Today’s stage from Potenza to Peschici starts and ends with climbing, with a fairly long, flat section in the middle. The race organizers listened to the riders and shortened today’s stage by removing the Circuito del Gargano. This will allow the riders to get back to their hotels earlier for meals and massages. The organizers also moved the start of [...]

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In the TOC’s first mountain stage, we saw defending TOC champion Levi Leipheimer (Astana) working with Robert Gesink (Rabobank) to take the overall lead away from Tyler Farrar. Farrar, incidentally, dropped out of the race early in the stage due to trouble with a stomach virus.
Today’s stage rolled out in the new starting city of [...]

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