Serpa

I met Carlos Serpa Maceira once when he came to my house because he wanted to open a blog, and wanted me to help him in the endeavor.

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Two years later, last Saturday, I received a brief text message from Serpa Macier.

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Initially, Sagan had three Liquigas riders keeping him clamped to the Lampre train; but after Scarponi redoubled the climbing speed, and only Serpa jumped got across to him, Liquigas was forced to chase.

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Business card Secret Police agent Serpa Maciera used in his job as a "snitch."

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Serpa easily beat Brutt in the sprint to take his first single-day race victory in his six years with the Italian Pro Continental squad, while Danish veteran Nicki Sörensen was five seconds away from catching them and perhaps scoring a first season win for his Saxo Bank-SunGard team that win had to wait until Alberto Contador took the Tour of Murcia at the weekend.

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When the time were added up, Sagan was the winner by just three seconds over Serpa and seven seconds over Cunego.

Inside Cycling with John Wilcockson: Man of the week Sagan — a Merckx in the making? 2011

It was a tremendous finale for an early-season race, with the riders coming across the line one by one: Scarponi was first, Serpa second at three seconds, Cunego fourth five seconds later and Sagan another three seconds back in fourth.

Inside Cycling with John Wilcockson: Man of the week Sagan — a Merckx in the making? 2011

Capecchi, who had just been in a five-man attack with the Team Androni pair of José Serpa and Emanuele Sella, made a big surge 500 meters from the line.

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In the final kilometer, Scarponi accelerated again to drop Serpa, while an exhausted Capecchi sat up to leave Sagan to fight to the finish against Cunego.

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I met Carlos Serpa Maceira once when he came to my house because he wanted to open a blog, and wanted me to help him in the endeavor.

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