I wish I could have been at the Giro this year but with the world economy where it is, I need to hold out for the Tour. But judging by what happened today with Astana, I feel a little better. Apparently sponsors of Team Astana have not paid the team for the past two months. Riders staged a protest by showing up in their team jerseys with all the sponsor logos stripped off.
I’m posting some photos of the stage winners that I have for week one.
1. Lido di Venezia TTT won by Petacchi
2. Jesolo – Trieste Petacchi again
3. Grado – Valdobbiadene Another Petacchi win
4. Padova – San Martino di Castrozza Danilo di Luca win
5. San Martino di Castrozza – Alpe di Siusi won by Denis Menchov
6. Mayrhofen – Bressanone Thomas Lovkvist win
7. Innsbruck – Chiavenna won by Boassen Hagen
