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Don't know why I'm going to address these point-by-point, since no one's gonna be here to converse with me, but...
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1. Well-written?

  • In third paragraph of lead section, please define queen stage to the average reader.
  • In last paragraph of lead section, please spell out CERA. Also, was Di Luca's positive B-sample confirmed? It was not clear on this.
  • In the Teams section, list the nationalities on all teams that participated in the Giro d'Italia.
    • Nope. Big wrangling with WP:CYC ended with the decision that trade teams functionally don't have nationalities. I don't necessarily agree, but I'll follow consensus. Pretty much everyone but me made the argument that a team's nationality is a) trivial and insignificant and b) something they can simply choose. For example, the UCI-registered nation of LPR Brakes–Farnese Vini is Ireland, despite the fact that their title sponsors are Italian and almost all of their ridership and staff is Italian. Yet the only thing calling them an "Italian team" is public perception, something that can't be cited. If they wanted their UCI registry to be Italy, all they would have to do is move their license to an Italian holding company. Now, naturally, there are teams like Quick-Step, Euskaltel–Euskadi, and Garmin–Slipstream whose UCI registry nations do match their "perceived" nationality, but it's maybe 50/50 with teams registered in their perceived nation, if not a slight majority to teams being registered elsewhere. There are also teams like Cervélo TestTeam and Team Columbia–High Road who have UCI registry nations, but have no "perceived" nationality at all, largely because their riderships are so diverse. Alex finds herself awake at night (Talk · What keeps her up) 00:05, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • In the Race previews and favorites section, why was defending race champion Alberto Contador excluded from the Astana team? For this section and all sections after this, please list the riders' nationality for the prose prior to the results the first time they are mentioned.
  • In the Race overview section, spell out UCI.
  • In the Classificaiton leadership, include the nationalities of all riders listed in the table for the jersey leaders.

2. Factually accurate and verifiable?

  • Pass - no issues.

3. Broad in coverage?

  • Pass - no issues.

4. Neutral?

  • Pass - no issues.

5. Stable?

  • Pass - no issues.

6. Image

  • On the Infobox, for map of the tour, what are the red lines and what are the green lines? The map image looks fuzzy also.
    • The red lines are distances the riders covered on their bikes. That is, the stages themselves. The green lines are distances over which they traveled by bus and car. This can be made clearer. I'm not terribly apt when it comes to images, so I don't know what to do about any fuzziness.
  • In the Race overview section, include Garzelli's first name and nationality in the image and Do no set the image at a specific value. The thumb size will take care of itself.

7. Overall.