MONACO Denis Menchov won the Giro d'Italia and will attempt to capture the Tour de France to become the first man to win both races in the same year since the late Marco ...

... Advertisement - "You have to watch all the rivals, even someone like (Denis) Menchov," Armstrong said of the Giro d'Italia winner. "Some might say he is five or six minutes behind and his race is finished, but if he gains back time, he has the ...

... The 24-year-old Cavendish faced renewed accusations last month of disrespecting his sport. He pulled out of the Giro d'Italia after winning his third stage to concentrate on the Tour de France with Team Columbia-Highroad. "I wanted to finish the ...

... 98-year-old survivor, rescued by firemen in the hamlet of Tempera 30 hours after quake, said in an interview on private Italia Uno TV network, that while she lay in her bed, surrounded by pieces of fallen plaster, she passed the time by crocheting ...

... excellent for our confidence," said Ricco, the leader of the Saunier Duval team. He previously won a stage in the Giro d'Italia. "Both competitions are great, but the Tour is the most difficult competition in the world," he said. - Advertisement ...

... sporting director Matxin Fernandez said. "He's our leader. We can't act as if nothing happened." Ricco, the Giro d'Italia runner-up, won the sixth and ninth stages of this Tour and was ninth overall entering Thursday. He was 2 minutes, 29 seconds ...

... Bordry, the head of the French anti-doping agency that has been conducting the drug tests. Ricco, this year's Giro d'Italia runner-up, was ordered not to speak to anyone from his team. Antoine Leroy, state prosecutor in the town of Foix, said ...

... Justice Department's post-Sept. 11 dragnet. Judge Arthur D'Italia, calling the secret detentions "odious to a democratic society ... hearing secret where the detainee's name was known. Like D'Italia, a federal appeals court didn't buy that argument either ...

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