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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, catch it if you can.

Giro d'Italia, May 8 - 30, 2010, pre-race report 
Cadle Evans is lining up as a favorite for this year's Giro d'Italia, but as we know, favorites rarely win.  There will be serious competiton from Carlos Sastre (who was the only one to beat Cadel in the 2008 TdF) and 'born again' convicted drug cheats Alexandre Vinokourov & Ivan Basso.  Like it or not, these latter two have both served two year suspensions and are free to race, and win, like everyone else.  (A couple of life-time bans would surely have served the sport better, as a serious deterrent.)

Skippy report:  14 skinny little Australians will be taking on this year's mounainous Giro, wish them all luck!

Cuisine report:  We're carrying out Tour de France reconnaisssance, finishing this weekend, and will meet the race this Tuesday, once it arrives in Piedmonte, Italy.  For the moment, just enjoying french fries at every opportunity.

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 radio702 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.

These reports are independent, opinionated, Australian biased, and could miss a day here and there, along with containing the odd error.

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