Contador claims historic Giro win
Sunday, March 30th, 2008Reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has become the first non-Italian to win the Giro d’Italia since 1996.
The Spaniard beat Italy’s Riccardo Ricco by one minute 57 seconds, despite failing to win a stage of the three-week long race.
Marzio Bruseghin finished third, 2:54 behind Contador.
The final stage, a 28.5km time trial from Cesano Maderno [...]