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Italian Mario Cipollini, known to homeland fans simply as Super Mario, outsprinted Cuban Ivan Dominguez and Canadian Gord Fraser in the last 100 meters to win Stage 2 of the seven-stage Tour de Georgia on Wednesday with a time of 4 hours, 30 minutes and 44 seconds, with time bonuses added.
Always suave in the spotlight, Cipollini surprised Miss Columbus, Samantha Davis, who presented riders on the podium with flowers, with five kisses on the cheek instead of the customary two.
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July 9
- Johnny Weissmuller is the first to swim the 100-meter freestyle under 1 minute as he breaks Duke Kahanamoku's world record with a time of 58.6 seconds.
...1999 - Mario Cipollini becomes the first rider since 1948 to ca...
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...- Marion Jones regresa tras los Juegos de Atenas en la últ...Día 26.- - El ciclista italiano Mario Cipollini, tras 17 años como profesional y con la cifra ré...
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...Ryan Hunter-Reay, 155; 16. Mario Moraes, 138; 17. Mike Conway, 136; 18. E.J. Viso, ...1999 -- Mario Cipollini becomes the first rider since 1948 to capture thre...
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July 9
- Charles Comiskey of the St. Louis Browns becomes the first major leaguer to be paid for a product endorsement. The first baseman and manager is the spokesman for Menell's Penetrating Oil.
...1999 - Mario Cipollini becomes the first rider since 1948 to ca...
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PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland rode to a nearly five-second victory Sunday over Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain in the prologue of the Amgen Tour of California.
Cancellara, who won the 2007 prologue of the Tour de France, completed the 2.05-mile course that finished at Stanford University in 3 minutes and 51.2 seconds. Cancellera, whose opening-day win at the Tour de France allowed him to hold the lead for the first week, was 129th rider in the field of 132 Tour of California riders to individually ride the flat course.
... return of flamboyant former world titlist Mario Cipollini of Italy. Cipollini, 40, a winner of a r...
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July 9
- Charles Comiskey of the St. Louis Browns becomes the first major leaguer to be paid for a product endorsement. The first baseman and manager is the spokesman for Menell's Penetrating Oil.
...1999 - Mario Cipollini becomes the first rider since 1948 to ca...
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The British Open's men-only barrier appears close to coming down perhaps by July if a certain Hawaiian schoolgirl makes the grade.
The Royal & Ancient Golf Club said Tuesday there would be "no resistance' to a woman's attempt to qualify, or her participation if she made the 156-player field.
...Former world champion Mario Cipollini, one of the best Italian sprinters of al...
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BONNEVAL, France - Lance Armstrong was thrown from his bike but not hurt in a crash involving a number of cyclists shortly after the start of the sixth stage of the Tour de France today.
The five-time Tour champion quickly got back in the race after the crash, and with help from his U.S. Postal Service teammates, caught up with the main pack of riders.
...Italians Alessandro Petacchi and Mario Cipollini were forced out of the race due to injur...
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ANGERS, France - To Lance Armstrong's dismay, the Tour de France is turning into a demolition derby, with crashes galore including one that took down the five-time champion.
After largely avoiding the bumps, bruises and scrapes that plagued other riders, the Texan tumbled off his bike early in Friday's sixth stage but quickly recovered to rejoin the race.
... specialists Alessandro Petacchi and Mario Cipollini withdrew from the race before Friday's s...