var race = "3rd Montepaschi Strade Bianche - Eroica Toscana"; 

var race_type = "1.1";

var stages = new Array();

var cyclingnews_results_base_url ="http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/mar09/eroica09/?id=results";

var event_description = '';

var event_date = "March 7, 2009";

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


var stage = {"stage": "", "photos" : [{"img": "220-PIC9118260.jpg", "desc": "<i>Le strade bianche</i>: climbing one of the white gravel roads. No your usual road race but not as tough as the cobbles at Paris-Roubaix"}, {"img": "230-PIC9117242.jpg", "desc": "There were 8 gravel sections totalling 57.2km sending white dust through the Tuscany countryside"}, {"img": "280-PIC9116914.jpg", "desc": "Thomas L&ouml;vkvist caught the late break that included Giovanni Visconti (ISD, 6th), Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin - Slipstream, 10th ) and Daniele Bennati (Liquigas, 11th). "}, {"img": "282-PIC9122411.jpg", "desc": "Andy Schleck (Team Saxo Bank) finished in a very respectable 8th place on <i>le strade bianche</i> just 16 seconds back"}, {"img": "350-PIC9111634.jpg", "desc": "Sweden's Thomas L&ouml;vkvist (Team Columbia) arrives in Siena's <i>Piazza del Campo</i> 4 seconds ahead of Germany's Fabian Wegmann (Team Milram) "}, {"img": "550-PIC9112988.jpg", "desc": "Podium:: 2nd Fabian Wegmann (Milram), 1st Thomas L&ouml;vkvist (Columbia-Highroad) and 3rd Martin Elmiger (AG2R La Mondiale)."}]};

stages.push(stage);