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Contador completes Giro & Tour double

Alberto Contador finished 1:57 ahead of Riccardo Ricco
Alberto Contador finished 1:57 ahead of Riccardo Ricco

Spain's Alberto Contador of the Astana team won the Giro d'Italia.

The 2007 Tour de France winner finished the three-week race one minute and 57 seconds ahead of Italy's Riccardo Ricco according to provisional results.

Marzio Bruseghin, also of Italy, was third at 2:54.

Italy's Marco Pinotti of the High Road team won the final 28.5km individual time trial stage to Milan in a time of 32:45 on Sunday.

Contador triumphed despite his team being invited to the Giro just six days before the start. The Spaniard, who cut short a holiday to travel to Italy, also broke a bone in his arm in a crash during the eighth stage.

Result of 28-km individual time-trial final stage of the Giro d'Italia from Cesano Maderno to Milan:

1 Marco Pinotti (Italy / High Road )            32mins 45secs
2 Tony Martin (Germany / High Road )                   +7secs
3 Mikhail Ignatiev (Russia / Tinkoff )                +10"
4 Bradley Wiggins (Britain / High Road )              +13"
5 Christian Vande Velde (US / Slipstream )          +22"
6 Danny Pate (US / Slipstream )                     +24"
7 Daniele Bennati (Italy / Liquigas )
8 Steven Cummings (Britain / Barloworld )
9 Vladimir Gusev (Russia / Astana )                   +31"
10 Jens Voigt (Germany / Team CSC )                    +33"

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