Giro d'Italia (2011) Photos; Stage 17: Feltre → Tirano, 230 km
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RadioShack's Philippe Deignan possibly reading up on news of his team director's (Johan Bruyneel) sudden departure from the Giro d'Italia the day the CBS' 60 Minutes episode with Tyler Hamilton aired on Sunday		share this photo
Katusha is proud to have their nine man roster still intact		share this photo
The race leader, Alberto Contador, keeping cool before the start in Feltre		share this photo
Today's route crossed the entire Trento province with the Dolomites in the background		share this photo
At km 55, a 15 man break got clear		share this photo
Leonardo Giordani (Farnese Vini) in the break		share this photo
The National Italian Champ, Giovanni Visconti, was among the 15 in the break as well. We'll see him again later.		share this photo
Ag2r's Ben Gastauer and Hubert Dupont were active in the break		share this photo
Alberto Contador nestled in the peloton		share this photo
HTC's Kanstantin Siutsou made several attempts to break clear on the last climb (Aprica). He gained time on his GC rivals and moved up to 5th overall.		share this photo
Liquigas at the front of the peloton		share this photo
The final stretch with 350m to go and three riders about to contest the win		share this photo
After Diego Ulissi (Lampre) led out the sprint with 300m to go on the left hand side of the road, Giovanni Visconti cut across the road to follow him and then attempted to pass in the narrow gap with the barriers		share this photo
Visconti attempted to push Ulissi over so he could pass through...		share this photo
Visconti said, post-stage, he was going "10x faster than Ullisi". If that's the case then why did he pick the narrow side of the road to pass him?		share this photo
The second push by Visconti threw Ulissi off his sprint		share this photo
Visconti gesticulating before the race has finished		share this photo
This is how the race finished after Ulissi and Visconti resumed their sprint. Giovanni Visconti was initially awarded the win, but Pablo Lastras (Spa/Movistar) almost snuck in to beat both of them.		share this photo
After crossing the finish line, Visconti continued gesticulating while Ulissi looked on a little dumbfounded		share this photo
The GC contenders crossing the line		share this photo
The provisional race winner off to the podium...		share this photo
However, Visconti's win was rightfully overturned and 21 year-old Diego Ulissi (Lampre) was awarded the win		share this photo
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A relatively easy day for race leader Alberto Contador		share this photo
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Another day, another champagne celebration for the man in Pink		share this photo
Stefano Garzelli retains the mountains classification lead		share this photo
And Alberto Contador is the points leader		share this photo
Giro d'Italia (2011) Photos; Stage 17: Feltre → Tirano, 230 km
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