Giro d'Italia (2010) Photos; Stage 19: Brescia - Aprica, 195 km |
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| Ivan Basso crested Passo del Mortirolo first followed by Liquigas teammate Vincenzo Nibali and Androni's Michele Scarponi | share this photo |
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| Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) was next over 1:30 back | share this photo |
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| Cadel Evans really struggled (cracked?) on the Mortirolo. He was about 7th over the top, 2+ minutes back of the lead group | share this photo |
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| David Arroyo hanging tough. He went over the top about 15 seconds after Cadel Evans | share this photo |
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Stefano Garzelli flew up and down the Trivigno, but blew a gasket on Passo del Mortirolo and abandoned. but later got back on his bike to finish 40th (+ 23:08). | share this photo |
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| After most of the lead was lost on the descent due to Ivan Basso's poor descending skills, the lead group with Basso on the front most of the time, again stretched the lead out on the long uphill slog to the finish in Aprica | share this photo |
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| Vino, Arroyo, John Gadret, Carlos Sastre and Cadel Evans joined up at the base of the Mortirolo descent to form the chase | share this photo |
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| Michele Scarponi did his share on the last climb and also benefited from the Liquigas work to take the win. Basso crossed second and Nibali third | share this photo |
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| Scarponi goes from 8th to 4th on GC | share this photo |
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| The chase with the Pink Jersey narrowed the gap to 35 seconds at the base of the final climb, but the gap went up again when the last climb started. Alexandre Vinokourov crossed 4th | share this photo |
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| The chase lost 2 1/2 minutes on the final climb crossing 3:05 back of the Basso group | share this photo |
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| Despite some heroic descending off Passo del Mortirolo to close the gap, David Arroyo checks the scoreboard and sees that he is now 51 seconds behind Ivan Basso. | share this photo |
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| Michele Scarponi celebrates a big mountain stage win | share this photo |
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| Ivan Basso and the sweet smell of success | share this photo |
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| Ivan Basso in Pink by 51 seconds heading into another difficult mountain stage on stage 20 | share this photo |
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| Your new race leader | share this photo |
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| It's great to be back on top | share this photo |
Giro d'Italia (2010) Photos; Stage 19: Brescia - Aprica, 195 km |
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