Giro de Italia
TIRANO, Italy, May 31 (Reuters) - Spain's Alberto Contador was poised on Saturday to win the Giro d'Italia cycle race after holding on to the race leader's pink jersey during the 232 km final mountain stage from Rovetta to Tirano.
The 25-year-old Contador leads Italy's Riccardo Ricco by only four seconds but is likely to open a comfortable winning margin in Sunday's 28.5km individual time trial to Milan.
Contador gained 1:56 on Ricco in the first individual time trial to Urbino and is expected to gain a similar amount of time on Sunday.
Italy's Emanuele Sella of the CSF Group team won the stage to Tirano.
Sella attacked alone 30 km from the finish to win his third mountain stage of the 2008 race.
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