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  • A Thomson Bike Tours Giro d'Italia trip--valley across from Passo Giau
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  • A Thomson Bike Tours Giro d'Italia trip--Summit of 1600 meter Passo Duran.
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  • During stages in the Dolomites, cycling fans took to the on their own two wheels--here, a group from Thomson Tours spins through the Sella Ronda group.
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  • A Thomson Bike Tours Giro d'Italia trip--Summit of 1600 meter Passo Duran.
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  • A Thomson Bike Tours Giro d'Italia trip--valley across from Passo Giau
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  • Jose Rujano seems to seek out quit spaces in the minutes before start time.  Here, he relaxes with the morning paper in one of the Giro's few empty media tents. 2011 Giro d' Italia Stage 3
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  • Jose Rujano Portrait 2011 Giro d'Italia
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  • Near the summit of Paso Staulanza
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  • SMS factory hand stitching stations.
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  • Contador was all business at stage 8's check-in.  The following day he secured the pink jersey for the duration of the Giro.
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  • 2011 Giro d' Italia
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  • 2011 Giro d' Italia Stage 9
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  • 2011 Giro d' Italia Stage 6
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  • Some fans blamed the cancellation of Crostis on Contador's pre-ride complaints.
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  • 2011 Giro d' Italia Zoncolan
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  • The peloton passes through Sapri.
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  • Contador after stage 10.  He hung out around his team car taking pictures with a few fans for a few minutes--then he skiped his press conference, getting hit with a 1000 Euro fine.
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  • The JV podium girls walk the final meters of stage 10--the last 100 meters of the sprint had a 4% grade.
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  • The peloton passes through the town of Sapri.
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  • The best seat in the house--the eagles nest on top of Monteverngine Di Mercogliano.
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  • Paolo Bettini holding court at the starting area.
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  • Another view from the seaside road near Rapallo--Stage 4.
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  • Breakfast while filing the latest race updates.
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  • 10:15 pm - Coaches and staff pour over the day's results.
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  • Post showers and massage, while the mechanics are still cleaning the bikes, the athletes begin team dinner.  WIth an-Italian based team, this usually consists of hand-made pastas, white rice, and salads.
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  • Team mechanics take separate cars to the start, often stopping to great freinds along the way.
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  • The accident site.  Family and local residents had already left flowers and notes by early Tuesday afternoon.
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  • Rujano shares a moment with team Androni coach Marco Bellini after his second place finish--he was the only true challenger to Contador during the Giro's first mountain stage.
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  • Rujano shares a moment with team Androni coach Marco Bellini after his second place finish on Mount Etna--he was the only true challenger to Contador during the Giro's first mountain stage.
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  • 2011 Giro d' Italia Stage 9
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  • 2011 Giro d' Italia Stage 6
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  • Alessandro Pettacchi signs in for stage 6.
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  • 2:13 pm feed zone -- 90 kms into the day, soigneurs deliver carefully packed bags with: one energy gel pack, three small jam-filled muffins, one coconut energy bar, one fruit-flavored protein bar, and two multi-dextrin energy drinks.
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  • Team chase cars also get lunch delivered along the route. Androni Giocattoli. 2011 Giro d' Italia - Stage 2
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  • Team chase cars also get lunch delivered along the route. Androni Giocattoli. 2011 Giro d' Italia - Stage 2
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  • Team soigneurs earned their paychecks at this Giro.  In addition to their duties of massage, food, and luggage hauling--long transfers before and after each stage kept them behind the wheel for hours on end.
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  • Though all of its staff are Italian, Androni's riders are "multi-ethnico"- 11 Italians, 4 Venezuelans, 1 Colombian, and 1 Spaniard.  Coach Gianni often recruits new talent from Latin America--he is the current coach of the Venezuelan World's Team.
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  • Though all of its staff are Italian, Androni's riders are "multi-ethnico"- 11 Italians, 4 Venezuelans, 1 Colombian, and 1 Spaniard.  Coach Gianni often recruits new talent from Latin America--he is the current coach of the Venezuelan World's Team. 2011 Giro d' Italia Stage 3
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  • Jose Rujano Portrait 2011 Giro d'Italia
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  • Having lunch around the corner from team Saxo bank's hotel at the base of Paso Giau.
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  • Passo di Falzarego tunnel section.
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  • Passo di Falzarego summit.
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  • Pietro Santini with SMS sponsored team and rider Scarponi/Lampre
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  • SMS factory hand stitching stations.
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  • Monica and Pietro Santini present new jersey designs to their newest sponsored team, Green Edge Cycling.
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  • At the starting line of stage 19, Mr. Santini, owner of the company the manufactures the Maglia Rosa, introduced himself to Contador for the first time.
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  • Santini with Katusha sponsored team--rider is Danilo Di Luca.
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  • Santini with the 2011 Giro jersey line-up.
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  • Mr. Santini with his two daughters, Monica and Paola.
