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The "Settimana Tricolore", the Italian road championships week, gets under way tomorrow in Sicily.
The schedule:
Wednesday, Juniors (Men) road race, 123.5 km
Thursday, Juniors (Women) road race, 75.95 km; also Women's Elite road race, 119.3 km
Friday, Men's Elite road race, 155 km; also Men's U23 road race 150.9km
Saturday, Men's Professional (Elite with contract) road race, 234.9 km
Sunday, Women's Elite TT, 28.7; also U23 (Men) TT 28.7 km; also Men's Professional TT, 28.7 km.
The current road racing world champions are Giovanni Visconti and Monia Baccaille.
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The Men's favorites are Damiano Cunego, Vincenzo Nibali and current champion Giovanni Visconti.
The FCI, the Italian national cycling federation, recently made a decision that all riders that have been sanctioned ( six months or more) for doping infractions in the past will be prevented from taking part in the Italian championships (and in the World Championships in Copenhagen 19-25 September). The biggest losers of this rule implementation: Ivan Basso, Danilo Di Luca, Stefano Garzelli, Michele Scarponi and Alessandro Petacchi.
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