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- Italian cyclist Pozzato wins 5th stage of Tour de France
- AUTUN, France AFP — Italy's Filippo Pozzato Liguigas won a sprint finish to the fifth stage of the Tour de France, a 182.5km run between Chablis and here on Thursday. Fabien Cancellara CSC, winner of the prologue and the third stage, retained the yellow jersey with a 33sec lead...
- Research articles 2007-07-12
- Di Luca defies climbing specialists to stay in pink
- AURONZO, Italy AFP — Versatile Italian Danilo Di Luca beat some of the world's best climbers to extend his race lead after a thrilling 15th stage of the Tour of Italy here Sunday. Italian Riccardo Ricco won the monumental stage in the Dolomite mountains after being prodded over the...
- Research articles 2007-05-27
- Di Luca wins 12th stage to reclaim lead
- BRIANCON, France AFP — Italy's Danilo Di Luca, riding for the Liquigas team, won the 12th stage of the Tour of Italy here on Thursday to regain the overall leader's pink jersey. Di Luca finished ahead of two-time Giro winner Gilberto Simoni in the summit finish at Briancon after...
- Research articles 2007-05-24
- Basso king of the mountains as he punishes rivals
- MONTE BONDONE, Italy AFP — Italian rider Ivan Basso all but wrapped up the Tour of Italy when he won the 16th stage of the race. The 28-year-old won his third stage of this year's edition in commanding fashion in the first day in the Dolomite mountain range beating...
- Research articles 2006-05-23
- Gil claims Giro's seventh stage, Di Luca back in pink
- PISTOIA, Italy AFP — Spaniard Koldo Gil won the seventh stage of the Tour of Italy here after a courageous breakaway which ultimately left Pro Tour series leader Danilo Di Luca back in the pink jersey. Gil, of the Liberty team, came over the finish line of the 211km...
- Research articles 2005-05-14
- Di Luca outfoxes the orange train to win Amstel Gold
- VALKENBURG, The Netherlands AFP — Italy's Danilo Di Luca of the Liquigas team held off the orange-clad riders of Rabobank to win the Amstel Gold Race, the only Dutch one-day classic in the 27-leg Pro Tour series. Fresh from victory at the Tour of the Basque country last week,...
- Research articles 2005-04-17
- Audacious Arndt grabs gold at world cycling championships
- VERONA, Italy AFP — Olympic silver medallist Judith Arndt of Germany crowned a brave attack in the final kilometres of the women's road race to claim a deserved gold here at the world cycling championships. Arndt, 28, crossed the finish line after the 132.75km race in a time of...
- Research articles 2004-10-02
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- Soccer-Italy: Juventus take their chance, top Serie A.
- Feb 16, 2003 The Sports Network via COMTEX Milan, Italy Sports Network - Two teams had a chance on Sunday to climb to the top of the table in Italy--but only one took full advantage of their opportunity. After Inter's...
- Research articles 2003-02-16
- Italy's Bosisio wins 7th stage, Visconti still in pink
- PESCOCOSTANZO, Italy 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 impressive day in...
- Research articles 2008-05-16
- In-form Garzelli wins again on Tour of Italy
- LINZ, AustriaAFP — Italian rider Stefano Garzelli won the 16th stage of the Tour of Italy here on Tuesday for his second victory in this year's edition. The 33-year-old's compatriot Danilo Di Luca retained the overall leader's pink jersey, despite coming in some eight minutes adrift of the winner,...
- Research articles 2007-05-29
- Bennati retires from Tour
- LA TOUSSUIRE, France AFP — Italy's Daniele Bennati of the Lampre team has retired from the Tour de France after falling during the 16th mountainous stage from Bourg d'Oisans to La Toussuire. Bennati, who was third in the points standings, fell during the long descent after the Galibier climb...
- Research articles 2006-07-19
- Americans living longer than ever before: report
- WASHINGTON AFP — Americans are living longer than ever, with the average life expectancy reaching 78 years in 2005, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC said Wednesday. But despite the steady upward climb of longevity, the United States was still far behind Japan, Andorra and Italy, where...
- Research articles 2007-09-12
- Kim Kirchen sees off Evans to land Fleche Wallonne
- HUY, Belgium AFP — Luxembourg's Kim Kirchen of the High Road team won the Fleche Wallonne classic race Wednesday, seeing off Australian Cadel Evans and Italian Damiano Cunego. Kirchen, 29 and the first man from the Grand Duchy to win the event in this its 72nd edition, just edged...
- Research articles 2008-04-23
- Italian central bank chief sees 1.0 percent growth in 2006)
- ROME AFP — Italian central bank governor Antonio Fazio forecast that economic growth in Italy would pass 1.0 percent in 2006, as Italy "overcomes" a difficult turn in its economy. The head of the Bank of Italy made the prediction on next year's economic outlook in a communique marking...
- Research articles 2005-10-29
- Rebellin strikes again to take Fleche Wallonne
- HUY, Belgium AFP ? Davide Rebellin of Italy won his second successive big race when he triumphed in the Fleche Wallonne spring cycling classic. The 32-year-old followed up his victory in the Amstel Gold Race on Sunday by edging home ahead of compatriot Danilo Di Luca on the final...
- Research articles 2004-04-21
- Contador leads overall, Sella wins 20th stage
- TIRANO, Italy AFP — Spanish Astana racer Alberto Contador retained the leader's pink jersey after Italian Emanuele Sella of CSF won the 20th and penultimate stage of the Tour of Italy, a 224km ride from Rovetta to Tirano on Saturday. Contador managed to hold off the challenge of closest...
- Research articles 2008-05-31
- Pozzato leads Italian sweep of Milan-San Remo
- SAN REMO, Italy AFP — Quick step rider Filippo Pozzato lead an Italian podium sweep at the Milan-San Remo cycling race, the opening one-day classic of the season. Pozzato finished several metres ahead of last year's winner Alessandro Petacchi with Luca Paolini finishing third after 294km of racing ahead...
- Research articles 2006-03-18
- Serbia's Stevic wins stage two of Tour de Georgia
- ROME, United States AFP — Serbian Ivan Stevic of Toyota-United made a late surge to capture the second stage of the Tour de Georgia cycling race here Tuesday while Italy's Daniele Contrini kept the overall lead. Stevic, a 27-year-old from Belgrade, opened a lead after the final climb of...
- Research articles 2007-04-17
- Moos in yellow after third stage win
- MORGINS, Switzerland AFP ? Swiss rider Alexandre Moos of the Phonak team grabbed the overall leader's yellow jersey after winning the third stage of the Tour of Romandy. Moos won a sprint finish ahead of Italy's Leonardo Piepoli and Phonak teammate Tyler Hamilton of the United States following the...
- Research articles 2004-04-30
- USA bounced from youth soccer worlds
- Correction ran 6/24/2005: A news brief Wednesday about the death of a race official during a Pikes Peak International Hill Climb practice run misspelled the surname of the driver of the car that struck the official. He is Jay Stewart. Freddy Adu and the U.S. team were knocked out...
- Research articles 2005-06-22
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