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Giro d'Italia
10 May 2008 - 30 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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