Basso wins Italian race ahead of road worlds
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Ivan Basso beat fellow Italian Francesco Casagrande in a two-way sprint Saturday to win the Tour of Emilia, a warmup race for next month&#39;s road cycling World Championships in Verona.
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Nello slalom successo dell'austriaco Benjamin Raich
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Former European champion Stefano Baldini of Italy overtook Brazilian Vanderlei de Lima 1.2 miles from the finish to win the Olympic men&#39;s marathon on Sunday.
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Italy's Ivano Brugnetti clocks a personal best time to win gold in the men's 20km walk.
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BORMIO, Italy  - American Bode Miller won the  super-G world championship title on Saturday, eclipsing  favorite Hermann Maier and finishing ahead of a trio of  Austrians to claim the gold medal.
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Damiano Cunego ha vinto il 98esimo Giro di Lombardia. Secondo l&#39;olandese Boogert, terzo Ivan Basso. A Bettini la Coppa del Mondo 2004. Classica delle &#39;foglie morte&#39; decisa sull&#39;ultima salita (colle S. Fermo) con il forcing di Ivan Basso.
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Italy&#39;s Ivano Brugnetti has won the Olympic gold medal in the men&#39;s 20-kilometer race walk. In the first gold medal to be decided in the seventh day of the Athens games, Brugnetti covered the distance in a winning time of 1:19:40 hours.
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Spain's Oscar Freire won the road race at the cycling world championships for the third time Sunday in a sprint finish. He joined Belgium's Eddy Merckx and Rik Van Steenbergen and Italy's Alfredo Binda as the only three-time winners.
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BARDOLINO, Italy -- Michael Rogers of Australia has won the world championship time trail in highly convincing fashion, repeating his delayed victory from last year.
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Italian Danilo Di Luca retained the overall lead and Paolo Savoldelli won the 20th stage individual time trial of the Giro d'Italia on Saturday.
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Austria&#39;s Johann Grugger celebrates after winning the World Cup men&#39;s downhill race in Bormio, Italy, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004.
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Austria&#39;s Johann Grugger passes a gate on his way to setting the fastest time during a training session for a World Cup men&#39;s downhill race in Bormio, Italy, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004.
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Damiano Cunego ha vinto il Giro di Lombardia. Il vincitore del Giro d&#39;Italia si Ã¨ imposto nella classica lombarda, ultima prova della Coppa del Mondo, battendo in volata Michael Boogerd e Ivan Basso. Paolo
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Tour leader Fabian Cancellara takes an an amazing sprint victory in the third stage.
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Mountain biker Marie-Helene Premont of Chateau-Richer, Que. captured the silver on a tough and sun-baked course in the suburbs of Athens today, finishing behind winner Gunn-Rita Dahle of Norway.
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Reigning world time trial champion Michael Rogers of Australia successfully defended his crown here at the world road race championships Wednesday.
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Rubens Barichello won the inaugural Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday to clinch second place in Formula One while Ferrari teammate Michael Schumacher had a rare rough race - spinning out and finishing 12th, more than a lap behind.