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Menchov wins an epic Giro d'Italia
Russia's Denis Menchov wins the Giro d'Italia after a drama filled final time trial in Rome.
Menchov fought off a brave effort by second placed Danilo Di Luca and a crash inside the final kilometer to seal the win.
Michael Rogers was the best placed Australian in the Giro, holding on to his eight place position.
News
Menchov wins the Giro d'Italia
Denis Menchov has won the Giro d'Italia despite suffering a dramatic fall in the last kilometre of the final 14.4km time-trial stage.
- Gilbert wins stge, Menchov closer to Maglia Rosa
- Sastre wins again but Menchov holds onto pink
- Scarponi snares second Giro stage win
- Pellizotti wins at Blockhaus
- Sastre climbs to Giro stage win
- Stage fifteen triumph for Bertagnolli
- Australia's Gerrans sprints to Giro stage win
- Cavendish leaves Giro to focus on Tour
- Cavendish gallops to a third stage win
- Taciturn Armstrong sparks Twitter media boycott
- Menchov surges into Giro lead
- Cavendish chalks up another win
- Di Luca reinforces Giro d'Italia lead
- Cavendish claims Giro stage after riders protest
- Horrillo out of coma after crash
- Siutsou bags another stage for Columbia
- Horrillo airlifted to hospital after horror Tour crash
- Boassen Hagen in seventh heaven
- Scarponi solos to stage six win
- Armstrong 'will target Giro stage win', says Di Luca
- Menchov wins Giro fifth stage
- Di Luca's killer stage win
- Petacchi in pink after back-to-back wins
- Petacchi wins Giro second stage
- Columbia win sees Cavendish in pink
- Basso a favourite but Armstrong the draw
- Armstrong continues to write off Giro chances
- Cameron Meyer to start Giro
- Armstrong heads international Astana team
- Ballan tips Basso for the Giro
- Armstrong rules himself out of Giro contention
- Quick Step place faith in youth for Giro
- Armstrong hints at future as a team owner
- Katusha without McEwen for Giro d'Italia
- Fuji place faith in Swedish star Kessiakoff
- Cavendish to lead Columbia's Giro bid
- Menchov to lead Rabobank in Giro d'Italia
- Hushovd skips Giro, focuses on Tour
- Fuji receives Giro invite
- Giro d'Italia teams announced
- Cunego plots to counter Armstrong
- Cancellara confirms Giro participation
- Centenary Giro route unveiled
- Confusion in Silence-Lotto camp
- Cadel Evans to race Giro
- Giro d' Italia
Blogs
Menchov at the double? I highly doubt it
Congratulations to Russia's Denis Menchov, a worthy winner of the Giro d'Italia. Can he go one better and take out the Tour De France? I don't think so!
Sastre's legs do the talking
After watching the Giro's stage sixteen, I have new-found admiration for a man who refuses to beat his chest and talk-the-talk.
Comments (19)Will he stay or will he go?
Questions in the Giro press room about a guy called Lance Armstrong now focus less on his form and more on the seven-time Tour winner chances of hanging around for the entire race.
Comments (23)Rogers' bad day
They say every rider has at least one bad day over an three week Grand
Tour. Unfortunately, in the stage 12 time trial it was the turn of
Michael Rogers.
Setting the record straight
Where is Lance? Why isn’t he attacking? Why did he get dropped on the two mountain stages in the first week? Will he finish the Giro? Will he ride the Tour?
Comments (18)Menchov's training run
Some call him "The Grinder", others prefer to label him "The Silent Assassin". Either way, there's no denying the power and talent of Denis Menchov.
Comments (24)Tough day for Armstrong
The sight of Lance Armstrong struggling to hang on to his big-name rivals at the end of the Giro's first testing day was a most unusual sight for cycling aficionados.
Comments (52)The straw that stirs the drink
It's getting hard to add to the superlatives already said about Mark
Cavendish, he is quite clearly the fastest and most exciting man on two
wheels.
Rogers well placed
Michael Rogers has been talking up his form in the weeks leading up to the Giro and today he finds himself and his Columbia team in an ideal position.
Comments (34)Redemption for Basso?
Cycling has got to be the best sport for second chances and drama and there is no better drama than a tale of redemption - the fallen hero liberated from past indiscretions and finding their true selves.
Comments (10)Giro fans want amore
Talk to any rider who has raced in the Giro or any spectator who has simply watched the race in the flesh from the sidelines, and they will tell you the Italian spectacle is the best cycle tour in the world.
Comments (46) Is the Giro under threat?
The Giro d’Italia may well be the second most important tour on the cycling calendar but due to the recent date changes of the Tour of California that position may now be under threat.
Comments (28)Final Standings
- 1 Denis Menchov RAB 86:3:11.0
- 2 Danilo Di Luca LPR 86:3:52.0
- 3 Franco Pellizotti LIQ 86:5:10.0
- 4 Carlos Sastre CTT 86:6:57.0
- 5 Ivan Basso LIQ 86:7:10.0
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