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15^ Tappa - Pamiers Bagnères-de-Luchon 187.5 km. - lunedí 19 luglio 1.VOECKLER T. - BTL ............... 4h 44' 51" 2.BALLAN A. - BMC ............... 01' 20" 3.PEREZ ARRIETA A. - FOT 4.MONDORY L. - ALM ............02' 50" 5.ROBERTS L. - MRM 6.REDA F. - QST 7.CONTADOR A. - AST 8.SANCHEZ S. - EUS 9.MENCHOV D. - RAB 10.VANDBORG B. - LIQ 1 - Alberto Contador (Spa) - (Astana) 72h 50' 42" 11 - Andy Schleck (Lux) - (Saxo Bank) + 00' 08" 181 - Samuel Sanchez (Spa) - (Euskaltel Euskadi) + 02' 00" 191 - Denis Menchov (Rus) - (Rabobank) + 02' 13" 101 - Jurgen van den Broeck (Bel) - (Omega Pharma-Lotto) + 03' 39" 195 - Robert Gesink (Ned) - (Rabobank) + 05' 01" 25 - Levi Leipheimer (Usa) - (Radioshack) + 05' 25" 77 - Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) - (Katusha) + 05' 45" 9 - Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) - (Astana) + 07' 12" 54 - Ryder Esjedal (Can) - (Garmin) + 07' 51" ............................................................................ 41 - Ivan Basso (Ita) - (Liquigas Doimo) + 09' 15" 208 - Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) - (Lampre) 187 pts. 95 - Thor Hushovd (Nor) - (Cervélo) 185 pts. 111 - Mark Cavendish (Gbr) - (Htc Columbia) 162 pts. 153 - Anthony Charteau (Fra) - (Bbox Bouygues) 115 pts. 135 - Jérôme Pineau (Fra) - (Quick Step) 92 pts. 151 - Thomas Voeckler (Fra) - (Bbox Bouygues) 82 pts. 11 - Andy Schleck (Lux) - (Saxo Bank) 72h 50' 50" 195 - Robert Gesink (Ned) - (Rabobank) + 04' 53" 44 - Roman Kreuziger (Cek) - (Liquigas Doimo) + 07' 50" TEAM Radioshack 218h 42' 52" Caisse d' Epargne + 04' 27" Rabobank + 17' 23"

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Juventus In No Hurry To Offer Giorgio Chiellini A New Deal Chiellini's agent says meeting for new deal is on hold... Jul 19, 2010 Juventus are debating over whether to offer Giorgio Chiellini the new deal he wants in order to guarantee he will remain at the club. His agent Davide Lippi has made it clear his client is worthy of an improved package, and last month claimed he deserves a "big player" contract amid reports Real Madrid and Manchester United had eyed the stopper. But nothing has changed as Juventus have yet to roll out a new package for the Italian international. He earns just over

Claudio Marchisio Ready For Challenging Season Juventus midfielder hopeful the bad days are behind him... Jul 19, 2010 Juventus midfielder Claudio Marchisio has rendered his offerings, pledging the Italian contingent that failed at the World Cup are raring to go. Marchisio has met up with the rest of the squad at their Pinzolo ritiro after an extended break because of international duty. And he is confident the scars of a botched attempt at winning the World Cup have completely healed. "After what happened with Juventus and in South Africa we needed to recover both mentally and physically," he told the press. "Before we left we were able to speak with Del Neri. He understood our situation and he gave us the right amount of time off. "Now were are all ready and motivated for the new season."

14^ Tappa - Revel -> Ax 3 Domaines 184.5 km - domenica 18 luglio 1.RIBLON C. - ALM ............... 4h 52' 42" 2.MENCHOV D. - RAB ............... 00' 54" 3.SANCHEZ S. - EUS 4.SCHLECK A. - SAX ................. 01' 08" 5.RODRIGUEZ OLIVER J. - KAT 6.GESINK R. - RAB 7.CONTADOR A. - AST 8.VAN DEN BROECK J. - OLO 9.CUNEGO D. - LAM .................. 01' 49" 10.SASTRE C. - CTT 11 - Andy Schleck (Lux) - (Saxo Bank) 68h 02' 30" 1 - Alberto Contador (Spa) - (Astana) + 00' 31" 181 - Samuel Sanchez (Spa) - (Euskaltel Euskadi) + 02' 31" 191 - Denis Menchov (Rus) - (Rabobank) + 02' 44" 101 - Jurgen van den Broeck (Bel) - (Omega Pharma-Lotto) + 03' 31" 195 - Robert Gesink (Ned) - (Rabobank) + 04' 27" 25 - Levi Leipheimer (Usa) - (Radioshack) + 04' 51" 77 - Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) - (Katusha) + 04' 58" 161 - Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) - (Caisse d'Epargne) + 05' 56" 41 - Ivan Basso (Ita) - (Liquigas Doimo) + 06' 52" 208 - Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) - (Lampre) 187 pts. 95 - Thor Hushovd (Nor) - (Cervélo) 185 pts. 111 - Mark Cavendish (Gbr) - (Htc Columbia) 162 pts. 153 - Anthony Charteau (Fra) - (Bbox Bouygues) 115 pts. 135 - Jérôme Pineau (Fra) - (Quick Step) 92 pts. 11 - Andy Schleck (Lux) - (Saxo Bank) 76 pts. 11 - Andy Schleck (Lux) - (Saxo Bank) 68h 02' 30" 195 - Robert Gesink (Ned) - (Rabobank) + 04' 27" (Indossa la maglia bianca) 44 - Roman Kreuziger (Cek) - (Liquigas Doimo) + 07' 11" TEAM Caisse d' Epargne 204h 16' 00" Radioshack + 00' 08" Rabobank + 17' 13"

