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Saturday Sport: Giro, Aussie Rules, Premier Soccer

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May 20, 2017 From: Speed o Rex  In Italy: Tom Dumoulin leads the overall in edition 100 of the Giro d’Italia ahead of Nairo Quintana and Bauke Mollema.  Today's Giro d'Italia features a stage, which at 131 kilometres, travels from Castellania to Oropa. It is a compact route on flat roads, with a steep finale climb to a sanctuary, an irregular 11.8 kilometres , almost straight uphill at 6.2% with steepest sectors of up to 13%. It is an irregular ascent with the most unwelcoming sectors from kilometre 5 onward.  The first three riders on the line take time bonuses of 10, 6 and 4 seconds, while the last intermediate sprint (at kilometre 126.6) comes with 3, 2 and 1 seconds.  Today's stage could really shake up the General Classification.   The day's Aussie Rules Football Premiership season features contests between St. Kilda and the Sydney Swans, GWS Giants vs. Richmond, the Hawthorn vs. Collingwood at the Melbourne Cricket Grounds and the Brisbane Lions vs. Adelaide Cr...

2016 Vuelta a Espana has begun!

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From: Speed o Rex Alberto Contador  In the shadow of the 2016 Rio Olympic games, the years third of cycling's Grand Tours kicked off in Galicia, Spain, Saturday, with a Team Time Trial.  Chris Froome  In the opening contest Team Sky beat Movistar by fractions of a second, although the opposite appeared to be true at first,  in the 28.7-km inaugural team time trial in Castrel de Mino, Spain.   Peter Kennaugh  This was the first Team Time Trial in a Grand Tour this year.   Sky's Peter Kennaugh became the first leader of the 71st Vuelta on Saturday, as he was the first of his teammates to cross the line.  In all, 179 riders began the competition.   Each team time becomes each rider's time for the day, and for the race to now.  This puts many of the top riders almost a minute behind Chris Froome from Team Sky, including favorite Alberto Contado r of Team Tinkoff, down 52 seconds.   Froome has been a busy beaver, he took bronze last week in the Olympics Individual Time Trial....

Vuelta a Espana!

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From: Speed o Rex  Cycling season is full upon us. Giampaolo Caruso  Have you been watching? The Vuelta a Espana kicked off yesterday, with a Team Time Trial.  More soon!

Over a dozen LGBTI Olympians have barely missed out on medals in Rio

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About a dozen LGBTI Olympians have barely missed out on an Olympic medal in Rio finishing in the top 10, some of them finishing fourth. From: OutSports Larissa Franca Maestrini came within a set of a bronze medal. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images While we don't yet know the final medal count for Team LGBTI, we do know that there are tons of out Olympians with top-10 finishes who barely missed out on a medal. German discus thrower Nadine Müller finished sixth in her event with a distance of 63.13 meters. British speed walker Tom Bosworth finished sixth in the men's 20km walk, posting a personal best of 1:20.13 Kelly Griffon and Jillion Potter of Team USA finished fifth in the women's sevens rugby tournament. The Brazilian womens' handball team, with goalkeeper Mayssa Pessoa , lost in the quarterfinals to the Netherlands, 32-23. The American women's soccer team also lost in the quarterfinals of their tournament, 2-1, to Sweden. Brazilian beach volleyball player Larissa Fra...

Olympics Preview - Track Cycling with France's Francois Pervis

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From: Speed o Rex Track Cycling began a six-day run at the Olympics Thursday, so put that on your radar scope too.  And, it would be hard to find a sport that is more grueling and intense, so do be attentive.  link: Olympic Cycling Track  ... plus Francois Pervis of France at the ready.  Watch for his results in today's Team Sprint competition.

Olympics Men's Cycling Individual Time Trial

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From: Speed o Rex  The Olympics Men's Cycling Individual Time Trial was contested Wednesday outside of Rio de Janeiro.   The 59.8 course was two loops of the same circuit.  This led to some unusual sights, with two, or even three, cyclists being in sight at the same time.  The Race was handily won by Swiss Cyclist Fabian Cancellara , who is in the bell lap of his career.  An Olympic Gold Medal is quite the way to go out!    Second, the Silver Medal,  was taken by Dutch Cyclist Tom Dumoulin , and third, Bronze, was taken by Great Britain's Chris Froome , who had been overall winner, if you remember, of this years Tour de France.   The Tour de Force was Cancellara today, though, as he bested Dumoulin by 47 seconds and Froome by 1:02.   Congratulations Fabian!