Giro d'Italia (2012) Photos; Stage 13: Savona → Cervere , 122 km |
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| It truly is the sexiest winner's trophy in any sport | share this photo |
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| Ivan Basso and Michele Scarponi. I'm running out of caption ideas. Send me a caption if you have a good one | share this photo |
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| Race leader Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) under the watchful eye of the race director | share this photo |
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| The start in Savona before the shortest and easiest stage of this year's Giro | share this photo |
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| There was a cat 4 climb in the first half of the stage, but after that it was pretty straightforward | share this photo |
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| FDJ and Sky working to bring back the break to setup a sprint finish | share this photo |
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| The finish in the small town of Cervere, hosting its first Giro stage | share this photo |
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| As expected, we had a full on sprint finish in Cervere | share this photo |
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| Close-up: Mark Cavendish (Sky) wins his third Giro stage this year ahead of 2nd Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) and 3rd Mark Renshaw (Rabobank) | share this photo |
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| As indicated, three wins at this year's Giro d'Italia for Mark Cavendish | share this photo |
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| Mark Cavendish thanks teammate Bernhard Eisel | share this photo |
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| Your stage 13 winner, Mark Cavendish (Sky) | share this photo |
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| With only one sprint stage remaining among five mountain stages and a slim lead in the points competition, he'll likely abandon the race now | share this photo |
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| An easy day for race leader Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha), but that all changes tomorrow with the first high mountain stage of this year's Giro d'Italia | share this photo |
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| Mark Cavendish at the post-race press conference: “The guys (at Sky Procycling) did so, so good today. We can learn a lot from today. Greenedge did a great lead out and I was lucky that Goss closed down Renshaw and so opened the door for me. But I’m happy to have won.” “I’ve always said that if you look to try to beat another team and not focus on winning yourself, you won’t win. That’s what we did today. As long as I’m in this team, we’ll always try to win and not worry about anyone else.” | share this photo |
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| Asked if he intends to stay at the Giro all the way to end in Milan, Cavendish said: “I came to the Giro d’Italia 100% determined to go all the way to Milan. I wanted to win the red (points) jersey. Because of the crashes, the red jersey went out of the window a little bit. But I’ve recovered now and I’m feeling ok. As long as I don’t miss the time cut, I don’t see myself going home just yet.” | share this photo |
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| Rodriguez said: “So far we haven’t tackled a really hard climb like the one we face tomorrow so we’ll have to wait and see what happens. The favourites are still the same as always: Basso, Scarponi, Schleck, Kreuziger and Pozzovivo.” “Fortunately we can stay relaxed because we’ve got an advantage on my rivals. The climb in tomorrow’s stage doesn’t really suit me but if I’m able to gain some time, I will. For now I’m focused on tomorrow, even if the Stelvio stage is probably the most decisive of this year’s Giro d’Italia. But tomorrow could still be difficult, especially if the weathers bad.” | share this photo |
Giro d'Italia (2012) Photos; Stage 13: Savona → Cervere , 122 km |
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