13^ Tappa - Rodez -> Revel 196 km - sabato 17 luglio 1.VINOKOUROV A. - AST ............... 4h 26' 26" 2.CAVENDISH M. - THR ............... 00' 13" 3.PETACCHI A. - LAM 4.HAGEN E. - SKY 5.ROJAS J. - GCE 6.DEAN J. - GRM 7.GESLIN A. - FDJ 8.HUSHOVD T. - CTT 9.BOLE G. - LAM 10.MONDORY L. - ALM 11 - Andy Schleck (Lux) - (Saxo Bank) 63h 08' 40" 1 - Alberto Contador (Spa) - (Astana) + 00' 31" 181 - Samuel Sanchez (Spa) - (Euskaltel Euskadi) + 02' 45" 191 - Denis Menchov (Rus) - (Rabobank) + 02' 58" 101 - Jurgen van den Broeck (Bel) - (Omega Pharma-Lotto) + 03' 31" 25 - Levi Leipheimer (Usa) - (Radioshack) + 04' 06" 195 - Robert Gesink (Ned) - (Rabobank) + 04' 27" 77 - Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) - (Katusha) + 04' 58" 161 - Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) - (Caisse d'Epargne) + 05' 02" 44 - Roman Kreuziger (Cek) - (Liquigas Doimo) + 05' 16" 41 - Ivan Basso (Ita) - (Liquigas Doimo) + 05' 30" 208 - Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) - (Lampre) 187 pts. 95 - Thor Hushovd (Nor) - (Cervélo) 185 pts. 111 - Mark Cavendish (Gbr) - (Htc Columbia) 162 pts. 153 - Anthony Charteau (Fra) - (Bbox Bouygues) 107 pts. 135 - Jérôme Pineau (Fra) - (Quick Step) 92 pts. 102 - Mario Aerts (Bel) - (Omega Pharma Lotto) 65 pts. 11 - Andy Schleck (Lux) - (Saxo Bank) 63h 08' 40" 195 - Robert Gesink (Ned) - (Rabobank) + 04' 27" (Indossa la maglia bianca) 44 - Roman Kreuziger (Cek) - (Liquigas Doimo) + 05' 16" TEAM Radioshack 189h 31' 13" Caisse d' Epargne + 00' 21" Rabobank + 16' 13"

12^ Tappa - Bourg-de-Péage - Mende 210.5 km - venerdí 16 luglio 1.RODRIGUEZ OLIVER J. - KAT ............... 4h 58' 26" 2.CONTADOR A. - AST 3.VINOKOUROV A. - AST ............................00' 04" 4.VAN DEN BROECK J. - OLO .................... 00' 10" 5.SCHLECK A. - SAX 6.SANCHEZ S. - EUS 7.KLÖDEN A. - RSH 8.MENCHOV D. - RAB 9.GESINK R. - RAB .................................... 00' 15" 10.KREUZIGER R. - LIQ 11 - Andy Schleck (Lux) - (Saxo Bank) 58h 42' 01" 95 - Thor Hushovd (Nor) - (Cervélo) 167 pts. 153 - Anthony Charteau (Fra) - (Bbox Bouygues) 107 pts. 11 - Andy Schleck (Lux) - (Saxo Bank) 58h 42' 01" 195 - Robert Gesink (Ned) - (Rabobank) 58h 46' 28" (Indossa la maglia bianca) TEAM RADIOSHACK 176h 11' 16"

