Giro d'Italia (2012) Photos; Stage 0: Friday's Teams presentation; Thursday warm-up and press conference
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Fans waiting for the teams presentation in Herning Denmark where the first two stages will be held		share this photo
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The first wearers of the maglia rosa(s)		share this photo
Herning teams presentation panoramic		share this photo
Each team, Euskaltel - Euskadi here, was led in by a Danish cargo bike		share this photo
Movistar's Giovanni Visconti won the award for best pre-race bad-ass haircut. He looks like he means business.		share this photo
Panoramic		share this photo
Omega Pharma Quickstep		share this photo
RadioShack-Nissan with Frank Schleck		share this photo
Team Sky		share this photo
With more sprint stages this year, Mark Cavendish is itching to get started		share this photo
The fluorescent yellow of Farnese-Vini will standout in the peloton this month		share this photo
Thor Hushovd and Alexander Ballan, BMC Racing		share this photo
Liquigas-Canondale		share this photo
Michele Scarponi and Damiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD) are looking ahead to some big results this month		share this photo
Guaranteed to animate the mountain stage, Team Androni Giocattoli. If Roberto Ferrari (center) has big hair to start the race, what's it going to look like in three weeks?		share this photo
Looks like the new ORICA - GREENEDGE jerseys haven't arrived yet?		share this photo
Team Sky with Geraint Thomas (2nd left), Juan Antonio Flecha (3rd right) and Mark Cavendish on the end		share this photo
Mark Cavendish will be the focus of attention until we hit the mountain stages		share this photo
Lampre-ISD hasn't brought a pure sprinter to this year's race. 38 year old Alessandro Petacchi, winner of 51 grand tour stages mostly at the Giro, didn't make the cut. It's fine team nonetheless.		share this photo
One final word from Saxo Bank's Bjarne Riis, the local boy for the Herning stages		share this photo
Michele Scarponi (Lampre-ISD) getting riding for the Thursday warm-up		share this photo
Astana's S-Works bikes		share this photo
The BMC staff and riders		share this photo
BMC's Giro d'Italia director sportif Maximilian Sciandri and Thor Hushovd		share this photo
Lampre - ISD's Michele Scarponi and Adriano Malori		share this photo
Lampre-ISD's Damiano Cunego and Michele Scarponi		share this photo
Astana staff and riders		share this photo
Liquigas' Eros Capecchi		share this photo
Liquigas meeting prior to their TT warm-up		share this photo
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Ivan Basso		share this photo
Bjarne Riis was born in Herning where the 2012 Giro d'Italia will kick-off		share this photo
Race favorites at the pre-race press conference: Roman KREUZIGER (Astana): I think I’m going well. I’ve stepped up every year since 2008. I haven’t won a grand tour but I’m confident that I’m progressing. My season is going well. I had a good Tirreno-Adriatico, Giro del Trentino and Tour de Romandie. We’ll see if it’s my year.”		share this photo
Frank SCHLECK (RadioShack-Nissan): “I was at the playground with my daughter when I got the call and was asked to ride the Giro d’Italia. It was a shock but then I looked at the race route and realised it’s a good opportunity for me. I’m happy to be here. I had some time off the bike after the classics and in the first week it’ll be important to find my form but least I’m fresh.”		share this photo
2006 and 2010 Giro winner, Ivan BASSO (Liquigas): “Two crashes cost me two weeks of important racing early in the season but I’ve done a lot more work in the last 40 days. I’m 34 and I’ve got to trust my experience. We’ll see stage by stage but I’m confident I can fight for success with the best riders in the race. My team is ready and we all trust each other. That’s how it has to be to ensure we are a strong team right from the start. Then we’ll see what happens in the race.”		share this photo
Thor HUSHOVD (BMC Racing): “My season hasn’t gone as I hoped so far. I was sick at Milano-Sanremo, crashed at Paris-Roubaix and lost the race. I’m motivated to do well at the Giro d’Italia and want get a first win wearing a BMC jersey. I’m especially looking forward to the opening stages in Denmark, it’s like racing at home for me.”		share this photo
Michele SCARPONI (Lampre-ISD): “There are a lot of favourites this year, who all have an equal chance of victory or to climb on the podium. This will affect the first part of the race; it’ll be more difficult to control. My form is good and will improve. Damiano Cunego is not a rival within the Lampre-ISD team. We’ll have a tactical advantage on the other riders.”		share this photo
Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha): “In Spain, they say I’m the biggest favourite to win the Giro for several years. I don’t think there’s one big favourite in the race. There are a lot of riders who can win the Giro, including some who could cause a surprise. The last week will be tough and will decide the race. The problem here in Denmark will be the wind. I don’t like it but I’m not worried about it.”		share this photo
Ivan BASSO (Liquigas) again		share this photo
Frank SCHLECK (RadioShack-Nissan) again		share this photo
Thor HUSHOVD (BMC Racing) again		share this photo
Michele SCARPONI (Lampre-ISD) again		share this photo
John GADRET (Ag2R La Mondiale): “I wasn’t a favourite last year but I proved what I could do. I‘ll try and do the same thing, if not even better. The last week of the route is very difficult, all the stages are tough. But it’s the riders who make the race. Though I think the Stelvio will decide this year’s winner.”		share this photo
Ivan BASSO (Liquigas)		share this photo
The favorites group shot: Roman KREUZIGER (Astana), John GADRET (Ag2R La Mondiale), Michele SCARPONI (Lampre-ISD), Ivan BASSO (Liquigas), Frank SCHLECK (RadioShack-Nissan), Joaquim RODRIGUEZ (Katusha) and Thor HUSHOVD (BMC Racing)		share this photo
Michele Scarponi points to his name after Alberto Contador's was scratched off		share this photo
After the press conference, Michele Scarponi was presented with the maglia rosa as winner of the 2011 Giro d’Italia by Michele Acquarone –the general director of RCS Sport and Mauro Vegni –the Giro d’Italia race director		share this photo
Giro d'Italia (2012) Photos; Stage 0: Friday's Teams presentation; Thursday warm-up and press conference
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