var race = "43th Amstel Gold Race (2008)"; 

var stages = new Array();

var cyclingnews_results_base_url = "http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/apr08/amstel08/?id=results";

var event_description = '&laquo; <a href="http://www.steephill.tv/classics/amstel-gold-race/">Amstel Gold Race  2009 Live Dashboard</a>';

var event_date = "April 20th";

var stage = {"stage": "no prologue", "photos" : []};
stages.push(stage);


var stage = {"stage": "The start, hills and main break", "photos" : [{"img": "120-021.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "120-022.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "120-023.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "120-024.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "170-043.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "170-044.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "170-046.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "170-047.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "170-049.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "220-017.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "220-018.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "220-019.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "220-020.jpg", "desc": "The early break"}, {"img": "240-025.jpg", "desc": "Valvarde"}, {"img": "240-026.jpg", "desc": "The break"}, {"img": "240-027.jpg", "desc": "The break of the day formed around kilometre 35: Kristof Vandewalle (Topsport Vlaanderen), Yuriy Krivtsov (AG2R La Mondiale) and Albert Timmer (Skil-Shimano)"}, {"img": "240-028.jpg", "desc": "Michael Barry and Andy Schleck"}, {"img": "240-029.jpg", "desc": "Alessandro Ballan"}, {"img": "240-030.jpg", "desc": "David Millar"}, {"img": "250-031.jpg", "desc": "The break again on another lap"}, {"img": "250-032.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "250-033.jpg", "desc": "Damiano Cunego and a pumped up looking Eric Zabel"}, {"img": "250-034a.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "260-050.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "260-051.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "260-052.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "260-053.jpg", "desc": "The trio's lead reached a maximum of 12\'43\" but it wasn't enough. They were caught with 40k to go."}, {"img": "260-054.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "260-055.jpg", "desc": ""}]};

stages.push(stage);

var stage = {"stage": "Finish climb and podium", "photos" : [{"img": "300-056.jpg", "desc": "Anticipation 600m from the finish"}, {"img": "310-057.jpg", "desc": "Frank Schleck led much of the way up the finishing climb, but Damiano Cunego easily cruised by him in the last 50m"}, {"img": "320-001.jpg", "desc": "Damiano Cunego winding up his victory salute"}, {"img": "320-002.jpg", "desc": "Cunego with Amstel on his mind (and hand)"}, {"img": "320-003.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "320-004.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "320-005.jpg", "desc": "<i>\"Hey Frank. See this? Eat your heart out!\"</i>"}, {"img": "320-006.jpg", "desc": "Valvarde was third"}, {"img": "340-058.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "340-059.jpg", "desc": "Davide Rebellin was fourth"}, {"img": "340-060.jpg", "desc": "Thomas Dekker was fifth"}, {"img": "340-061.jpg", "desc": "6th Christian Pfannberger of Barloworld"}, {"img": "420-035.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "420-036.jpg", "desc": "A panting Damiano Cunego really did enjoy the taste of victory last year"}, {"img": "420-037a.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "550-007.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "550-008.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "550-009.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "550-011.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "550-012.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "550-013.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "550-014.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "550-015.jpg", "desc": "The podium L-to-R: 2nd Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC, 1st Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre, 3rd Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne "}, {"img": "550-062.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "560-038a.jpg", "desc": "Cunego also takes the lead in the ProTour points standings for whatever that\'s worth"}, {"img": "560-039.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "560-041.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "560-042.jpg", "desc": ""}]};

stages.push(stage);