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10^ Tappa - Chambéry - Gap 179 km 1.PAULINHO S. - RSH ....................... 5h 10' 56" 2.KIRYIENKA V. - GCE 3.DEVENYNS D. - QST ................ 01' 29" 4.ROLLAND P. - BTL 5.AERTS M. - OLO ....................... 01' 33" 6.BOUET M. - ALM ........................ 03' 20" 7.ROCHE N. - ALM ....................... 12' 58" 8.PAURIOL R. - COF ................... 13' 57" 9.CAVENDISH M. - THR ............... 14' 19" 10.PETACCHI A. - LAM 11 - Andy Schleck (Lux) - (Saxo Bank) 49h 00' 56" 95 - Thor Hushovd (Nor) - (Cervélo) 138 pts. 135 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) - (Quck Step) 91 pts. 11 - Andy Schleck (Lux) - (Saxo Bank) 49h 00' 56" 195 - Robert Gesink (Ned) - (Rabobank) 49h 05' 18" (Indossa la maglia bianca) TEAM CAISSE D'EPARGNE 147h 07' 02"

Italian Football Is Dead - Luciano Moggi Moggi has relaunched his attack on the FIGC... Jul 16, 2010 Former Juventus director Luciano Moggi has accused FIGC president Giancarlo Abete of "killing Italian football" as he launches a sharp sting on the powers that be. His attack follows on from Inter striker Mario Balotelli's agent Mino Raiola, who claimed Abete should resign from his post at the helm of the Calcio tree. He even claimed Balotelli would boycott Serie A because of measures Abete introduced which limits foreign transfers. And Moggi has taken his argument even deeper in his Tuttomercatoweb.com comment column. "Shooting at Abete now would be like taking the last brick away from a house that has fallen," Moggi blasted. "Italian football is rebelling against absurd decisions from one man that is slowly killing our football. "Euro 2012, Euro 2016, Sepp Blatter that gives the World Cup presentation to Vieira, Donadoni's flop at the Euro 2008, failure in South Africa. Is that not enough? No. "We also had to add the fact that we changed coach of the national team while one was still in position. These were suicidal and illogical strategies. "Italian football has had enough of Abete, not me who is in the past, but the football league and its 20 presidents. Someone please save us."

9^ Tappa - Morzine-Avoriaz - Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne 204.5 km 1.CASAR S. - FDJ ....................... 5h 38' 10" 2.SANCHEZ L. - GCE 3.CUNEGO D. - LAM 4.MOREAU C. - GCE ....................... 00' 02" 5.CHARTEAU A. - BTL 6.CONTADOR A. - AST 7.SCHLECK A. - SAX 8.SANCHEZ S. - EUS ...................... 00' 52" 9.RODRIGUEZ OLIVER J. - KAT ...... 02' 07" 10.LEIPHEIMER L. - RSH 11 - Andy Schleck (Lux) - (Saxo Bank) 43h 35' 41" 95 - Thor Hushovd (Nor) - (Cervélo) 124 pts. 153 - Anthony Charteau (Fra) - (Bbox Bouygues) 85 pts. 11 - Andy Schleck (Lux) - (Saxo Bank) 43h 35' 41" 195 - Robert Gesink (Ned) - (Rabobank) 43h 40' 03" (Indossa la maglia bianca) TEAM CAISSE D’EPARGNE 131h 05' 36"

Buffon Tells Juventus To Sign Edin Dzeko Gianluigi Buffon drops Dzeko hint as club gets to work on signing the Bosnian from Wolfsburg Jul 12, 2010 Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon is pushing the club to sign Wolfsburg striker Edin Dzeko as negotiations resume over a possible transfer. Dzeko, who is also being courted by Manchester City, is said to want Juventus, and Italian director Giuseppe Marotta is expected to meet German counterpart Dieter Hoeness to get talks back up to boiling point. And Buffon hopes the move boils over and transforms into a solid deal. "Dzeko is a player who does not need any introduction," Buffon told Sky Sport Italia. "I think he is among the top five strikers in Europe now and he has been for at least two years. He would surely be a great buy." Injured Buffon, who is recuperating after his recent back operation, feels rapid progress is being made under coach Luigi Del Neri. "He has always done well wherever he has been. I think he has the right qualities to stay at a club like Juventus for a very long time," he concluded.

Juventus Buys Are Not Scudetto Material - Moggi Luciano Moggi not impressed with Juve transfers Jul 9, 2010 Former Juventus transfer director Luciano Moggi has become highly sceptical over the club's summer buys, claming they are not "Scudetto" players. Despite his ban from Calcio, Moggi has become a notable commentator on the wheeling and dealing, and he has analysed Juve's market thus far. His insight on Juve was grey and he feels the club have far to go before they can tackle the Scudetto issues, claiming better players need to come to the fore if Juve are to leap towards the title. "The buys that Giuseppe Marotta has made so far don't seem like they are Scudetto calibre," he wrote in his Tuttomercatoweb.com column. "Jorge Martinez for example doesn't allow them to make a significant step up in quality. "The same goes for Pepe and Storari. I think Leonardo Bonucci is the only player with prospects and he is a Juve type player. "A good signing would be Milos Krasic, but he is no Pavel Nedved."

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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