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 |
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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 |
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The race leader, Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Barracuda), releasing the pink balloons prior to his final day in the Pink Jersey | share this photo |
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Photographers at the start gathered around Frank Schleck and Ivan Basso | share this photo |
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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 Urbino | share this photo |
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The rollout from Urbano, a walled city on the World Heritage list | share this photo |
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The first of many short climbs on today's route | share this photo |
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The peloton was content to give the break a gap of around five minutes | share this photo |
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The peloton on the cat 2 Passo della Cappella climb at the midpoint of today's stage | share this photo |
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There was 4 km of strade bianche on the Passo della Cappella climb | share this photo |
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Miguel Rubiano (Androni Giocattoli) was first over Passo della Cappella | share this photo |
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An Italian family waiting for the race to arrive | share this photo |
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Up and down was the theme today | share this photo |
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Speaking of down, Pablo Lastras (Movistar), who was part of the break, crashed out the race on the Passo della Cappella descent | share this photo |
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Colombian Miguel Rubiano (Androni Giocattoli) attacked the four man break with over 40 km still to go on the Montegranaro climb | share this photo |
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The remains of the break now in chase mode | share this photo |
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Liquigas at the front of the peloton bringing down the gap | share this photo |
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The Maglia Rosa all by his lonesome; Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Barracuda) spending his second and final day in Pink today. | share this photo |
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Porto Sant’Elpidio greets the solo winner... | share this photo |
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Miguel Rubiano (Androni Giocattoli) wins a leg-zapping up and down stage with a flat finish in Porto Sant’Elpidio | share this photo |
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Solo win by 1:10 on the chase group and 1:51 over the remnants of the peloton | share this photo |
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Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD won the bunch sprint for second | share this photo |
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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 |
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Your stage 6 winner, Miguel Rubiano (Androni Giocattoli), standing tall on the podium celebrating the biggest win of his career | share this photo |
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... well, maybe he wasn't standing tall... still a big win | share this photo |
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After six stages, the Italians finally have something to cheer about... | share this photo |
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... Part of the break, Lampre-ISD’s Adriano Malori now has the Pink Jersey | share this photo |
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The Italians are passionate; Lampre-ISD’s Adriano Malori passing his podium kiss onto the Maglia Rosa | share this photo |
Giro d'Italia (2012) Photos; Stage 6: Urbino → Porto Sant’Elpidio, 210 km |
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