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Sono felicissimo per l'esito positivo dell'operazione. Torna presto, Daniele! Un abbraccio alla famiglia.

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5^ Tappa - Épernay - Montargis 187.5 km

4^ Tappa - Cambrai - Reims 153.5 km 1.PETACCHI A. - LAM ....................... 3h 34' 55" 2.DEAN J. - GRM 3.BOASSON E. - SKY 4.MC EWEN R. - KAT 5.HUNTER R. - GRM 6.TURGOT S. - BTL 7.ROJAS J. - GCE 8.OSS D. - LIQ 9.HUSHOVD T. - CTT 10.FREIRE O. - RAB 13 ZWI Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) 18h 28' 55" 95 NOR Thor Hushovd (Cerv

3^ Tappa - Wanze - Arenberg Porte du Hainaut 213 km 1.HUSHOVD T.- CTT ....................... 4h 49' 38" 2.THOMAS G. - SKY 3.EVANS C. - BMC 4.HESJEDAL R. - GRM 5.SCHLECK A. - SAX 6.CANCELLARA F. - SAX 7.VAN SUMMEREN J. - GRM ................00' 53" 8.WIGGINS B. - SKY 9.VAN DEN BROECK J. - OLO 10.VINOKOUROV A. - AST 13 ZWI Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) 14h 54' 00" 95 NOR Thor Hushovd (Cervélo) 63 pts. 135 FRA Jérôme Pineau (Quick-Step) 13 pts. 39 WAL Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) 14h 54' 23" TEAM SAXO BANK 44h 45' 55"

131 FRA Sylvain Chavanel (Quick-Step) 131 FRA Sylvain Chavanel (Quick-Step) 208 ITA Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre) .............................................(Indossa la maglia verde) 135 FRA Jérôme Pineau (Quick-Step) 115 GER Tony Martin (Htc-Columbia) TEAM QUICK-STEP

LAMPRE 201 ITA Damiano Cunego 202 SLO Grega Bole 203 ITA Mauro Da Dalto 204 ITA Francesco Gavazzi 205 GER Danilo Hondo 206 ITA Mirco Lorenzetto 207 ITA Adriano Malori 208 ITA Alessandro Petacchi 209 SLO Simon

CAISSE D'EPARGNE 161 SPA Luis Le

BMC 121 AUS Cadel Evans 122 ITA Alessandro Ballan 123 USA Brent Bookwalter 124 GER Markus Burghardt 125 ZWI Mathias Frank 126 USA George Hincapie 127 NED Karsten Kroon 128 ZWI Steve Morabito 129 ITA Mauro Santambrogio General Manager: John Lelangue QUICK-STEP 131 FRA Sylvain Chavanel 132 SPA Carlos Barredo 133 BEL Kevin De Weert 134 BEL Dries Devenyns 135 FRA Jérôme Pineau 136 ITA Francesco Reda 137 BEL Kevin Seeldraeyers 138 BEL Jurgen Van de Walle 139 BEL Maarten Wynants General Manager: Patrick Lefévère MILRAM 141 GER Linus Gerdemann 142 GER Gerald Ciolek 143 GER Johannes Fröhlinger 144 GER Roger Kluge 145 GER Christian Knees 146 AUS Luke Roberts 147 AUT Thomas Rohregger 148 NED Niki Terpstra 149 GER Fabian Wegmann General Manager: Marlies Liebregts-Van Gerwen BBOX-BOUYGUES 151 FRA Thomas Voeckler 152 JAP Yukiya Arashiro 153 FRA Anthony Charteau 154 FRA Pierrick Fédrigo 155 FRA Cyril Gautier 156 FRA Pierre Rolland 157 FRA Matthieu Sprick 158 FRA Sébastien Turgot 159 FRA Nicolas Vogondy General Manager: Jean-René Bernaudeau

