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For those in Australia, SBS does a daily report on the Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy) close to 7.15am, along with a report in the evenings, catch them if you can.

Giro d'Italia, May 8 - 30, 2010, Report opening prologue

May 8, Amsterdam, 8k, Individual Time Trial

Results
1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:10:18

2 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:02

3 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team

General classification
as above

Hats off to Bradley Wiggins of Team Sky, who took the new team's first Grand Tour stage victory at the first opportunity (and yes, he's half Australian, so we'll claim it too)....(for the moment).

Skippy report: With 14 Aussies racing, it's hard to know where to start. With Cadel in 3^rd and Richie Porte in 6th we couldn't have done much better.

Cuisine report: Last night, in Baulne en Brie (Picardie, champagne region ) we had a very local meal. After the aperitif of champagne (what else?), there were four courses, of which I would love to imagine the food miles would not have surpassed one kilometer per plate. It's impossible of course, as even though the champagne was made by the restauranteurs ‘grand-père', the vineyard is still 15k away. So the pre-dinner drink blew it all away immediately. It's a nice thought though, isn't it?

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The Bike Race:

Three stages kick start the race in Holland, before they transfer to Savigliano in Italy's north west Piedmonte region. From here the race heads further south, through Tuscany, across to Abruzzo before returning to the Dolomites in the north-east and the event's Grand Finale in Verona. 198 riders (14 from Australia) complete 21 stages over 3 weeks, visiting 3 countries en route, with just 2 rest days. 3,416 kilometres, running May 8 - 30.

The Writer:

David Olle's cycling reports are used by ABC radio's 774 DRIVE show in Melbourne, ABC radio

702 breakfast show in Sydney, ABC national overnights and 3RRR FM's Breakfasters. He chats regularly with all. He also created and produces the magazine style TV show ‘Topbike TV' which is seen throughout Australia and New Zealand on community televison. The reports are also published here, www.cyclesportnews.com, along with any photos.

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