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Giro d'Italia (2012) Photos; Stage 6: Urbino → Porto Sant’Elpidio, 210 km

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The Italian national road race champion, Giovanni Visconti (Movistar), being interviewed prior to the stage 7 start in Urbino share this photo

Bad-ass or bad start? The Italians haven't won in the first six stages of this year's race nor was there an Italian on the winning team time-trial team.share this photo
The race leader, Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Barracuda), releasing the pink balloons prior to his final day in the Pink Jerseyshare this photo
Photographers at the start gathered around Frank Schleck and Ivan Bassoshare this photo
The attention has moved to the climbers in this year's race, as we start the first of three consecutive medium mountain stages; Frank Schleck (RadioShack-Nissan) and Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Cannondale) at the start line in Urbinoshare this photo
The rollout from Urbano, a walled city on the World Heritage listshare this photo
The first of many short climbs on today's routeshare this photo

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The peloton was content to give the break a gap of around five minutesshare this photo
The peloton on the cat 2 Passo della Cappella climb at the midpoint of today's stageshare this photo
There was 4 km of strade bianche on the Passo della Cappella climbshare this photo
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Miguel Rubiano (Androni Giocattoli) was first over Passo della Cappellashare this photo

An Italian family waiting for the race to arriveshare this photo
Up and down was the theme todayshare this photo
Speaking of down, Pablo Lastras (Movistar), who was part of the break, crashed out the race on the Passo della Cappella descentshare this photo
Colombian Miguel Rubiano (Androni Giocattoli) attacked the four man break with over 40 km still to go on the Montegranaro climbshare this photo
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The remains of the break now in chase modeshare this photo

Liquigas at the front of the peloton bringing down the gapshare this photo
The Maglia Rosa all by his lonesome; Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Barracuda) spending his second and final day in Pink today.share this photo
Porto Sant’Elpidio greets the solo winner...share this photo
Miguel Rubiano (Androni Giocattoli) wins a leg-zapping up and down stage with a flat finish in Porto Sant’Elpidioshare this photo
Solo win by 1:10 on the chase group and 1:51 over the remnants of the pelotonshare this photo
Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD won the bunch sprint for secondshare this photo

With a sprint finish pile up and now a stage win, the little Androni Giocattoli team has made themselves known at this year's race share this photo
Your stage 6 winner, Miguel Rubiano (Androni Giocattoli), standing tall on the podium celebrating the biggest win of his careershare this photo
... well, maybe he wasn't standing tall... still a big winshare this photo
After six stages, the Italians finally have something to cheer about...share this photo
... Part of the break, Lampre-ISD’s Adriano Malori now has the Pink Jerseyshare this photo
The Italians are passionate; Lampre-ISD’s Adriano Malori passing his podium kiss onto the Maglia Rosashare this photo

Giro d'Italia (2012) Photos; Stage 6: Urbino → Porto Sant’Elpidio, 210 km

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