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Sunday's EuroFile: Haedo wins Colliers Classic; Nibali tops in Toscana; McEwen to lead Predictor-Lotto at Giro

By Agence France Presse
Published: May. 6, 2007

Argentina’s Juan Jose Haedo (CSC) won a sprint finish in Denmark’s Colliers Classic on Sunday.

The Argentinean sprinter outkicked Alex Rasmussen (Team Odense Energi) and Jens-Erik Madsen (Team Designa Køkken) to win the 199.5km race, run around Aarhus.

Top five
1. Juan Jose Haedo (Arg), CSC, 199.5km in 4:41:10
2. Alex Rasmussen (Den), Team Odense Energi, same time
3. Jens-Erik Madsen (Den), Team Designa Køkken, s.t
4. Staffan Loffler (G), Team Sparkasse, s.t.
5. Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor), CSC, s.t.

Complete results

Nibali wins Giro di Toscana
Italian Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) won the 80th Giro di Toscana on Sunday.

The 198.7km race was run between Sansepolcro and Arezzo.

Matteo Priamo crossed second with Daniele Pietropolli third.

McEwen headlines Predictor-Lotto's Giro squad
Australian Robbie McEwen will spearhead his Predictor-Lotto team's bid for victories on the flatter stages of the Giro d'Italia, May 12-June 3.

The Belgium-based McEwen, who originally hails from Brisbane, has already won an impressive 11 stages on Italy's three-week race, thanks to his dynamic sprinting abilities.

McEwen, 34, will be joined at theGiro by fellow Aussies Nick Gates and Matthew Lloyd.

Predictor-Lotto for the Giro d'Italia: Mario Aerts (B), Dario Cioni (I), Nick Gates (Aus), Josep Jufre (Sp), Matthew Lloyd (Aus), Robbie McEwen (Aus), Jurgen Vandenbroeck (B), Wim Van Huffel (B), Stefano Zanini (I).

FDJ bringing young team to Giro
Française des Jeux will bring a young team to the 2007 Giro d’Italia, including former junior world champion Arnaud Gerard, backed up by Carlos Da Cruz and Lilian Jégou.

Française des Jeux for the Giro: Carlos Da Cruz, Arnaud Gerard, Lilian Jégou, Cyrille Monnerais, Francis Mourey and Fabien Patanchon (F), Timothy Gudsell (NZ), Ian McLeod (RSA), Jussi Veikkanen (Fin).