing COO Simon Wear, will be working to promote Giro d'Italia owner RCS Sport. The partnership was announced this week. Besides the Giro ...


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Italian teams primed for home season debut in Costa degli Etruschi
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Petacchi has actually crossed the line in first place six times, but he lost his 2008 victory after the International Cycling Union (UCI) retrospectively disqualified him after his over-use of Salbutamol in the 2007 Giro d'Italia.

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Video: Phinney targeting pink jersey in first Giro d'Italia
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“I am really excited to go for the pink jersey on the first day of the Giro d'Italia,” he said in a video interview. “I think it is an 8.7 kilometre time trial to start it off in Denmark – it is flat with a bunch of turns, so it is my thing.