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\ncyclist Nikodemus Holler Thursday night won the preliminary stage of the 10th
\nedition of Sibiu Cycling Tour, held in the town’s historical center. The race
\nwas two and a half kilometres long. Its starting and finish points were in the
\ntown’s Grand Square. Two Polish cyclists, Kacper Walkowiak and Wojciech Sykala,
\nfollowed suit throughout the race. The Romanian Iustin-Ioan V\u0103idian, came in
\n8th at the end of the race. We recall Vaidian is a regular of the national team
\nand his timing was the best among the Romanian competitors. The first stage of
\nthe 183 kilometre-long race is held on Friday. The route is Sibiu – S\u0103li\u015fte -
\nDob\u00e2rca – Cristian – Cisn\u0103die – B\u00e2lea Lac.<\/p>\n
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The
\nnational absolute rally champion, Simone Tempestini, this coming weekend will
\nrepresent Romania in the first leg of the European Rally Championship, to be
\nheld in Italy’s capital city Rome. Simone will take the start driving a Skoda
\nFabia R5. His co-pilot will be Sergiu Itu. Tempestini and Itu last took part in
\nRally di Roma Capitale in the 2017 season. Both competitors were 22 back then,
\nand came in 5th overall. The first special race will be held on
\nSaturday. The Rally in Rome has 15 events, with 197 rally kilometers all told. <\/p>\n
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In news from football, this past Thursday, Mircea Lucescu was appointed head
\ncoach of Ukrainian football team Dinamo Kyiv, according to a message posted on
\nthe club’s official site. We recall Lucescu was for many years head-coach of another Ukrainian team, Shakhtar Donetsk. Lucescu signed a two-year contract,
\nwith the option for a one-year extension. Lucescu was also head-coach for the
\nnational team of Turkey, over August 2017 and February 2019. <\/p>\n
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The
\nreported COVID-19 infections as of late have made the ongoing domestic football championship
\nlook a little bit complicated. Group 1 runner-up team CFR Cluj’s head-coach Dan
\nPetrescu tested positive for COVID-19, and so did several other footballers and
\nmembers of the club’s technical staff. Two staff members of top-of-the-table
\nteam Universitatea Craiova also tested positive for COVID-19, while the
\nfootballers tested negative. In Group 1 on Saturday, Gaz Metan Medias play a
\nhome game against FCSB. In Group 2, almost all footballers of Dinamo’s pool of
\nregulars tested positive, so they have been placed in quarantine. <\/p>\n
(Translation by Eugen Nasta)<\/p>\n
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