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One Reason To Never Ride Your Bike Against Traffic

Bike Guy — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:13:35 +0000

Just one more reason you should never ride against the flow of traffic.

Giro d Italia 2010 Stage 5 Live Stream Free Novara - Novi Ligure

Bike Guy — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:20:40 +0000

Giro d Italia 2010 Stage 5 Live Stream Free Novara - Novi Ligure.

Giro d Italia 2010 Stage 4 Live Stream Free Team Time Trial

Bike Guy — Wed, 12 May 2010 12:54:33 +0000

Giro d’Italia 2010 Live Stage 4 is the Team Time Trial (33km) Savigliano to Cuneo. Teams will depart at 5-minute intervals according to the following schedule (U.S. times are Eastern). The spectacular event is dreaded by some and loved by some. Perhaps it’s the most democratic of all races; everyone suffers. Podicci’s favorite to win today.

TV coverage stars at around 10am EST USA.

TTT Start Order and Times:

Giro d’Italia 2010 Stage 3 Results - Amsterdam - Middelburg

Bike Guy — Tue, 11 May 2010 13:44:36 +0000

Wouter Weylandt takes the bunch sprint and big name sprinters and GC riders dropped because of heavy crosswinds.

Full Stage 3 Results
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 5:00:06
2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
3 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram
4 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-Farnese Vini
5 Adam Blythe (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto
6 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia
7 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram
8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
9 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram
10 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana
11 Baden Cooke (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
12 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Transitions
13 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
14 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia
15 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
16 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli
17 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
18 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
19 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
20 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha
21 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia
22 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana
23 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana
24 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
25 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
26 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
27 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 0:00:24
28 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team HTC - Columbia
29 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:31
30 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:46
31 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
32 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank
33 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions
34 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank
35 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Liquigas-Doimo
36 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank
37 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Astana
38 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Sky Professional Cycling Team
39 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
40 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
41 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram
42 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale
43 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank
44 William Bonnet (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
45 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Footon-Servetto
46 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Cervelo Test Team
47 Tiziano dall’Antonia (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
48 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
49 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
50 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Astana
51 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team
52 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
53 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank
54 Robert McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 0:00:57
55 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team HTC - Columbia 0:01:07
56 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 0:01:33
57 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & Sapone 0:03:24
58 Michael Barry (Can) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:03:59
59 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team
60 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team
61 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team
62 Steven Cummings (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
63 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
64 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Transitions
65 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:04:08
66 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago-CSF Inox 0:04:59
67 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d’Epargne 0:07:59
68 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
69 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
70 Andrei Amador Bikkazakova (CRc) Caisse d’Epargne
71 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
72 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d’Epargne
73 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha
74 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d’Epargne
75 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale
76 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto
77 Juan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha
78 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne
79 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
80 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
81 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step
82 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step
83 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha
84 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
85 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha
86 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
87 Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
88 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha
89 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
90 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
91 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
92 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team
93 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Quick Step
94 Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team
95 Edward King (USA) Cervelo Test Team
96 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step
97 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha
98 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne
99 Cayetano Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Acqua & Sapone
100 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram
101 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
102 Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
103 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank
104 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank
105 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
106 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
107 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Androni Giocattoli
108 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Milram
109 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
110 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step
111 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha
112 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank
113 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne
114 Carlos Jose Ochoa (Ven) Androni Giocattoli
115 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Androni Giocattoli
116 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana
117 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne
118 Kalle Kriit (Est) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne
119 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne
120 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank
121 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
122 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
123 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana
124 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
125 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana
126 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
127 Chris Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
128 Craig Lewis (USA) Team HTC - Columbia
129 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
130 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
131 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Doimo
132 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Transitions
133 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Transitions
134 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
135 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Garmin - Transitions
136 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team
137 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team
138 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Doimo
139 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
140 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Colnago-CSF Inox
141 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto
142 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Omega Pharma-Lotto
143 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Androni Giocattoli
144 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Footon-Servetto
145 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Colnago-CSF Inox
146 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram
147 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram
148 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Colnago-CSF Inox
149 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
150 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Colnago-CSF Inox
151 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago-CSF Inox
152 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago-CSF Inox
153 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank
154 Martin Pedersen (Den) Footon-Servetto
155 Michele Merlo (Ita) Footon-Servetto
156 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Quick Step
157 Anthony Ravard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
158 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
159 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team HTC - Columbia
160 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervelo Test Team
161 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervelo Test Team
162 Iban Mayoz Echeverria (Spa) Footon-Servetto
163 Inigo Cuesta Lopez (Spa) Cervelo Test Team
164 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team
165 Jan Bakelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
166 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
167 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
168 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step
169 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne
170 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
171 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Footon-Servetto
172 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram
173 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Farnese Vini
174 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto
175 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
176 Remi Cusin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne
177 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
178 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Footon-Servetto
179 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
180 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
181 John Murphy (USA) BMC Racing Team
182 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team HTC - Columbia
183 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step
184 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana
185 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto
186 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:13:37
187 Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago-CSF Inox
188 Morris Possoni (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:14:47
189 Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale
190 Marco Corti (Ita) Footon-Servetto
191 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago-CSF Inox
192 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Caisse d’Epargne
193 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Garmin - Transitions
194 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Transitions
195 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne
196 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
DNF Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team
DNF Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Transitions

