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• Christian Vandevelde of Slipstream Is First American In 20 Years To Put On Giro’s Pink Jersey
  May 10th, 2008
  

  PALERMO, Italy, May 10, 2008 (AFP) - American Christian Vandevelde became the first American in 20 years to put on the Giro d’Italia’s pink jersey after leading his Slipstream team to victory in the opening stage team time trial.
  Slipstream hit an average speed of just over 53 km/h for [...]

• Giro d’Italia Stages & Climbs
  May 10th, 2008
  

  PALERMO, Italy, May 10, 2008 (AFP) - The 21 stages of the 3430.4km long Giro d’Italia, which begins here Saturday:
  May 10: stage 1 Palermo, 23.6 km (team time trial)
  May 11: stage 2 Cefalu - Agrigento, 207 km
  May 12: stage 3 Catania - Milazzo, [...]

• Off-form Alberto Contador of Astana Still A Favorite At ‘Climbers’ Giro
  May 10th, 2008
  

  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, [...]

• Giro Call Has Astana Anxious, With Lots To Prove
  May 5th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  PARIS, May 5, 2008 (AFP) - Spaniard Alberto Contador and his Astana team have admitted to being in a race against time as they prepare for the first three-week race of the cycling season.
  Giro d’Italia organizers performed a dramatic u-turn on Sunday and invited [...]

• Italy’s Eddy Mazzoleni ‘Oil for Drug’ Affair BAN - Two Years
  April 8th, 2008
  

  Join the forum discussion on this post ROME, April 8, 2008 (AFP) - Eddy Mazzoleni, third in last year’s Tour of Italy (Giro d’Italia), has been handed a two-year ban by the Italian Cycling Federation (FCI) for his involvement in the “Oil for Drug” affair, the FCI said on Tuesday.
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• Danilo Di Luca Set To Race At Settimana Lombardia
  March 30th, 2008
  

  ROME, March 30, 2008 (AFP) - Giro d’Italia champion Danilo Di Luca will ride in the Settimana Lombardia on April 6, his LPR team said on Sunday.
  Di Luca is currently embroiled in an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to have a three-month suspension he served [...]

• Former Champ Damiano Cunego of Lampre Set To Skip Giro
  March 30th, 2008
  

  Former Champ Damiano Cunego of Lampre Set To Skip Giro

  CHARLEVILLE-MEZIERES, France, March 30, 2008 (AFP) - Former Tour of Italy winner Damiano Cunego looks set to skip this year’s Giro in order to focus on his preparations for the Tour de France, his Lampre team revealed Sunday.
  The 2004 Tour [...]

• Tom Boonen opts for Italian stage race over Paris-Nice
  February 29th, 2008
  

  BRUSSELS, Feb 29, 2008 (AFP) - Belgium’s former world champion Tom Boonen has opted to race at the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race instead of Paris-Nice, his Quick Step team said Friday.
  Boonen, a one-day specialist who would use either race as preparation for the upcoming classics season, says the profile of the French ‘Race to the [...]

• Giro Takes The High Road - Team High Road invited to the Giro d’Italia
  February 15th, 2008
  

  Palo Alto, Ca. - VeloGuy is in Palo Alto this week hanging out with some of the teams getting ready for the Tour of California this week. He’s learned from officials of Team High Road that they have been invited to participate this year in the Giro d’Italia and other events sponsored by [...]

• Basso: Suspension was ‘best thing’ to happen to him
  January 17th, 2008
  

  Basso: Suspension was ‘best thing’ to happen to him
  By Agence France Presse
  Filed: January 17, 2008
  Disgraced former Giro d’Italia champion Ivan Basso said Thursday that his two-year doping suspension was the best thing to happen to him.
  Basso was tipped to win the 2006 Tour de France, shortly after cruising to victory in the Giro, but he [...]

• The Press Reactions to 2008 Giro route
  December 2nd, 2007
  

  The Press Reactions to 2008 Giro route
  At the presentation of the 2008 Giro D’Italia at the Teatro degli Arcimboldi in Milan, RAI-TV color commentator Davide Cassani described the 2008 Giro d’Italia as “a nervous course in the first stages, for the first half, then in the second part there are hard stages with climb after [...]

• The Di Luca Saga Continues
  August 8th, 2007
  

  The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) said in a statement on its website Friday that Giro d’Italia winner Danilo Di Luca will be subject to further inquiry for alleged doping charges and may be sanctioned following the review of new evidence.
  No details were available about the nature of the evidence, the case, or where it might [...]