Thursday, 24. May 2007, 17:38:23
Di Luca leads
Portrait of gritty determination... (AP Photo/Stefano Rellandini, Pool)From AP/Yahoo! Sports: 'Danilo Di Luca won the 12th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Thursday to regain the overall lead. Di Luca completed the 101-mile course in an unofficial time of 4 hours, 46 minutes, 39 seconds. It was his second stage victory of the 90th edition of the race. He also won the fourth leg. Gilberto Simoni was second with the same time, followed by Andy Schleck, 7 seconds behind Di Luca.'
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Wednesday, 30. August 2006, 19:31:29
Di Luca leads
AP Photo/Bernat ArmangueFrom Eurosport: 'Danilo Di Luca took the leader's gold jersey in the Vuelta after an impressive victory in the first mountain stage of this year's race. The 30-year-old Italian beat young Slovenian Janez Brajkovic to the line after a 178km trek which crossed three major climbs before the final ascent to the ski station at Covatilla. General classification favourites Carlos Sastre and Alejandro Valverde finished together in fifth and sixth place, 22 seconds behind, but the 18km special category climb in the Sierra de Béjar took its toll with last year's winner Denis Menchov, Tour de France champion-elect Oscar Pereiro plus Alexandre Vinokourov and Iban Mayo all losing large chunks of time.'
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