AG2R 81 IRL Nicolas Roche 82 FRA Maxime Bouet 83 FRA Dimitri Champion 84 ZWI Martin Elmiger 85 FRA John Gadret 86 FRA David Le Lay 87 FRA Lloyd Mondory 88 ITA Rinaldo Nocentini 89 FRA Christophe Riblon General Manager: Vincent Lavenu CERVÉLO 91 SPA Carlos Sastre 92 SPA Xavier Florencio 93 UKR Vladimir Gustov 94 ENG Jeremy Hunt 95 NOR Thor Hushovd 96 GER Andreas Klier 97 LIT Ignatas Konovalovas 98 AUS Brett Lancaster 99 ENG Daniel Lloyd General Manager: Joop Alberda OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO 101 BEL Jurgen Van den Broeck 102 BEL Mario Aerts 103 BEL Francis De Greef 104 FRA Mickaël Delage 105 GER Sebastian Lang 106 AUS Matthew Lloyd 107 SPA Daniel Moreno 108 BEL Jürgen Roelandts 109 ENG Charlie Wegelius General Manager: Marc Sergeant HTC COLUMBIA 111 GBR Mark Cavendish 112 AUT Bernhard Eisel 113 GER Bert Grabsch 114 AUS Adam Hansen 115 GER Tony Martin 116 BEL Maxime Monfort 117 AUS Mark Renshaw 118 AUS Michael Rogers 119 BLR Kanstantsin Sivtsov General Manager: Bob Stapleton

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LIQUIGAS-DOIMO 41 ITA Ivan Basso 42 ITA Francesco Bellotti 43 SLO Kristjan Koren 44 CEK Roman Kreuziger 45 BLR Aliaksandr Kuchynski 46 ITA Daniel Oss 47 ITA Manuel Quinziato 48 POL Sylwester Szmyd 49 DEN Brian Vandborg General Manager: Roberto Amadio GARMIN 51 USA Christian Vande Velde 52 NZL Julian Dean 53 USA Tyler Farrar 54 CAN Ryder Heshedal 55 SAF Robert Hunter 56 NED Martijn Maaskant 57 SCO David Millar 58 BEL Johan Vansummeren 59 USA David Zabriskie General Manager: Jonathan Vaughters FDJ 61 FRA Christophe Le Mével 62 FRA Sandy Casar 63 FRA Rémy Di Gregorio 64 FRA Anthony Geslin 65 FRA Matthieu Ladagnous 66 FRA Anthony Roux 67 FRA Jérémy Roy 68 AUS Wesley Sulzberger 69 FRA Benoît Vaugrenard General Manager: Marc Madiot KATYUSHA 71 RUS Vladimir Karpets 72 RUS Pavel Brutt 73 RUS Sergej Ivanov 74 RUS Alexandr Kolobnev 75 AUS Robbie McEwen 76 MOL Alexandr Pliushkin 77 SPA Joaquim Rodríguez 78 BEL Stijn Vandenbergh 79 RUS Eduard Vorganov General Manager: Andreï Tchmil

ASTANA 1 SPA Alberto Contador 2 SPA David De la Fuente 3 UKR Andrei Grivko 4 SPA Jesús Hernández 5 KAZ Maxim Iglinskiy 6 SPA Daniel Navarro 7 SPA Benjamín Noval 8 ITA Paolo Tiralongo 9 KAZ Alexandre Vinokourov General Manager: Yvon Sanquer SAXO BANK 11 LUX Andy Schleck 12 DEN Matti Breschel 13 ZWI Fabian Cancellara 14 DEN Jakob Fuglsang 15 AUS Stuart O'Grady 16 LUX Fränk Schleck 17 DEN Chris Sørensen 18 DEN Nicki Sørensen 19 GER Jens Voigt General Manager: Bjarne RIIS RADIOSHACK 21 USA Lance Armstrong 22 SLO Janez Brajkovic 23 USA Chris Horner 24 GER Andreas Klöden 25 USA Levi Leipheimer 26 KAZ Dimitri Muravyev 27 POR Sérgio Paulinho 28 UKR Jaroslav Popovich 29 ZWI Grégory Rast General Manager: Johan Bruyneel TEAM SKY 31 ENG Bradley Wiggins 32 CAN Michael Barry 33 ENG Steven Cummings 34 SPA Juan Antonio Flecha 35 AUS Simon Gerrans 36 NOO Edvald Boasson Hagen 37 ZWE Thomas Löfkvist 38 BEL Serge Pauwels 39 WAL Geraint Thomas General Manager: David Brailsford

