Downing keeps dream of Grand Tour stage win alive

Russell Downing, Giro d'Italia 2011, stage 14
By Cycling Weekly
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Sky's Russell Downing raced for his dream, a win, today in the Giro d'Italia's leg to San Pellegrino Terme near Bergamo. He failed, but it's his first Grand Tour and he wants to have another go.

"Yeah, definitely," Downing told Cycling Weekly. "Even here at the Giro, I didn't just come here to make the numbers, I came here to have a pop at a stage."

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