var race = "Milan San-Remo 2008"; 

var race_type="HC";

var stages = new Array();

var cyclingnews_results_base_url = "http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/mar08/msr08/?id=results";

var event_description = '';

var event_date = "March 22nd";

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



var stage = {"stage": "The start and the early, long 4-man break", "photos" : [{"img": "050-073.jpg", "desc": "Riders basking in the sunshine meeting with fans and media before the start"}, {"img": "050-082.jpg", "desc": "Mario Cipollini"}, {"img": "060-084.jpg", "desc": "Robbie McEwen"}, {"img": "060-085.jpg", "desc": "Paulo Bettini"}, {"img": "100-047.jpg", "desc": "Lining for a long day"}, {"img": "105-075.jpg", "desc": "The neutral start through Milano"}, {"img": "110-071.jpg", "desc": "The race is on and Mikhail Ignatiev  of Tinkoff Credit Systems immediately leaps off the front"}, {"img": "110-072.jpg", "desc": "Mikhail Ignatiev  attempting 298k solo ride"}, {"img": "120-052.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "220-022.jpg", "desc": "The first serious break at km 72, L-to-R::  William Frischkorn (Slipstream Chipotle - H30), Filippo Savini (CSF Group Navigare) and Raivis Belohvosciks (Saunier Duval-Scott)"}, {"img": "220-048.jpg", "desc": " Nicola D'Andrea (Miche-Silver Cross) has joined in making it foursome"}, {"img": "220-051.jpg", "desc": "They stayed away a long time"}, {"img": "220-056.jpg", "desc": "The four riders stayed away for 270 km"}, {"img": "230-061.jpg", "desc": "Meanwhile some photos of the peloton following behind: The Italian Champ (Visconti) and World Champ (Bettini)"}, {"img": "230-062.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "235-053.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "235-054.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "240-065.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "240-066.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "240-068.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "240-078.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "240-080.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "250-012.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "255-013.jpg", "desc": ""}]};

stages.push(stage);

var stage = {"stage": "The late attacks and finish", "photos" : [{"img": "260-094.jpg", "desc": "After the long four-man break is caught, Paulo Bettini leaps off the front of peloton at km 275"}, {"img": "260-095.jpg", "desc": "Thomas Lovkvist of High Road joins Bettini. That's Jose Ivan Gutierrez of Caisse d'Epargne in the background making an unsuccessful attempt to bridge up"}, {"img": "260-098.jpg", "desc": "The attacks out of the peloton are coming fast and furious now. Niklas Axelsson and Davide Rebellin have a gap"}, {"img": "260-111.jpg", "desc": "Five minutes later Axelsson and Rebellin have caught up with Bettini and Lovkvist. "}, {"img": "260-112.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "268-024.jpg", "desc": "Paolo Savoldelli has caught the four man break on the <i>Cipressa</i> descent."}, {"img": "275-015.jpg", "desc": "The break was caught on the <i>Poggio</i>. Now the peloton is descending."}, {"img": "275-018.jpg", "desc": "Poggio descent"}, {"img": "275-020.jpg", "desc": "Poggio descent"}, {"img": "275-021.jpg", "desc": "Man down!"}, {"img": "280-001.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "282-009.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "285-091.jpg", "desc": "Just 7k to go for this new lead group. "}, {"img": "285-092.jpg", "desc": "Davide Rebellin is the only rider who is retained from the previous break"}, {"img": "290-010.jpg", "desc": "Racing into San-Remo"}, {"img": "290-028.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "290-029.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "290-030.jpg", "desc": "San-Remo"}, {"img": "290-113.jpg", "desc": "With 3k to go, Fabian Cancellara is about to bridge across to the lead group"}, {"img": "290-114.jpg", "desc": "Fabian Cancellara catches and passes the break and attempts to time-trial to the finish"}, {"img": "309-041.jpg", "desc": "Fabian Cancellara solos the last 2k"}, {"img": "310-043.jpg", "desc": "The winning time for the 298k race: 7 hours 14 minutes 35 seconds (41,142 km/h)"}, {"img": "310-044.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "320-035.jpg", "desc": "Four seconds back; 2nd Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas (right) and 3rd Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise des Jeux (second from the left)"}, {"img": "320-036.jpg", "desc": "Davide Rebellin,  Philippe Gilbert and Anthony Geslin after crossing the line"}]};

stages.push(stage);


var stage = {"stage": "The podium", "photos" : [{"img": "525-086.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "530-057.jpg", "desc": "Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC on the winner's podium"}, {"img": "530-058.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "540-060.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "550-038.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "555-089.jpg", "desc": "L-to-R: 2nd Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas,  1st Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC and 3rd  Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise des Jeux"}, {"img": "560-039.jpg", "desc": "Philippe Gilbert"}, {"img": "560-040.jpg", "desc": "Filippo Pozzato "}, {"img": "560-046.jpg", "desc": ""}]};

stages.push(stage);