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Giro d'Italia Donne - 2.1 (W)

Italy, June 30-July 9, 2006

Photos

Stage 10 - July 9: Erba - Mareglio (M. del Ghisallo), 71 km

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• The bunch rolls out into the mountains
• Edita Puckinskaite (Nobili) wins the stage
• Svetlana Bubnenkova (Colnago Fenixs) and Fabiana Luperini (Top Girls Fassa Bortolo) second and third
• Nicole Brändli (Team Bigla) finishes just ahead of Susanne Ljungskog (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint)
• Ljungskog finishes to take third overall
• The bunch rolls in
• A very happy president of Nobili Rubinetterie - Walter Ricci
• Edita Puckinskaite winner of the 17th Giro donne
• Race podium: Brändli (2nd), Puckinskaite (1st) and Ljungskog (3rd). Race director, Carmine Castellano is on the right

Stage 9 - July 8: Abbiategrasso - Abbiategrasso, 88 km

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• Debbie Mansveld (Vlaanderen) starts her computer at "kilometre 0"
• Loës Gunnewijk (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint) takes a bottle in the crowded feed zone
• Stage 8 winner, Oenone Wood (Nürnberger) stays left in the feed zone
• Sprinter Giorgia Bronzini (AS Team FRW) and directeur sportif, Fausto Tardozzi
• Team Bigla looked after maglia rosa, Nicole Brändli on this stage
• Regina Schleicher (Nürnberger) leads in the sprint
• The stage winner was presented with the Trofeo Marco Ruboni
• Nicole Brändli (Team Bigla) is in the race lead by 1 second over Susanne Ljungskog (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint)
• Olga Slioussareva (Colnago Fenixs) leads the sprints and points competition
• Susanne Ljungskog (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint) - '1 second'

Stage 8 - July 7: Cuneo - Fossano, 90 km

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• Miho Oki (Nobili Rubinetterie) on the climb with 2 laps to go.
• The bunch climbs in Fossano with 3 laps to go.
• Jocelyn Loane (Australia) takes a bottle behind Giorgia Bronzini (AS Team FRW).
• Silvia Parietti (Safi) with 2 laps to go.
• Oenone Wood (Nürnberger) looks comfortable with 2 laps to go.
• The left hand corner on the climb with 200m to go (plus one lap).
• Nicole Brändli (Team Bigla) gives a pre-race interview.
• Wood (Nürnberger) , Ljungskog (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint) and Bronzini (AS Team FRW) sprint.
• Oenone Wood wins stage 8.
• Nicole Brändli , race leader and mountains leader.
• Olga Slyusareva leads the sprints and the points competitions.

Stage 7 - July 6: Santuario Vicoforte - Mondovi, 100 km

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• A 1913 Bianchi, upon which Margherita Ciocca travelled to deliver 4532 babies over 45 years
• The bunch on the climb to Passo del Morte on the first lap
• The bunch on the Passo del Morte on the second circuit
• Brändli (Team Bigla) leads Ljungskog (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint) as Olga Slyusareva (Colnago Fenixs) temporarily loses contact
• Team Bigla at the front of the small group between the leaders and the bunch on the Passo del Morte
• Ljungskog (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint) checks left, Brandli (Team Bigla) checks right in the final metres of the stage, also there, Svetlana Bubnenkova (Colnago Fenixs)
• Susanne Ljungskog (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint) takes the stage, second for Nicole Brändli (Team Bigla) (obscured) is good enough for the race lead
• Stage winner Susanne Ljungskog (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint)
• Nicole Brändli (Team Bigla) has regained the race leader's jersey
• 'I'm back...' A wave from Nicole Brändli (Team Bigla)

Stage 6 - July 5: Serravalle Scrivia - Novi Ligure, 73 km

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• The start was at a designer outlet village - Giro meets Versace
• Race leader, Olga Slyusareva (Colnago Fenixs) at the front of the bunch
• Fabiana Luperini (Top Girls Fassa Bortolo) and Regina Schleicher (Nürnberger)
• The back of the bunch strings out in Arquarta Scrivio
• Lines of riders under the trees
• Three stage wins
• The sprint in full flight, (L-R) Slyusareva (Colnago Fenixs), Bronzini (AS Team FRW), Baccaille (Saccarrelli EMU), Ljungskog (Buitenpoort)
• Slyusareva celebrates her win
• Edita Puckinskaite (Nobili) was pleased to take over the mountains jersey

Stage 5 - July 4: Pescia - Pescia, 92 km

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• Nobili Rubinetterie line up - eventual stage winner Marta Andreu Vilajosana is fourth from the right
• The bunch enters Montecarlo through the gated archway
• The steep and narrow climb strings out the bunch
• Olga Slyusareva has matching pink shorts and helmet for her leader's jersey. Team-mate, Svetlana Bubnenkova is in standard Colnago Fenixs kit
• World champion Regina Schleicher (Équipe Nürnberger) has been quiet in the finishing sprints for a couple of days
• Crash victim Annette Beutler tells this helper her feet are still attached to the bike
• The police motorcycle escort uses a familiar method of getting drinks
• Marta Andreu Vilajosana takes the stage
• Marta Andreu Vilajosana - a very happy stage winner
• Olga Slyusareva (Colnago Fenixs) - still in pink

Stage 4 - July 3: Orvieto - Arezzo, 130 km

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• Orvieto provided a beautiful background as start town
• The Bianchi team have a discussion on the road
• Team Bigla at the front, working for leader Nicole Brändli
• Veronica Andreasson (Team Safi) takes a corner
• Svetlana Bubnenkova (Colnago-Fenixs)
• The leader's jersey now belongs to Olga Slyusareva (Colnago-Fenixs)
• Slyusareva (Colnago-Fenixs) celebrates the stage win
• Nicole Brändli (Team Bigla) held onto one jersey today, the remainder went to Slyusareva

Stage 3 - July 2: San Martino Cimino-Marsciano, 130 km

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• Giant Pro Cycling line up before the start
• Riders find refuge in the shade before the start
• Olga Slyusareva (Colnago-Fenixs) takes the stage
• Final preparations overlooking the beautiful countryside
• The bunch just before the town of Todi - 60km to go
• Riders signal that they wish to go back to the team cars for drinks
• Nicole Brändli (Team Bigla) is still in pink
• Regina Schleicher (Nürnberger) takes the sprinter's jersey
• Slyusareva celebrates retaining her blue, special sprints competition jersey

Stage 2 - July 1: Formello - Formello, 115 km

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• Team Bigla's team car, ready for a day at the (ahem!) office
• Smiles at signing-on from Susanne Ljungskog (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint)
• Regina Schleicher (Nurnberger) celebrates whilst Sigrid Corneo (Nobili) suffers second
• Crash victim Rochelle Gilmore (Team Safi) cruises in
• Regina Schleicher stage winner
• Nicole Brändli (Team Bigla) still leading on general classification

Stage 1 - June 30: Formello ITT, 5.2 km

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• Miho Oki (Nobili)
• No wonder it hurts, the stage was 5km uphill
• Susanne Ljungskog (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint) shows off her Swedish TT Champion colours
• This Spanish rider suffers
• Zoulifa Zabirova (Team Bigla) attacked the final metres of the stage
• There are a good number of Italian teams in the Giro, as you would expect.
• Linda Willumsen (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint) - Danish TT Champion
• Nicole Brändli (Team Bigla) on her way to the stage win
• Svetlana Boubnenkova (Fenixs Colnago)
• Nicole Brändli (Team Bigla) poses in the maglia rose