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For those in Australia, SBS2 does a daily report on the Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy) called by Matt Keenan in the evenings, catch them if you can.

Giro d'Italia, May 8 - 30, 2010, Stage 14    Saturday, May 22, 201 km
Ferrara → Asolo


Results
1      Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo      4:57:51      
2     Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo     0:00:23     
3     Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli           
4     Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team

General classification
1      David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne      61:22:54      
2     Richie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo Bank     0:00:39     
3     Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Cervelo Test Team     0:02:12     

Skippy report:  Richie Porte, when asked today what he thought about losing the Pink jersey, replied that he never ever thought of having it, so he had WON three days in pink, and lost nothing.   
If you took out Cadel's poor TTT result, he'd be leading the main GC riders...

Cuisine report:  Chocolate Salami, Chocolate Salami, Chocolate Salami, Chocolate Salami.

Tomorrow:  Stage 15, Sunday, May 23, 218 km
Mestre → Monte Zoncolan

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 2 countries en route, with just 2 rest days.  3,416  kilomtres, 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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