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Giro d'Italia 2008

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Sella training for August return

Italian looking for a team as his one-year suspension comes to a close
Vande Velde confident, rested approaching Giro

Christian Vande Velde kicked off the 2008 Giro d'Italia in dramatic fashion for Slipstream-Chipotle's Grand Tour debut, donning the race's maglia rosa after crossing the finish line at the head of a winning team time trial effort.
Contador one step closer to pink dream

Spain's Alberto Contador moved one step closer to winning the 91st Giro d'Italia's overall...

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Giro d'Italia 2008
10 May 2008 - 1 June 2008 | Italy | GT
- Race History - 91st Giro d'Italia
- Stage 1 - Slipstream shows speed in Sicily | Palermo - Palermo, ITT
  2008-05-10 23.6km
  
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- Stage 2 - Riccò strikes to win, Pellizotti pips Vande Velde in maglia rosa fight | Cefalù - Agrigento
  2008-05-11 207km
  
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- Stage 3 - Bennati completes good day for Liquigas, Pellizotti holds on | Catania - Milazzo
  2008-05-12 221km
  
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- Stage 4 - 'Manx Express' Cavendish takes first Grand Tour win | Pizzo Calabro - Catanzaro-Lungomare
  2008-05-13 183km
  
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- Stage 5 - Brutt shows his force, Pellizotti retains Maglia Rosa | Belvedere Marittimo - Contursi Terme
  2008-05-14 203km
  
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- Stage 6 - Priamo nets first Giro win while Visconti lands big catch | Potenza - Peschici (Circuito del Gargano)
  2008-05-15 231.6km
  
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- Stage 7 - Good day for LPR as Bosisio triumphs and Di Luca shows form | Vasto - Pescocostanzo
  2008-05-16 180km
  
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- Stage 8 - Riccò doubles up with blast in Tivoli | Rivisondoli - Tivoli
  2008-05-17 208km
  
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- Stage 9 - Bennati makes it two | Civitavecchia - San Vincenzo
  2008-05-18 218km
  
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- Stage 10 - Wet Urbino run sorts out classification | Pesaro - Urbino (Individual Time Trial)
  2008-05-20 39.4km
  
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- Stage 11 - Bertolini takes first Giro stage after 16 years | Urbania - Cesena
  2008-05-21 199km
  
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- Stage 12 - Benna takes three despite Cavendish comeback | Forlì - Carpi
  2008-05-22 172km
  
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- Stage 13 - Cavendish takes late birthday celebration | Modena - Cittadella
  2008-05-23 177km
  
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- Stage 14 - Sella dominates Giro's first high-mountain stage | Verona - Alpe di Pampeago/Val di Fiemme
  2008-05-24 195km
  
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- Stage 15 - Dolomite delight: Italy's Sella doubles, Contador in maglia rosa | Arabba - Passo Fedaia/Marmolada (Dolomites Stars)
  2008-05-25 153km
  
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- Stage 16 - Franco Pellizotti is king of Corones | San Vigilio di Marebbe - Plan de Corones (Individual Time Trial)
  2008-05-26 12.9km
  
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- Stage 17 - Cavendish's key lead-out man Greipel prevails | Sondrio - Locarno
  2008-05-28 146km
  
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- Stage 18 - Voigt conquers Worlds parcours for CSC win | Mendrisio - Varese
  2008-05-29 147km
  
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- Stage 19 - Contador proves tough under Di Luca's pressure | Legnano - Presolana/Monte Pora
  2008-06-30 238km
  
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- Stage 20 - Contador one step closer to pink dream | Rovetta - Tirano
  2000-01-01 224km
  
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- Stage 21 - Hola! Contador conquers second Grand Tour | Cesano Maderno - Milano (Individual Time Trial)
  2008-06-01 28.5km
  
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Latest Content on the Race

Stage 6 - Thursday, May 15: Potenza - Peschici (Circuito del Gargano), 231.6km

By Cycling News last updated 28 August 19

This stage, 265 kilometres from Potenza, is the longest haul of them all and takes the riders to...

Stage 16 - Monday, May 26: San Vigilio di Marebbe - Plan de Corones (Individual Time Trial), 12.85km

By Cycling News last updated 28 August 19

The legs will be left wobbly and weak from the previous two days in the mountains for the individual...

Emanuele Sella (CSF Group Navigare) takes his third stage of the Giro.

Sella training for August return

By Gregor Brown last updated 28 August 19

Italian looking for a team as his one-year suspension comes to a close

Stage 13 - Friday, May 23: Modena - Cittadella, 177km

By Cycling News last updated 28 August 19

Sprinters tighten your toe-straps because this is the 2008 Giro d'Italia's sprint stage deluxe....

Stage 2 - Sunday, May 11: Cefalù - Agrigento, 207km

By Cycling News last updated 28 August 19

Departing from Cefalù, on the northern shores of Sicilia, many of the riders might be thinking of...

Stage 5 - Wednesday, May 14: Belvedere Marittimo - Contursi Terme, 203km

By Cycling News last updated 28 August 19

Stage five is one for a long escape thanks to its rolling parcours. Those who make it free won't...

Stage 8 - Saturday, May 17: Rivisondoli - Tivoli, 208km

By Cycling News last updated 28 August 19

The Corsa Rosa returns to Tivoli, the land were Belgium's Roger De Vlaeminck ruled in 1975. After an...

Stage 11 - Wednesday, May 21: Urbania - Cesena, 199km

By Cycling News last updated 28 August 19

Stage 11 sees the start of a three-day tour of Marco Pantani's home region. Following the first rest...

Stage 14 - Saturday, May 24: Verona - Alpe di Pampeago/Val di Fiemme, 195km

By Cycling News last updated 28 August 19

Five years ago, Gilberto Simoni took control here before going on to win his second of two Giro...

Stage 10 - Tuesday, May 20: Pesaro - Urbino (Individual Time Trial), 39.4km

By Cycling News last updated 28 August 19

The Pesaro to Urbino 39.4-kilometre time trial is the second of four timed tests in the 2008 Giro...

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