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91st Giro d'Italia - GT, Italy, May 10-June 1, 2008

Stage 16 - Monday, May 26: San Vigilio di Marebbe - Plan de Corones (Individual Time Trial), 12.85km

Gilberto Simoni (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni) had a good day
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Pellizotti suffers his way to victory.
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Emanuele Sella (CSF Group Navigare) held the best intermediate time
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Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) is the king
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Alberto Contador (Astana)
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The final 300 metres
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Riders used the ski lifts
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Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas)
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Aussie Nick Gates (Silence Lotto)
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Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre)
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Alberto Contador (Astana)
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Contador had a controlled ride
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The race leader gained time
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The Spaniard needed his smallest gear
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Contador's spare bike is carried on a moto
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Contador is looking ever more assured
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Riccardo Ricco' set a good time
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Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) grits his teeth
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Danilo Di Luca lost time
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Paolo Bettini suffered on the climb
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Mauricio Ardila (Rabobank) is from Spain
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Gabriele Bosisio (LPR Brakes) would have been
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Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Barloworld) is used to climbing
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Gilberto Simoni powers
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Levi Leipheimer didn't spend too much energy
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Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (CSF Group Navigare) wasn't as keen as his team-mates
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Andreas Klöden (Astana) also had to say good-bye
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Simoni shows that he is well-prepared
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Vladimir Miholjevic (Liquigas) made use of the whole road
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Vasili Kiryienka (Tinkoff Credit Systems) had a technical problem
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Matthew Lloyd (Silence - Lotto) has done easier races
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Luca Mazzanti (Tinkoff Credit Systems) got motivation
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Domenico Pozzovivo (CSF Group Navigare) got eight
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There were no following cars allowed
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Paolo Savoldelli (LPR Brakes) prefers steep descents
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Joaquin Rodriguez (Caisse d'Epargne) lost almost four minutes
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Andrea Tonti (Quick Step) does not look amused.
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Sylvester Szmyd (Lampre) was two and a half minutes down
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Denis Menchov (Rabobank) looks a little off-centre
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Tadej Valjavec (AG2R La Mondiale) tried to shift his weight
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Christian Vande Velde (Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30) is happy to be still in the race
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Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Silence - Lotto) is a good time trialer and a good climber, which helped on na day like today.
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Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step) had more fun in pink
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No sprint today for Erik Zabel
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Fortunato Baliani (CSF Group Navigare) had a decent
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Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas) was able to catch and pass
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Emanuele Sella (CSF Group Navigare) got second
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