Not much to report for the play-by-play today.
176 guys went out and rode hard (though some harder than others). When it was all over, these were the top 10:
1 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                         56.41 (41.075 km/h)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                  0.08
3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                            0.20
4 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road                     0.36
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In a day that seemed to be plagued with crashes, Daniele Bennati of Liquigas managed to stay out of trouble and come out on top in the mass sprint of today’s 221 km stage from Catania to Milazzo.
There was a huge crash with about 70 kilometers to go, and another at 20 kilometers that knocked out [...]

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The race starts in less than a day. Here’s a preview of the Team Time Trial and other news:

VeloNews is predicting that the Giro may be the best race of the year. Defending champ Danilo di Luca (LPR Brakes) will be there, along with Contador (Astana, 2007 TdF winner), Denis Menchov (Rabobank, 2007 Vuelta winner), Paolo [...]

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The Spring Classics are behind us and its time to start Grand Tour season.
The Giro starts on Saturday, and it is looking, like always to be a great competition. Defending champion Danilo di Luca had two doping challenges over the winter. He survived a challenge from the Italian National Olympic Committee, but ending up also serving [...]

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It’s still quite early in the year, but many of the Pro Tour teams are already gearing up the PR machines, introducing their 2008 teams to the public and holding early training camps. CyclingNews.com has a great directory of the team rosters here.

Saunier-Duval Scott is back with a fairly young squad (nine riders under the [...]

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