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We reported yesterday on rumors that the Giro d’Italia, one of professional cycling’s biggest events, may come to the District for an opening stage in 2011.

Today we’ve finally received confirmation that D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, himself an avid cyclist, has indeed been involved in courting the Giro to come to D.C.

“It’s my understanding that there have been talks, but nothing is final,” Fenty spokesperson Mafara Hobson told us today.

The devil is surely in the details, and talks don’t mean that we’ll definitely be seeing the Giro on the District’s streets. But that Fenty wants it and the race organizers seem interested is exciting news for anyone who can’t afford to jet over to Europe to watch the pros race.