Speaker of the race, Alberto Rigamonti introduces the teams
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Mari Plagenzi (Michela Fanini Record Rox)
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Nicole Brändli (Team Bigla) hugs the barriers
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Marta Bastianelli (Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan) takes a weary second place
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Marianne Vos (DSB Bank) outsprints Monia Baccaille (Saccarelli Emu)
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Charlotte Becker (Nürnberger) was very active
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Claudia Hausler (Nürnberger) passed the young rider's competition
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Podium (L-R): Marta Bastianelli (Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan), Nicole Brändli
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Edita Puckinskaite (Nürnberger)
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A novel twist on the "podium girls" concept:
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Alison Powers (Colavita Sutter)
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Kim Anderson (T-Mobile) figured
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Yesterday's stage winner, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (T-Mobile),
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A friendly sprint to gain a place on the stage
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Sprinter Giorgia Bronzini (Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan)
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Anna Farina (G.S. Top Girls)
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Ombretta Ugolini (Chirio Forno d'Asolo)
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Maria Gallastegi (Bizkaia Panda)
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Team FRW Gauss get a briefing
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Team Bigla
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The legs of a World Champion
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The American team Colavita Sutter Home.
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The team PHB Fenixs
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Team Flexpoint
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Tatiana Sharakova (FRW Gauss)
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Ketty Manfrin (FRW Gauss)
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Pink ballons for the riders
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Olga Slioussareva (PHB Fenixs) and Julia Martisova (FRW Gauss)
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New Zealand's Joanne Kiesanowski (Raleigh Lifeforce)
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Oenone Wood (T-Mobile)
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Allison Powers (Colavita Sutter Home)
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Bettina Kuhn (Team Bigla)
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Brinzio: A memorial dedicated
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Allison Powers (Colavita Sutter Home)
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Luisa Tamanini (Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan)
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Svetlana Boubnenkova (PHB Fenixs) and Fabiana Luperini (Menikini Selle Italia)
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Nicole Brandli (Team Bigla)
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Marta Bastianelli (Safi Pasta Zara)
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Marianne Vos (DSB Bank)
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A happy Nicole Brandli (Team Bigla).
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Podium (L-R): Marta Bastianelli (Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan), Nicole Brändli
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The new white jersey: Linda Villumsen Serup (T-Mobile).
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Giro organizer Rivolta is kissed by pink jersey Edita Pucinskaite
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Stage winner Nicole Brandli comes to the line
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A group cruises over the finish line
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Emanuela Azzini
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Marta Bastianelli holding off the rest for 2nd
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Noemi Cantele (Team Bigla)
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the peloton makes its way up one of the many climbs of the day
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Maribel Moreno Allue pointing out where she will attack?
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Scenes from the start of the day
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1st and 2nd in the general classification
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Race director, Giuseppe Rivolta
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Luisa Tamanini (Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan)
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Vos making some minor adjustments
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Anna Zugno knows what she wants.... pink
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