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MADRID, June 3, 2008 (AFP) - Recently-crowned Tour of Italy champion
Alberto Contador said on Tuesday that he could be considered one of the greats
of the sport.
The 25-year-old Spaniard added the Giro to his 2007 Tour de France title
and is looking to win the Tour of Spain in September, though, he will [...]
ALBERTO CONTADOR OF ASTANA WINS THE 2008 GIRO D’ITALIA
Results in the 21st and final stage of the Tour of Italy on Sunday, a 28.5km time trial from Cesano Maderno to Milan:
21st stage
1. Marco Pinotti (ITA/THR) 32min 45sec, 2. Tony Martin (GER/THR) 7sec behind, 3. Mikhail Ignatiev (RUS/TCS) [...]
MONTE PORA, Italy, May 30, 2008 (AFP) - Belarussian Vasil Kiryienka, of the Tinkoff team, won the 19th stage of the Tour of Italy here on Friday following a long breakaway but Spain’s Alberto Contador said after retaining the overall lead the race was “wide open.”
The 228km stage [...]
Evergreen Voigt wins maiden Tour of Italy stage
VARESE, Italy, May 29, 2008 (AFP) - Veteran German rider Jens Voigt won his first ever stage in the Tour of Italy when he took the 18th leg here on Thursday, a 147 kilometres ride from the Swiss town of Mendissio the venue for the [...]
PLAN DE CORONES, Italy, May 26, 2008 (AFP) - Italian rider Franco Pellizotti of Liquigas won the 16th stage of the Tour of Italy, a 12.9km time trial here on Monday.
Spain’s Tour de France champion Alberto Contador retained the leader’s pink jersey after finishing fourth on the day, 22sec [...]
PASSO FEDAIA, Italy, May 25, 2008 (AFP) - Spaniard Albert Contador of
Astana took the overall lead in the Tour of Italy on Sunday after Italian
Emanuele Sella of CSF won the 15th stage.
Sella triumphed on the day in the rain but the plaudits went to Contador,
the reigning Tour de France champion, as [...]
URBINO, Italy, May 20, 2008 (AFP) - Italy’s Marzio Bruseghin, riding for
the Lampre team, won the tenth stage of the Tou of Italy on Tuesday, a 39.4km
individual time trial from Pesaro to here.
The 33-year-old - who owns a vineyard and breeds donkeys - edged out Tour
de France champion Alberto Contador of [...]
URBINO, Italy, May 19, 2008 (AFP) - Spaniard Alberto Contador, last year’s
Tour de France winner, is suffering from a minor elbow fracture sustained
during a crash during the ongoing Tour of Italy, but has vowed to continue the
race.
“Contador’s visit to the radiologist today (Monday) revealed a fissure in
the radius head of his [...]
PESCOCOSTANZO, Italy, May 16, 2008 (AFP) - Gabriele Bosisio of LPR won the seventh stage of the Tour of Italy here on Friday on a day when Giovanni Visconti retained the overall lead and Danilo di Luca and Riccardo Ricco went on the attack.
Those Italian riders had an [...]
by Jean Montois
PALERMO, Italy, May 10, 2008 (AFP) - Spaniard Alberto Contador admitted he will be looking to finetune his form in the coming weeks if he is to become a real contender for the Giro d’Italia crown.
Contador was among the pre-race favourites for the Giro’s [...]
PALERMO, Italy, May 9, 2008 (AFP) - Climbers who can keep their time trial losses to a minimum will be among the top contenders for the pink jersey in the Giro d’Italia which clicks into gear here Saturday.
The 91st edition of the Giro begins with a team time trial, [...]