2008 Giro d'Italia
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The 2008 Giro d'Italia was the 91st running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It began in Palermo on 10 May and ended in Milan on 1 June. Twenty-two teams entered the race, which was
Astana's Andreas Klöden was considered among the race's overall favorites.
Italian national road race champion Giovanni Visconti was the overall leader of the Giro for eight stages.
Giro champion Alberto Contador during the stage 21 individual time trial.
Italian sprinter Daniele Bennati won three stages and the mauve jersey for the points classification.
Emanuele Sella
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Emanuele Sella is an Italian former road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2004 and 2015 for the CSF Group–Navigare, Carmiooro NGC and Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec teams.
2008 Giro d'Italia
…coming away with four stage wins and victory in the mountains classification and the Trofeo Fast Team. In August 2008, mountains classification winner Emanuele Sella was announced to have tested positive for methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta (better known as Mircera, an erythropoietin derivative) at an…
Sella at the 2012 Route du Sud