1.   Now he has made th e All-Star team the past two seasons and won a Stanley Cup.

2.   The leading Swede is Glenn Magnusson, a sprinter who captains the Amore e Vita team.

3.   Cipollini, of the Acqua e Sapone team, thus wins the event for the third time overall but nine years after his last Ghent-Wevelgem triumph.

4.   Italian rider Mario Cipollini of the Acqua e Sapone team won a sprint finish to take the ninth stage of the Tour of Italy here on Tuesday.