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Gianluigi Buffon Sounding Optimistic After Back Surgery Juventus goalkeeper on the road to recovery after operation... Jul 5, 2010 Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has expressed his relief after having surgery to fix a spinal disc herniation. Buffon is expected to be on the sidelines for up to three months following the operation in Milan's Madonnina clinic. But he sounded optimistic as he was discharged on Monday afternoon. "I have removed a big weight. Maybe this operation should have been done before, but it's gone well and I have faith, and I am tranquil," he told the press. "I am in no rush to recover and I will take as long as it takes without risking a reccurence. "Seeing my role as a goalkeeper, I still feel I have a long career ahead of me and I can prolong it at the highest levels." National team football is the pinnacle for every player, and Buffon has gone one further after being told by Cesare Prandelli he will be captain. "For me it represents the maximum that a player can aim for and it's an honour for me," he added. "I have always had Prandelli as an opposition coach, but he is always prepared and one who always has a strong rapport with his players in which he swaps ideas with them." However, despite the success of his operation, Buffon still suffers the pain of World Cup elimination. "It's very disappointing and it was grave for a player like me to renounce such a competition," he said. "I could have given a hand to a group in difficulty, but having been eliminated so early, I don't regret not being there."

Gianluigi Buffon Undergoes Surgery The 2006 World Cup winner is expected to be out of action for a few months... Jul 4, 2010 Juventus and Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has undergone surgery on his back on Sunday, according to the club's official website, juventus.com. The Italy custodian only featured for 45 minutes in their dismal World Cup 2010 campaign before bring substituted in a 1-1 draw with Paraguay. It was later revealed that the player suffered a herniated disc. It was already expected that the former Parma man would need the surgery and was confirmed after another consultation by medical experts in the morning. The 32-year-old had the operation at the Casa di Cura La Madonnina that performed by a number of specialists later during the afternoon. On Monday, a diagnosis and recovery time for the player will be revealed, but early indications suggest that the shot-stopper may not return until the new year. Former Milan and Sampdoria goalkeeper Marco Storari has been brought in as his deputy.

Marotta & Del Neri Promise A Winning Juventus Director and coach sound optimistic ahead of tomorrow's ritiro... Jul 2, 2010 Juventus director Giuseppe Marotta and coach Luigi Del Neri have made their pitch for next season as they work to bring steady success. The Bianconeri launched their new Nike shirts for the 2010-11 season at Vinovo, and both men are confident they can baptise the new campaign with a flourish of growth. "I hope that my Juventus is nice and a winning team, both on and off the pitch," Del Neri told the press. "We need to be ready by July 29. I will treat everyone the same because in football players can come and go." And Del Neri gave an indication of how the squad will take shape. "Our attack is already complete with [David] Trezeguet, Amauri, [Vincenzo] Iaquinta, [Allessandro] Del Piero and Diego," he added. "We are tough in midfielder. In terms of quality we are tranquil in midfield and up front. "Marotta is working for the wings and in defence." Marotta underscored his hopes to deliver a squad with an Italian base, and he wasn't talking pizza. "We want to reinforce our Italian brand through serious politics on youth players, and as well as this the team wants to win instantly," said the director. "I am optimistic for the contruction of the new team. We want to make it stronger, but respecting club guidelines."

Real Madrid Eye Giorgio Chiellini Italian international on Madrid's radar... Jul 2, 2010 Spainish giants Real Madrid are considering a move for Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini, according to Leggo. Jose Mourinho wants Chiellini in Madrid knowing he will offer a reliable guarantee of strength. Real Madrid are desperate to break their Champions League hoodoo and they are working on building a squad that will ensure success. Chiellini is currently in talks with Juventus over a better deal. His agent Davide Lippi is pushing for a wage packet that matches the top earners at the club. Negotiations between Lippi and Giuseppe Marotta continue, but if they breakdown then Chiellini could leave for a club that will offer him top money. Manchester United had recently been linked with the Italian, but Lippi said "no concrete" offer had arrived.

OFFICIAL: Juventus Sign Bonucci & Martinez Bianconeri confirm arrivals of both players on their official website... Jul 1, 2010 Juventus have signed Leonardo Bonucci and Jorge Martinez, the club said in a statement on Thursday. Both men have signed five year deals at the club. A statement reads: "Bonucci and Martinez are Bianconeri. "Leonardo Bonucci and Jorge Martinez are Juventus players. The last details have been defined and their contracts have been deposited with the Lega Calcio. "The defender, and Uruguayan midfielder are officially Bianconeri players. "Both men have signed a five year deal. Bonucci was aquired from Bari for a