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  • Pietro Santini with SMS sponsored team and rider Scarponi/Lampre
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  • Pietro Santini with SMS sponsored team and rider Scarponi/Lampre
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  • Alberto Contador's fresh Maglia Rosa--team badges are pressed onto race leader's jerseys at the end of each stage in a restricted access tent behind the podium.
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  • Alberto Contador's fresh Maglia Rosa--team badges are pressed onto race leader's jerseys at the end of each stage in a restricted access tent behind the podium.
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  • SMS factory hand stitching stations.
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  • SMS factory hand stitching stations.
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  • Employees at quality control station checking Russian Federation team kits--SMS
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  • Stripping sublimatic black Lampre prints -- SMS factory
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  • At the starting line of stage 19, Mr. Santini, owner of the company the manufactures the Maglia Rosa, introduced himself to Contador for the first time. He said, "I am pleased and honored that you are representing Santini in the Pink Jersey.  I would be happy to give you some extra jerseys for friends and family."  Contador took him up on his offer--the next day, Saxo's team manager called Santini with a request for 30 Maglia Rosas.
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  • By the start of stage 19, after three weeks of being on the road, Allessandro Vanotti was glad to reunite with his family.  His little girl cried as he set her down and meanered to the starting line.
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  • By the second week of the race, many Giro riders were clad in road wounds. Alan Maragoni bleeds through his bandages while suffering up the Zoncolan.
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  • Fans lining the Zoncolan--several thousand cyclists pre-suffered the climb for prime viewing locations.
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  • The Zoncolan had plenty of protest verbiage against the UCI's decision not to allow the Crostis descent.  Local fans had dedicated hundreds of volunteer hours into putting up nets and padding to make the descent safer.  The Giro also allegedly spent several hundred thousand Euros in a last-ditch effort to make the descent acceptable to the riders.
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  • HTC soigneurs wait with recovery drinks while Cav. gives Mark Renshaw a well deserved hug after his stage 10 win--much to the delight of fans.
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  • One to watch--Garmin's Peter Stetina had a breakthrough Giro debut, placing 22nd overall.
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  • Pre-pink, Contador's world was media scrums and frenzied fans.  This little dude (above left of Contador's helmet) snuck by crowd control officials and then pushed his way through the media scrum to snag Contador's autograph--just seconds before the stage start.
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  • Pre-pink, Contador did not have to deal with the hassle of mass chase groups of fans, media, or mandatory press conferences--just an occasional jeer here and there.
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  • HTC sprinters and workhorses exhausted after the Giro's first mountain stage. Cav. was accused by Francisco Ventoso and Murilo Fischer of grabbing his team car along the slopes of Etna.  Stage 9 finish.
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  • The chase group at 425 meters from the finish, lead by Lampre, charges down De Clercq, who just barely won stage 7.
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  • A young boy celebrates new Giro bike glasses with his father.
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  • Alessandro Petacchi needed a few minutes to catch his breath while sitting on the tarmac before taking questions about his near-stage victory. Stage 6.
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  • Groups of journalists and local cyclists visited Wouter's accident site throughout the day after his death.
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  • The chip on the concrete wall where initial impact likely occurred--leading to the tragic death of Wouter Weylandt.
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  • Giro fans are allowed easy access to their heros.  This member of the Italian Alpine club has a chat with team Garmin.
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  • Riders make their way to the time trial starting line in central Torino.
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  • This time trial girl had never held a cyclist before.  She was put through a few minutes of training with an Acqua & Sapone rider before stage 1.
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  • A podium girl waits backstage to be called for her appearance.
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  • Ciao Giro--That's a 2011 wrap.
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  • Contador raises his hands in victory after crossing the TT finish--shown live on big screens in front of Milan's Duomo.
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  • Contador fans were out in full force in Milan today.
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  • The gauntlet--a narrow gap of enthusiastic fans that awaited every rider when leaving the secured podium area en route to team buses.
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  • While fans line fences, waiting for their favorite TT riders to arrive, champagne is pre-opened behind the podium.
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  • David Miller takes questions on his time trial win behind the podium.
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  • The piazza in front of Milan's Duomo.
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  • Clearly, Pantani will live forever in Italy.
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  • Race security touches-up some sketchy cobble sections 150 meters from the finish in front of Milan's Duomo.
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  • 2011 Giro d' Italia Stage 9
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  • Fans waiting along the road for stage 5's uphill sprint finish to Orvieto.
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  • 2011 Giro d' Italia Stage 5
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  • 2011 Giro d' Italia Stage 4
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  • 2011 Giro d' Italia
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  • 2011 Giro d' Italia
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  • 2011 Giro d' Italia
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  • 2011 Giro d' Italia
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  • 2011 Giro d' Italia
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  • 2011 Giro d' Italia
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  • 2011 Giro d' Italia
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  • 2011 Giro d' Italia
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  • 2011 Giro d' Italia
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  • Don't we all wish our  grandmothers brought us to cycling races when we were lads.
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  • Rujano was the only man to challenge Contador today.  His second place finish was a big win for team Androni.
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