Coppi e Bartali Photos; Stage 4: Pavullo → Pavullo, 159 km |
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Alexandr Vinokurov (Astana) still hasn't found his form, but he still has time for his fans. He was 72nd today more than 12 minutes back | share this photo |
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The solemn start | share this photo |
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The rollout in nice Spring conditions | share this photo |
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Colombia - Coldeportes's Dalivier Ospina Navarro was on a solo attack when he needed a bike change | share this photo |
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These four rider then joined up with him | share this photo |
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Netapp at the front of the peloton. They successfully protected the race lead today although another one of their teammates is now the race leader | share this photo |
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Panoramic of this Apennines mountain stage | share this photo |
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Team Androni Giocattoli now at the front | share this photo |
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On the final climb (5 km of 9.2%), yesterday's winner Diego Ulissi (Lampre Isd) attacked the small group that was left | share this photo |
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Danilo di Luca (Acqua e Sapone) then towed a small group up to him | share this photo |
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These four riders (along with Josè Rujano (Androni Giocattoli)) reached the top together before the flat run to the finish: Diego Ulissi (Lampre Isd), Josè Serpa Perez (Androni Giocattoli), Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago Csf) and Danilo Di Luca (Acqua e Sapone) | share this photo |
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Josè Rujano (Androni Giocattoli), second from left, was caught by the others at the finish who were joined by Bartosz Huzarski (Team NetApp), far right, for the bunch sprint in Pavullo nel Frignano | share this photo |
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Diego Ulissi (Lampre Isd) wins for second day in a row. Danilo Di Luca (Acqua e Sapone) was 2nd and Bartosz Huzarski (Team NetApp) was 3rd | share this photo |
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Further up the road you can see a group of 13 riders about to cross 7 seconds later | share this photo |
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Two wins in two days, but it isn't enough to take over the race lead because Lampre-ISD had a poor TTT on the second day | share this photo |
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Your stage 4 podium: 2nd Danilo Di Luca (Acqua e Sapone), 1st Diego Ulissi (Lampre Isd) and 3rd Bartosz Huzarski (Team NetApp) | share this photo |
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Paolo Bettini awarded Diego Ulissi with the points classification jersey | share this photo |
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... while Alfredo Martini awarded him the best young rider jersey | share this photo |
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On the strength of the team time trial and consistently good results afterwards in the road stages, Bartosz Huzarski (NetApp) is the new race leader by 10s over Danilo Di Luca (Acqua e Sapone) and 11s over Diego Ulissi (Lampre Isd). The former Polish national TT champ should be able to close out the win with the 14.3 km Crevalcore TT on Saturday. | share this photo |
Coppi e Bartali Photos; Stage 4: Pavullo → Pavullo, 159 km |
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