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Fri 04 Apr 2007Tour de Vendée next for RocheCYCLING:Following this week's news that Nicolas Roche will take part in this year's Giro d'Italia, the 22-year-old has confirmed his schedule in the run-up to the three-week Italian Tour. He will do just one race between now and the May 12th start, riding the 1.1-ranked Tour de Vendée on Tuesday."I will have more or less a week at home, training there, then do the Tour du Vendée," he said this week. "That is on the first of May and then we leave for the Giro on the ninth."