Marotta Reveals Transfer Focus, Confirms Leonardo Bonucci Arrival Juventus Chief Giuseppe Marotta outlines his transfer plans... Jun 28, 2010 Juventus director general Giuseppe Marotta is making transfer plans public as he works hard to build an effective side. "We are working towards having a competitive team," he told La giornalaccio rosa dello Sport. "But we must not lose sight of the financial parameters. "Perhaps we lacked results last year, but the hard work continues. Juventus have the fundamentals to do well and return to winning ways." He also confirmed the deal for Leonardo Bonucci was not a simple one on the day the Bari stopper arrives in Turin for his medical. "It was not easy to convince Bari and Genoa to let us have Bonucci. We are satisfied because the defender fits the bill," he said. But signing Milos Krasic from CSKA Moscow seems unlikely after negotiations broke down. "We made our offer to CSKA Moscow and they did not accept it. Then we both went our own ways," concluded the Juve chief.

Leonardo Bonucci Cannot Wait To Begin Juventus Career Bonucci passes medical and gets ready for Juventus "adventure"... Jun 28, 2010 Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci cannot wait to start playing for his new side after passing his medical in Turin on Monday. The club have not announced the move as official; that should arrive on Tuesday. But the stopper did tell Juventus Channel and Sky Sport Italia of his delight. "It has been a strong emotion joining Juventus, but I am happy to be here to begin this new adventure with the right spirit that has also be instilled in me by the president," he said. And the first objective is to rebuild after last season's dramatic freefall. "We have to improve so Juventus can return to being on the great stages of Europe and the world. "We will work hard to improve on last year. If we win something then that will be good, if not we will continue working hard for the future." Bonucci said it was Juventus who showed the strongest interest in landing him after he returned to Bari once they bought his full rights from Genoa, before selling him onto the Old Lady. "Juventus wanted me, I wanted them. Other clubs did not come forward." He also looked back on the failed World Cup with Italy as a learning curve. "I am not disappointed having not played in the World Cup, we are disappointed for the exit though," he concluded.

Juventus Sign Leonardo Bonucci The Bari centre-back will join the Bianconeri... Jun 24, 2010 Juventus have signed Leonardo Bonucci, finalising a deal after weeks of speculation, according to Sky Sports. The player, previously co-owned by Bari and Genoa, will step into the boots of veteran Fabio Cannavaro in the centre of defence, who is set to join United Arab Emirates outfit Al-Ahli. The Bianconeri reportedly had come to an agreement with Bari yesterday and have now also reached an accord with the Grifoni for the youngster. Reports that he was on the verge of joining Juventus had gathered pace earlier on Thursday. The Turin giants have opted for Bonucci, rather than other potential options such as Palermo's Simon Kjaer. The 23-year-old had an impressive past season, playing in all 38 matches for the Galletti. He did not play in any of Italy's three World Cup matches before they were eliminated from the competition by Slovakia.

Juventus Close In On Leonardo Bonucci The Old Lady could soon tie the knot... Jun 18, 2010 Juventus are closing in on the capture of Bari and Genoa defender Leonardo Bonucci, Corriere dello Sport claims. The 23-year-old defender has attracted much desire in his homeland after an impressive season for Bari which has earned him a place with Italy for the World Cup. Juventus are desperate to bring in new defensive material and have made Bonucci, who is co-owned by Genoa and Bari, their top target to reinforce the area. Reports in Italy indicate the Old Lady will give Genoa full ownership of Domenico Criscito and Raffaele Palladino, while Bari will receive €2.5 million plus Sergio Almiron, in exchange for the services of Bonucci. The Turin-based side, who finished seventh in the league, have also been linked to defensive duo William Gallas and Rafael Marquez of Arsenal and Barcelona respectively.

Juventus & Bari Directors Meet To Discuss Bonucci The two societies have met to discuss the transfer of the Italian international... Jun 18, 2010 Juventus directors have met with Bari sporting director Guido Angelozzi to discuss the possible transfer of defender Leonardo Bonucci to the Bianconeri during the summer. The Biancorossi currently own a 50 per cent stake in the stopper, with Genoa owning the other half. In return, the Galletti want striker Michele Paolucci, but the Bianconeri will need to speak with Siena, as they have a stake in the 23-year-old, according to TMW. Bari could be also preparing to have a meeting with the Grifoni, to see whether they would be interested in selling their share in the Italian international. Bonucci is currently in South Africa, playing for the Azzurri at the World Cup.