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Davitamon chases

Petacchi finshed nearly 15 minutes down

Chechu gives it a go.

Schumacher readies his attack and Bettini misses the bus

Spring and a young man's thoughts turn to .... raingear

Quick Step gives chase

Remember this guy? He's here training for the Tour.

The men hit it

And Kabush wins it

The women dig into the dust

Warren in the hot seat

Schumacher takes the stage and the overall lead

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McEwen outfoxed Petacchi and Pollack

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Kabush and Vanlandingham hit the line side by side

Wells nurses a bum wing post-race

Savoldelli had an easy day

With the sprinters eager for a shot, this one stood little chance of lasting.

The Giro is a big draw in Belgium.

Danielson and McGee

Matt White gives chase

Birthday Boy

Viva Italia!

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McGee was second, but by a big margin

José Ivan Gutierrez comes in at 8:03...

Danielson finishes 12th on the day

... as did Gerolsteiner's Schumacher.

Oddsmakers give Bobby J a 33-1 chance of winning the Giro.

Di Luca takes 10th, at 8:09.

Savoldelli aims for his third Giro trophy.

A little too long to be called a prologue, Stage 1 may start sorting things out early on in this Giro.

'There’s a pretty good amount of climbing each lap,' says Tom Spiegel of Team Big Bear.

Dear Bob,I live in Minnesota and am kind of new to cycling, so I read with great interest your article on impeding traffic. In your article, you mentioned a “minimum speed limit.” Are there roads in Minnesota where a minimum speed limit means “no bicycles allowed?” Can you point out some resources for me to learn about my rights and responsibilities?Thanks,D.Q.,Minnesota Dear D.Q.,That’s a great first question from a kind of new cyclist. As you recall, in Trotwood v. Selz (see "To impede or not to impede, that is the question"),an Ohio cyclist received a citation for impeding traffic while

Liberty Seguros for the Giro: (left to right) Dariusz Baranowski, Koen De Kort, Javier R. Abeja, Dani Navarro, Michele Scarponi, Marcos Serrano, Gianpaolo Caruso, Sergey Yakovlev and Unai Osa

Word is that stage 17 is actually worse than it looks on paper.

Next year the roads may be perfect.

Petito wins big

Saul Raisin’s gradual recovery from a life-threatening head injury continues as he returned to the United States this week and began posting messages on his web page. Raisin, 23, flew home Monday after fighting for his life in a French hospital and even dictated a message to fans under the heading, “Believe it or not, it is me Saul.” “Well, here I am no racing for me. Only racing to get well,” he said a message dictated to his mother. “Too bad I am not doing the Giro. I want to thank everyone for their support and get-well thoughts. I hope to be leaving the hospital in a couple of weeks. I

What a week for Davitamon-Lotto. Or, as team rider Chris Horner mightsay, what a week for Davitamon-Lotto, huh? First, Fast Freddie Rodriguez summons all of the gremlin power availablein the universe to take a stagewin at the Tour de Georgia on April 21. Unfortunately, Casey Gibson’sshutter speed was faster than Freddie’s supernatural changeling powers,and his ability to transform into a gremlin was revealed to the cyclingworld. Still, it’s a small price to pay to snap his streak of bad luckand second- and third-place sprint finishes that dated back to the 2005season. Next up was

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Wednesday's EuroFile: Fast Freddy 2nd as Chicchi wins Dunkirk opener; McCarty heads to Giro; Hondo Hopeful

Di Luca with Savoldelli in the 2005 Giro

Can Savoldelli repeat?

Many of the victims of the 1956 disaster were from Di Luca's home region

Freddy reaching deep.

Horner relishes the moment

Henk and friends in Boulder

Larry H. Miller

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. . . but Zajicek takes the title

The men roll out of Bisbee along Main Street . . .

. . . and exit the Mule Pass tunnel

Patrick Walsh (CCB-VW-Time) and Craig McCartney (Wild Oats-Al‚s) control the break

The Mule Mountains loom in the distance as the peloton starts to reel in the break

Walsh and McCartney hit the start of the first climb 1:30 up on the chase

The peloton hits the first of two final climbs

Walsh and McCartney were still out after the descent . . .

. . . but a group containing Drew Miller (Successful Living) and racer leader Phil Zajicek (Navigators) was chasing hard

And while everyone was watching Zajicek . . .

. . . Miller took off, and had time for one quick look over his shoulder before taking the stage

Miller wins the stage . . .

Holden slots into the lead

The elite men's break goes up the road