Giro d'Italia (2010) Photos; Stage 14: Ferrara - Asolo, 201 km |
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| Getting ready for the start on via Padova in Ferrara | share this photo |
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| Behave yourself today Daniele Righi | share this photo |
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| The race leaders have arrived | share this photo |
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| The race leaders keeping cool and socializing | share this photo |
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| Rolling out from Ferrara on the way to Monte Grappa | share this photo |
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| Big crowds for the start | share this photo |
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| A gorgeous start to the stage | share this photo |
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| It was a mountain stage, but the day started with 120 km of flats until the peloton reached Asolo... | share this photo |
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| Getting ready for the peloton (and RAI helicopters) in Asolo. That's Monte Grappa in the distance. The peloton would later loop back and finish in Asolo | share this photo |
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| Liquigas leading the peloton on the lower less steep slopes of Monte Grappa (19 km long with an average grade of 7.9% ) | share this photo |
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| Fans in position at the top where the weather wasn't quite so nice | share this photo |
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| Liquigas driving the pace still... | share this photo |
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| Sylvester Szmyd now on the front shedding more riders for team leaders Bassso and Nibali | share this photo |
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| The Pink Jersey, Richie Porte, losing touch of the lead group | share this photo |
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| And then there were four: Ivan Basso, Cadel Evans, Michele Scarponi and Vicenzo Nibali | share this photo |
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| It gets steeper near the top | share this photo |
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| Carlos Sastre and Alexandre Vinokourov chasing 30 seconds back | share this photo |
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| The top before the tricky descent and flat run back to Asolo | share this photo |
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| Switching it up | share this photo |
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| Basso and Scarponi going over the top a few bike lengths ahead of Cadel Evans and Vicenzo Nibali | share this photo |
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| Branislau Samoilau, Bradley Wiggins, Bauke Mollema and Damiano Cunego going over the top a minute later | share this photo |
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| Followed shortly by David Arroyo led by a Caisse d'Epargne teammate. Arroyo would do enough to take Pink today. | share this photo |
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| Linus Gerdemann would bridge up to the Sastre and Arroyo group on the descent | share this photo |
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| Saxo Bank's Chris Sorensen, winner of the stage 8 mountaintop finish, dragging the Maglia Rosa over the top five minutes after the leaders. Richie Porte lost his Pink Jersey today, but performed better than expected. | share this photo |
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| Race officials, local dignitaries and photographers waiting to see who would appear first back in Asolo after the tricky descent off Monte Grappa | share this photo |
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| Vicenzo Nibali was the best descender ... or the one willing to take the most chances | share this photo |
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| A solo win... | share this photo |
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| ... not a photo finish | share this photo |
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| Basso had the luxury to sit behind Scarponi and Evans before taking a slow motion sprint for second | share this photo |
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| Nibali gets to celebrate on the podium again after wearing the Pink Jersey for several stages earlier in the race (Stages 4 and 5) | share this photo |
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| The sweet taste of victory | share this photo |
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| Caisse d'Epargne's David Arroyo, a steady grinder, is now in Pink | share this photo |
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| If you are wearing Pink at this point in the race then it is deserved | share this photo |
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| Time for some more Grappa | share this photo |
Giro d'Italia (2010) Photos; Stage 14: Ferrara - Asolo, 201 km |
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