var race = "43rd Tirreno-Adriatico, Italy"; 

var race_type="2HC";

var stages = new Array();

var cyclingnews_results_base_url = "http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/mar08/tirreno08/?id=results/tirreno08";

var event_description = '&laquo; <a href="http://www.steephill.tv/2008/tirreno-adriatico/">Tirreno-Adriatico 2008 Dashboard</a><br/>&laquo; <a href="http://www.steephill.tv/tirreno-adriatico/">Tirreno-Adriatico 2009 Live Dashboard</a>';

var event_date = "March 12-18, 2008";

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



var stage = {"stage": "Civitavecchia - Civitavecchia, 160 km", "photos" : [{"img": "005-040.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "010-041.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "011-028.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "020-042.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "103-038.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "105-043.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "108-039.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "129-010.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "130-012.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "131-032.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "132-034.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "140-029.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "150-030.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "210-036.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "220-014-L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "250-013.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "260-016.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "260-037-L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "265-018-L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "267-020-L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "269-021-L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "280-025-L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "285-026.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "287-027-L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "300-001-L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "310-002-L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "320-003-L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "340-004-L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "400-006-L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "500-005.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "510-008.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "520-009.jpg", "desc": ""}]};

stages.push(stage);

var stage = {"stage": "Civitavecchia - Gubbio, 203 km", "photos" : [{"img": "000-023.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "000-024L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "000-025.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "000-026L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "000-027L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "000-056L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "110-029L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "120-028.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "130-030L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "130-044.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "132-045.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "170-039.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "170-041.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "172-043.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "210-033L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "212-034L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "214-035L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "220-047L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "222-048L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "230-032L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "260-036L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "262-037L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "264-038.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "300-011.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "300-013.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "300-014.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "300-015.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "300-016.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "400-003L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "400-004AL.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "400-007L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "410-053.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "460-049.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "462-050L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "500-019.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "510-055L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "530-052.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "580-021L.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "590-057.jpg", "desc": ""}]};

stages.push(stage);

var stage = {"stage": "Gubbio - Montelupone, 195 km", "photos" : [{"img": "000-042.jpg", "desc": "Tirreno-Adriatico is a good race for the sprinters but Robbie McEwen has no reason to smile on this day "}, {"img": "120-044.jpg", "desc": "A rolling start... literally"}, {"img": "120-048.jpg", "desc": "Barloworld chasing the break for their team leader, Enrico Gasparotto wearing the blue race leader's jersey"}, {"img": "130-045.jpg", "desc": "Montelupone in the distance"}, {"img": "150-046.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "180-024.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "230-062.jpg", "desc": "Montelupone lap 1: Tom Boonen moves to the front because he knows he'll slide back before the top where it gets..."}, {"img": "240-063.jpg", "desc": "... steep. The 21% section on Montelupone "}, {"img": "260-030.jpg", "desc": "Montelupone lap 1: George Hincapie and the race leader, Enrico Gasparotto"}, {"img": "260-031.jpg", "desc": "Montelupone lap 1: Danilo Di Luca"}, {"img": "260-032.jpg", "desc": "Montelupone lap 1: getting steeper"}, {"img": "260-034.jpg", "desc": "Montelupone lap 1: "}, {"img": "260-037.jpg", "desc": "Montelupone lap 1: Giovanni Visconti in his Italian National Champ's jersey"}, {"img": "270-041.jpg", "desc": "Montelupone lap 1"}, {"img": "280-025.jpg", "desc": "Montelupone lap 2: race leader Enrico Gasparotto sets the pace at the base the second time up. Watch for Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne  in the middle"}, {"img": "304-007.jpg", "desc": "Montelupone lap 2: Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne made has impressive move 500m from the top and no one went with him"}, {"img": "306-065.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "307-008.jpg", "desc": "Montelupone lap 2:Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes makes his move"}, {"img": "309-009.jpg", "desc": "Montelupone lap 2:Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes"}, {"img": "309-010.jpg", "desc": "Montelupone lap 2: Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli"}, {"img": "309-011.jpg", "desc": "Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott followed by Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Team High Road "}, {"img": "309-012.jpg", "desc": "Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld  fighting desperately to retain his GC leader's jersey which he would lose"}, {"img": "309-013.jpg", "desc": "Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road grimaces to 14th place. Two days later he would break his leg during the time-trial."}, {"img": "309-026.jpg", "desc": "The pros looking like mere-mortals further down the hill"}, {"img": "309-036.jpg", "desc": "Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes finished 44th @  2.37"}, {"img": "315-001.jpg", "desc": "1st  Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne made it look easy. His winning time was 4.44.59 (40.423 km/h)"}, {"img": "320-003.jpg", "desc": "Finishing 12 seconds back: Danilo Di Luca, Niklas Axelsson and Thomas Lovkvist"}, {"img": "390-016.jpg", "desc": "Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step chews on his helmet chin strap. He finished 8'11\" back"}, {"img": "390-017.jpg", "desc": "Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step finished 73rd"}, {"img": "390-018.jpg", "desc": "Walking doesn't lose you much time"}, {"img": "415-027.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "415-029.jpg", "desc": "Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld was only  22 seconds off the winning time, but he lost the leader's jersey to Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni"}, {"img": "420-017.jpg", "desc": "Bettini "}, {"img": "420-022.jpg", "desc": "Ricardo Ricco crashed earlier in the stage and wasn't a factor when it counted"}, {"img": "480-070.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "520-004.jpg", "desc": "Your stage winner, Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne, the national champion for Spain"}, {"img": "520-018.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "525-005.jpg", "desc": ""}, {"img": "540-072.jpg", "desc": "The new race leader, Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli  "}, {"img": "560-073.jpg", "desc": ""}]};

stages.push(stage);