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Danilo Di Luca

Stage 8 - Sunday, May 14: Civitanova Marche - Maielletta Passo Lanciano, 171 km

By Cycling News

Published 7 May 2006

The first mountaintop finish to Passo Lanciano, a tough climb in the mountains of Abruzzo with a...

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The first mountaintop finish to Passo Lanciano, a tough climb in the mountains of Abruzzo with a steep final 12km to 1306m. These are the backyard training roads of homeboy Danilo Di Luca and the Liquigas-Bianchi man surely be going for the win atop the Maieletta climb.

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