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Italy

Gino Bartali hid Jewish family in Florence home to protect them from Holocaust

New details emerge of Italian cycling legend's clandestine wartime activities

New Italian bike tour offers rolling road closures and chance to see Giro

Three-day ride for enthusiasts takes in the northern lakes

Driver involved in crash that killed seven cyclists in Italy on Sunday may face murder charges

Prosectors dismiss motorist's version of events; Giro d'Italia to pass site of tragedy in May

Italy comes to terms with yesterday's tragedy that claimed seven cyclists' lives

Reflections come as cyclist reveals narrow escape after heading home due to rain

"Drugged driver" kills seven cyclists in Sunday morning "massacre" in Southern Italy

Police say 21-year-old banned from driving seven months ago had been smoking marijuana

Italian doping investigators raid home of Lance Armstrong team-mate Yaroslav Popovych

Italian press speculates on link to US Grand Jury that quizzed Ukrainian rider earlier this month

Gino Bartali to be honoured for helping save Italian Jews from the Holocaust

Cycling great undertook marathon wartime training rides with documents and money hidden in bike

Blindness not an obstacle to cycling for Andrea Bocelli

Italian opera star cycles to the shops, guided by fiancee

Giro d'Italia 2011 route traces Italy's 150-year history as a country

From Turin to Sicily and back to Milan, race celebrates all aspects of Il Bel Paese

L'Eroica 2010 - Italy's heroic Gran Fondo

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L'Eroica 2010

Riding the Strade Bianche in the rain is like mountain biking. You really have to hold on tight and keep an eye on your line as there are potholes, ruts and gatherings of loose stone everywhere, any slight miscalculation could end up in disaster. We however, and everyone else around us seemed to manage just fine, well, all apart from the bruised palms.