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Another look at the Gavia

Gutierrez working the Mortirolo

Basso and Simoni, mano a mano

Savoldelli pulled out all the stops on the descent

But it was Basso's day to shine

Göhl en route to victory

Piepoli put the hurt on the peloton

Savoldelli lost contact and Danielson paced him up the final climb

Basso and Simoni swept up most of the break... and put time on Gutierrez and Savoldelli

Game Over? Basso enters the last big day in the mountains with 6:07 on Gutierrez

Garate wins

Class Act: After following Garate's wheel for 5km, Voigt declined to contest the sprint.

Garate and Voigt joined the day's early break and stayed away all day.

Voigt rode up to Valjavec and then joined Garate when the Spanish champion bridged and attacked

The after-shocks from the so-called “Operación Puerto” that rocked Spanish cycling in the wake of the arrests of Liberty Seguros team manager Manolo Saiz and sports doctor Eufemiano Fuentes and three others are already rippling through cycling. Liberty Seguros announced Thursday it’s immediately ending its multi-million-dollar sponsorship with the ProTour team while Spanish authorities are reporting that as many as 200 riders and athletes could be implicated in a widespread doping network. “The implications of Manolo Saiz´s detention are highly alarming: they damage our name and cycling’s

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Schumacher catches and passes Bruseghin in a charge to the line

Gadret's Giro is over.

A strong break on a course that favored a small group

Ullrich even tried to join in the fun...

The chase wasn't furious.

Forster on the descent

Jonathan Patrick McCarty

Wednesday's cold, rain and snow gave way to a beautiful Alpine spring day on Thursday.

... and the successful chase.

Perez Cuapio animates the climb....

The Spanish government warned Wednesday that it was committed to its zero-tolerance stance on doping in sports in the wake of the arrest of the manager of Spanish cycling team Liberty.Manolo Saiz was arrested Tuesday on doping charges and detained at the drugs squad's headquarters.Saiz and four others who were arrested - including the Valence team sporting director Ignacio Laberta and a former doctor to the Kelme and ONCE teams Eufemiano Fuentes - are part of a huge investigation into cycling by the Spanish police.The newspaper El Pais reported that more than 200 blood bags destined for

Madrid, Spain (AP) - Liberty Seguros cycling team director Manolo Saiz, arrested on doping charges, was released Wednesday after being questioned by police, the Civil Guard said. Saiz will still have to go before a judge. Four other men arrested along with Saiz, one of the biggest names in Spanish cycling, remain in custody. They still have to be questioned by the Civil Guard, a paramilitary police unit of the Interior Ministry. It was not clear when Saiz would go before a judge. The other four detainees include Eufemiano Fuentes, a physician who has worked for several Spanish cycling

Basso lengthened his lead, even as Piepoli won Stage 17

.. then Piepoli breaks things up

Piepoli wins another

No, not today: Officials eliminated the anticipated climb to Kronplatz.

The unsuccessful break...

Manolo Saiz, manager of the Liberty-Seguros team has been arrested on doping charges, the Cadena Ser radio station reported on Tuesday. "Police have arrested Manolo Saiz and the Liberty team doctor Eufemiano Fuentes on suspicion of being involved in doping," the radio said. Saiz was reportedly detained in Spain and is not with his team at the Giro d'Italia. "At the moment we are unable to confirm anything," a spokesman for the Liberty Seguros team said. "We have not yet been unable to contact the sporting director." The Spanish Cycling Federation could not immediately confirm the

All by himself: Basso's solo win puts him way ahead on GC

Simoni managed to hang with Basso...

... for a bit.

Simoni held on for second

Gutierrez and Piepoli

Savoldelli, with Rubiera, risks losing his podium spot

Young Americans: Olson and McCartney

Road Work: An update on the road to the Plan de Corones

Road Work: An update on the road to the Plan de Corones

Road Work: An update on the road to the Plan de Corones

Road Work: An update on the road to the Plan de Corones

Road Work: An update on the road to the Plan de Corones

Road Work: An update on the road to the Plan de Corones

Road Work: An update on the road to the Plan de Corones

Road Work: An update on the road to the Plan de Corones

Road Work: An update on the road to the Plan de Corones

Basso may have Savoldelli on his wheel in coming days, too.

This time he gets it.

Never more than 4:50 up on the field, this one was doomed to failure.

The chase

Super Domestique: Since Ullrich is using the Giro for training, he's getting some new duties for this race

McConneloug found some portions frustrating.

Still in pink

This break actually succeeded.

Basso had no reason to chase and every reason to relax.

CSC in control

The break had a healthy margin going into the last climb and actually added to it on the way up.

Dahle's streak continues...

... as does Absalon's

JHK finishes 16th

Meirhaeghe riding the road to redemption?

Prémont was again the top North American

Rujano showed a flash of his style from last year... and then went home.

Savoldelli: Still third, but losing time

Simoni held his own against everyone, but Basso

The day's doomed-to-fail break had but 30 seconds once the climbing started

Cunego had to take some risks on the descent

Piepoli climbed brilliantly and took risks on the descent

Last year at Spa

The course

Basso did all of his damage on the way up, but had a lot more to lose than Piepoli on the wet descent into the Alpine village of La Thuile.

Mark Hardman, winner of the D-I road race

Will this man replace Old Dirty Bastard?