General classification after Stage 3

1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 10:07:18
2 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
3 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Transitions 0:00:01
4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:05
5 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia 0:00:07
6 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 0:00:10
7 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia
8 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 0:00:12
9 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 0:00:15
10 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0:00:16
11 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
12 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 0:00:17
13 Baden Cooke (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:18
14 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
15 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 0:00:21
16 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step
17 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 0:00:24
18 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:25
19 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana 0:00:26
20 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:28
21 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-Farnese Vini
22 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 0:00:29
23 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana 0:00:42
24 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:43
25 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions 0:00:44
26 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 0:00:45
27 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 0:00:46
28 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 0:00:50
29 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:56
30 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:01:00

Cycling Help - Can Bike Riding Help Make Your Immune System Stronger

Bike Guy — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:23:43 +0000

Getting out on you bike can make you feel better for the rest of the day. Have you ever wondered just how much riding your bike on a weekly basis could help with your immune system. Well lets take a look.

How Cycling Can Help Make Your Immune System Stronger.

There are many benefits that can be gained from cycling, but a lot of people do not realize one of the biggest benefits is the ability cycling can have to help your body’s immune system become stronger. This is the body’s defense mechanism which protects us from sickness and all sorts of maladies. Here you will learn how to cycle to have a stronger immune system and improve your overall health.

This is presented as information only and with anything like this, related to your health, it is always best to seek the advice of a medical professional or your own personal doctor. However, this information presented here will give you a solid foundation for having a meaningful discussion with your physician.

Cycling can result a number of positives that are all very good for the body: Improvement in your cardiovascular system, it can help you lose weight and keep it off, it can increase muscle strength, it can improve your sense of well being and relieve stress, it can also reduce the risk of sickness and other diseases as it strengthens your immune system. In addition to all these helpful benefits cycling can be a lot of fun.

Your immune system is what helps to fight off viruses, bacteria and other harmful germs that want to enter the body. This system is at its best when your body is given proper nutrition and exercise and has stress levels that are kept to a minimum.

Cycling can directly affect two of these three requirements for a healthy and strong immune system: helping with exercise and stress reduction. The third ingredient, proper nutrition, is indirectly affected but in a positive way. Often when a person takes up cycling, even just a few days per week, they become aware of the importance of improving what they eat. When their nutritional intake changes for the better then we have all three that is needed.

To help your immune system through exercise it need not be strenuous or even very vigorous. A person that is exercising at even a light to mild level can receive significant benefits.

One important reason even light exercise will help is that is all the lymph system needs to get a boost. Light exercise helps to activate the lymph system and its ability to deliver immune cells to their proper locations in the body.

Cycling is one of the most efficient forms of exercise. For the time spent, it can help a person burn more calories than most other exercises. Cycling can also be fun and a very good reliever of stress.

A person’s state of mind can be a big contributor to a suppressed immune system. Feelings of depression, panic, anxiety, fatigue, frustration, anger, irritability and stress all can be a factor in causing the immune system to not function at its best levels. By choosing to exercise in an activity that is fun, gets you out in the fresh air, challenges you and lets you see new sites can be a great stress reliever. Biochemical changes occur in the brain and this all helps strengthen your very important immune system.

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Cheap LED Bike Light Sale With Rear Strobe $2.99 Free Shipping

Bike Guy — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:09:48 +0000

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RadioShack Cycling Team 2010 Roster Finalized

Bike Guy — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:59:13 +0000

Johan Bruyneel announced on Monday that Team RadioShack, led by seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, has finalized the team’s 2010 roster featuring 26 riders from 16 different countries.

