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MILAN, Italy -- Next years Giro dItalia will honour the 10th anniversary of Marco Pantanis death with several stages dedicated t

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MILAN, Italy -- Next years Giro dItalia will honour the 10th anniversary of Marco Pantanis death with several stages dedicated to the Italian climber. Blaine Gabbert Jersey . Having already announced that the race will start May 9 with three stages in Northern Ireland and Ireland and finish in Trieste on June 1, the rest of the route was unveiled Monday. Stage 8 from Foligno to Montecupiolo will include the Carpegna climb where Pantani used to train, and uphill finishes in Oropa (stage 14) and Montecampione (stage 15) will recall two of his well-known victories in the race. Pantani won both the Giro and Tour de France in 1998. He was found dead in a hotel room on Valentines Day in 2004, and a coroner ruled he died from cocaine poisoning. There are eight stages for sprinters, three time trials -- including a team time trial to open the race -- and 10 mountain legs. Gazzetta dello Sport editor Andrea Monti handled the presentation since Giro director and RCS Sport general manager Michele Acquarone is suspended during an investigation into the alleged misappropriation of at least (euro)13 million ($17.7 million). The Gazzetta is controlled by RCS Media Group, which organizes the Giro. Vincenzo Nibali, this years Giro champion, attended the presentation, although he has indicated he may skip the race next year to focus on the Tour de France. Organizers said that Joaquin Rodriguez, who leads the UCI WorldTour rankings after winning the Il Lombardia classic Sunday, will ride the Giro. Also expected back are two-time Giro winner Ivan Basso and Cadel Evans, who won the 2011 Tour de France. Basso had to withdraw just before the start of this years Giro due to a cyst on his backside. This years Tour winner Chris Froome has indicated he will not ride the Giro, while the status of 2008 winner Alberto Contador remains uncertain, as does that of Bradley Wiggins, the 2012 Tour champion who withdrew midway through this years Giro. The race will open with a 21.7-kilometre (13.5-mile) team time trial in Belfast. Stage 2 will also start and end in Belfast, while the third leg goes from Armagh to Dublin. After a rest day and transfer back to Italy, the race resumes in southern Italy with a stage ending in Bari. Stage six in central Italy heads up to Monte Cassino, the site of a major World War II battle. The races first individual time trial comes on stage 12 with a 46.4 (28-mile) route from Barbaresco to Barolo that honours two of Italys best-known wines. The grueling Stelvio climb is back after it couldnt be used this year due to bad weather. It will come in the 16th leg from Ponte di Legno to Val Martello. Stage 19 is another individual time trial, a 26.8-kilometre (16.7-mile) leg from Bassano del Grappa to Cima Grappa. The penultimate stage 20 is expected to be the races toughest, capped by a super-steep finish up Monte Zoncolan, before the flat finish in the northeastern port city of Trieste. Drew Stanton Jersey . Golden States second straight road win wasnt painless. David Lee scored a season-high 29 points -- 13 in the fourth quarter -- and Nate Robinson added 17 points, leading the Warriors to a 105-95 win Tuesday night over the road-worn Cleveland Cavaliers. David Johnson Jersey . A question that was repeatedly posed last season, and the season before that and in the 2011 campaign before that. http://www.azcardinalsfanspro.com/Black-Andre-Ellington-Cardinals-Jersey.html?cat=893 . 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Goldschmidt is batting .542 (13-for-24) with seven homers and 17 RBIs all-time against Lincecum, including a two-run homer last week at Chase Field. His latest homer marked the 22nd time an opposing right-handed hitter homered to AT&T Parks right field. "I was kind of worried it may go foul, but I think the wind actually helped keep it fair. It was right down the line," Goldschmidt said. "You know Lincecums a very good pitcher. So you just go up there and try to have a good at-bat and try to hit the ball hard, and fortunately I was able to get one there in the first inning. It really doesnt change. Try to have a good at-bat, try to keep it simple." Goldschmidt has been such a nemesis for Lincecum, the exasperated pitcher said last week he might have to throw underhanded to try to stymie the slugger. "Its just unexplainable," Chavez said. "I have no idea." Michael Morse and Buster Posey hit solo homers against Bronson Arroyo (1-0), who won his third straight decision against San Francisco. Arroyo was staked to a nice lead early and worked five innings to earn his first win since joining the D-backs in February. He had a no-decision against the Giants last Thursday. The right-hander allowed six hits and three runs, struck out two and walked one. He beat the Giants twice last season, including a seven-hitter at AT&T Park last July 22 with the Reds for his ssixth career shutout in an 11-0 victory. Jaron Brown Jersey. Josh Collmenter, who soon could join the struggling Arizona rotation, pitched four scoreless innings of relief for his first major league save. Goldschmidt got things going at AT&T Park again. Parra led off the game with a triple, Martin Prado walked and Goldschmidt sent a 1-1 fastball into the elevated right-field arcade. He added a sacrifice fly in the third, then was booed each time he stepped into the batters box in the late innings. "Hopefully the streak continues," manager Kirk Gibson said. "Its amazing." Parra connected for his first homer of the year with two outs in the fourth. Angel Pagan singled in the first and has hit safely in all nine games for the Giants, batting .462 with seven multihit games Lincecum (0-1) lasted just four innings, tagged for seven runs and seven hits. The right-hander received a $35 million, two-year deal in late October to stay put with San Francisco rather than test free agency. He said he might be trying too hard against Goldschmidt. "I just have to start leaning on a little bit more of my strength and not necessarily his weaknesses," Lincecum said. "I know hes got some holes here and there, but I have to mix up my pitch counts and my pitch routines." Pablo Sandoval went 1 for 4 and is off to a quiet start hitting .143 for San Francisco. Manager Bruce Bochy is confident that even though the Giants have tabled talks about a contract extension for the third baseman, it wont affect the 2012 World Series MVP on the field. Notes: After the early struggles by the D-backs rotation, Arizona officials are discussing changes. Gibson expects Trevor Cahill (0-3) to make his next start Sunday, but Collmenter will be stretched out and threw 53 pitches. ... Ryan Vogelsong (0-0) pitches Thursday for the Giants against Randall Delgado (0-1). ... The Giants will hold "Farewell to the Stick" night Thursday to honour their former home of Candlestick Park. The NFLs 49ers played their final season in the venue last

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