LPR Brakes Farnese Vini

While the usual hype surrounds the battle for overall honours at this year's Giro d'Italia, the results of the Milano-Sanremo classic may hold some clues as to who will win the sprint competition in the first Grand Tour of 2009.

Danilo Di Luca was racing as a young rider back when current Silence-Lotto directeur sportif Roberto Damiani

Time bonus on Vesuvius not enough

Italian caught thanks to UCI Biological Passport

Italian's Giro test results not under suspicion

Second place enough for American to maintain overall lead

Ivan Basso and his Liquigas team produced some devastating results over the finale of the fifth day of the Giro d'Italia

Two contenders, two approaches, two chances remaining

Italian authority expected to seek two-to-four year ban

LPR Brakes searches for new sponsorship, but Alessandro Petacchi to leave one year early