The RadioShack Cycling Team’s first training camp will take place in Tucson, Arizona during the second week of December 2009.

Team RadioShack roster for 2010

* Lance Armstrong (USA)
* Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn)
* Sam Bewley (NZl)
* Jani Brajkovic (Slo)
* Matthew Busche (USA)
* Ben Hermans (Bel)
* Chris Horner (USA)
* Daryl Impey (RSA)
* Markel Irizar (Spa)
* Andreas Klöden (Ger)
* Levi Leipheimer (USA)
* Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra)
* Fuyu Li (Chn)
* Tiago Machado (Por)
* Jason McCartney (USA)
* Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz)
* Sérgio Paulinho (Por)
* Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr)
* Gregory Rast (Swi)
* Sébastien Rosseler (Bel)
* Ivan Rovny (Rus)
* José Luis Rubiera (Spa)
* Bjorn Selander (USA)
* Gert Steegmans (Bel)
* Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu)
* Haimar Zubeldia (Spa)

Team Management

* Johan Bruyneel (Bel) - Sports manager
* Dirk Demol (Bel) - Sports director
* Alain Gallopin (Fra) - Sports director
* Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) - Sports director
* José Azevedo (Por) - Sports director

Giro d’Italia 2009 Free Live Stream Video Of Stage 13 - Lido di Camaiore - Firenze

Bike Guy — Fri, 22 May 2009 12:52:53 +0000

Giro d’Italia 2009 Free Live Stream Video Of Stage 13 - Lido di Camaiore - Firenze. A couple of straightforward climbs early on in the stage apart, this is a pan-flat day’s cycling that looks guaranteed for a sprint finish. In fact, it would be no surprise to see several of the sprinters pull out after this stage with so few opportunities for them in the last week, which only makes a sprint even more certain.

Giro d’Italia 2009 Free Live Stream Video Of All Stages

Bike Guy — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:52:17 +0000

Watch the 2009 Giro d’Italia cycing race live and for free.

Rest day on Tuesday for The Giro d’Italia cycling race but we will start streaming around 9-10am est. Wednsday morning.

Starting with Saturday, May 09 Lido di Venezia (TTT) Team Time Trial, the 2009 Giro d’Italia will be streamed world wide for free. No need to buy a pay per view cycling package.

The 2009 Giro d’Italia will be the 92nd running of the Giro d’Italia and will also mark the 100th year since the first Giro d’Italia. It will be held from 9–31 May. It will start from Venice and finish in Rome. There is also going to be a stage finish on Mount Vesuvius.

Stage 16 - Monday, May 25: Pergola - Monte Petrano, 237km
Results
Results

1 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 7.11.54 (32.646km/h)
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.25
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.26
4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 0.29
5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.19
6 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.21
7 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas
8 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 2.11
9 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.35
10 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 2.51
11 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana

General classification after stage 16

1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 70.06.30
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.39
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 2.19
4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 3.08
5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 3.19
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 3.21
7 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 5.54
8 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 8.21
9 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 8.39
10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 8.47
11 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 9.27
12 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 11.06
13 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 12.04

2009 Giro d Italia Stage 3 Results - Alessandro Petacchi Wins Again

Bike Guy — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:52:38 +0000

Alessandro Petacchi took the bunch sprint again and the leader’s maglia rosa jersey on the 198-kilometre stage from Grado to Valdobbiadene Monday. The LPR Brakes Italian out-sprinted USA’s Tyler Farrar of Garmin-Slipstream and Francesco Gavazzi.

A big crash split the peloton with about 10k to go. The crash was near the front of the peloton, catching many riders behind them and knocking them out of competition for the finish – including Mark Cavendish in the pink jersey.

The 2009 Giro’s 3rd day was animated by an escape of five, which got away after only nine kilometres. Giuseppe Palumbo (Acqua e Sapone), Yuriy Krivtsov (AG2R), Mauro Facci (Quick Step), Mikhail Ignatiev (Katusha) and Björn Schröder (Milram) quickly built up a lead of seven minutes. Their lead held for most of the day, but they the peloton caught them at kilometre 161.

Garmin-Slipstream recived a major blow when captain Christian Vande Velde crashed about three-quarters of the way through the stage. He tried to keep on going, but soon had to leave for hospital in an ambulance.

2009 Giro d’Italia Stage 3 Results:

1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
3 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-NGC
4 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step
5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-NGC
6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto

General classification after stage 3

1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Columbia-Highroad
4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Columbia-Highroad
5 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana
6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini
7 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana
8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana