Tour de Romandie Photos; Stage 2: Romont → Romont, 172 km |
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Last year's Tour de Romandie overall winner Simon Spilak and Lampre teammate Damiano Cunego in Romont, the start and finish host for today's stage 2 cloverleaf route. | share this photo |
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Heading out on the narrow (and today wet) roads for a tough stage around Romont | share this photo |
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Lots of up and down racing through the lush countryside around Romont | share this photo |
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With a two minute race lead, the Yellow Jersey, Pavel Brutt (Katusha), was put under pressure today by those looking to make up time before the stage 4 ITT | share this photo |
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Lampre's Damiano Cunego timed his move perfectly, winning the uphill finish in Romont (last km, 7.5% avg) by 2s ahead of BMC's Cadel Evans and Astana's Alexandre Vinokourov | share this photo |
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Other than some bad news in the media last week, 2011 is going much better for Damiano Cunego; three nice wins so far versus nothing in 2010 | share this photo |
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Damiano Cunego caps off an exciting finish to stage 2 | share this photo |
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This could be a picture of a rider who has lost his Yellow Jersey. Instead, Pavel Brutt (Katusha) had his generous race lead cut down to 40s. He's showing the effects of chasing the other GC contenders after getting dropped on the cat 1 climb near the finish. | share this photo |
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Damiano Cunego (Lampre) was still in victory salute mode when he hit the podium | share this photo |
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A classy winner's prize worthy of a tough stage | share this photo |
Tour de Romandie Photos; Stage 2: Romont → Romont, 172 km |
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