Giro d'Italia (2012) Photos; Stage 12: Seravezza → Sestri Levante, 155 km |
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| Euskaltel - Euskadi is waiting for the high mountain stages which finally start this Saturday with stage 14 | share this photo |
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| Mark Cavendish killing time in a race official's car, he took today off and will be ready to contest the sprint finish tomorrow | share this photo |
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| The start in Seravezza | share this photo |
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| Astana being presented to the crowd | share this photo |
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| Shaved is the only thing these legs have in common | share this photo |
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| The peloton passing through La Spezia, Alessandro Petacchi's hometown, before today's climbing started | share this photo |
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| The main break, here led by Andrey Amador (Movistar), climbing along the Italian Riviera | share this photo |
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| The peloton at Levanto along the Cinque Terre, the same stretch of road used for the 2009 61 km Cinque Terre time-trial but in the opposite direction. The last 100 km of this stage had a sawtooth profile. | share this photo |
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| Sandy Casar (FDJ) leading the break down the final technical descent, Villa Tassani, with less than 10 km to go | share this photo |
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| Lars Bak (Lotto Belisol) rejoined the break on the descent | share this photo |
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| Ivan Basso leading the GC contenders through the same section three minutes later | share this photo |
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| Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) and Michele Scarponi (Lampre - ISD) | share this photo |
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| Fumiyuki Beppu (Orica-GreenEdge) was one of several riders who crashed on one of the technical descents you can typically find in the Genoa region | share this photo |
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| Lars Bak (Lotto Belisol) successfully attacked the break (blurry in the background) on the flat run into Sestri Levante | share this photo |
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| Lars Bak (Lotto Belisol) celebrates his first individual win since winning a stage of the Enco Tour in 2009 | share this photo |
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| Sandy Casar (FDJ-Big Mat) who had his sights on the Pink jersey crossed 2nd + 11s, but his bonus seconds and gap on the peloton weren't enough to take the race lead | share this photo |
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| Your stage 12 winner, Lars Bak (Lotto Belisol) | share this photo |
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| As mentioned, it's been three years since he's done this | share this photo |
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| Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) conceded time to riders in the break, but retains the race lead | share this photo |
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| 9th overall Damiano Caruso (Liquigas-Cannondale) is still the best young rider | share this photo |
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| Lars Bak (Lotto Belisol) at the post-race press conference: “I won a team time trial at the Giro d’Italia last year but this is my first solo win for about three years and my first stage victory in a grand tour. l always believed I could win a big race and dreamed of winning a stage in a grand tour. Now I’ve done that. It seems everything is coming slowly to me. I’m 32 and I’ve been a professional for 11 years. Today I had the luck. When you win on the highest level, you can’t be happier.” | share this photo |
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| “I have ten wins on my palmares and I won a lot of them with an attack in the last kilometre. This time I went to the back of the breakaway and waited for the right moment. Sandy Casar chased attacks three times and so then I went from behind. I got 200m and they couldn’t catch me. I was lucky but it was perfect timing.” “I want to thank my Lotto-Belisol team for the faith they had in me. I broke my hand in the spring but they didn’t put pressure on me and let me ride the Giro d’Italia and try to win stages. I’m happy to be able to give something back to the team.” | share this photo |
Giro d'Italia (2012) Photos; Stage 12: Seravezza → Sestri Levante, 155 km |
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