Giro d'Italia (2013) Photos; Stage 2: Ischia → Forio, 17.4 km |
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| Hats off to Team Sky's performance today | share this photo |
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| Bradley Wiggins ready to roll | share this photo |
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| Team Sky down the ramp at the start of the lumpy, technical 17.4 km course on Ischia, a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea | share this photo |
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| Team Sky in tight formation | share this photo |
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| Team Sky was one of few teams that stayed intact on this climb | share this photo |
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| Team Sky finishing in a best time of 22:05 | share this photo |
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| 2nd Movistar Team + 9s | share this photo |
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| Vincenzo Nibali and Astana before they placed 3rd + 14s | share this photo |
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| 4th Katusha + 19s | share this photo |
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| Best performance by a non ProTour team was, Vini Fantani 5th + 22s | share this photo |
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| 6th Lampre-Merida + 22s | share this photo |
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| Garmin-Sharp was one of the favorites today | share this photo |
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| Garmin-Sharp was down to seven riders on this climb and finished a disappointing 7th + 25s on the technical course | share this photo |
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| 8th Blanco + 28s | share this photo |
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| Matt Goss (Orica GreenEdge) | share this photo |
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| 9th Orica GreenEdge + 28s | share this photo |
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| Start panoramic with Vacansoleil-DCM | share this photo |
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| 10th Vacansoleil-DCM + 34s | share this photo |
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| 11th Cannondale w/ the young rider leader Elia Viviani + 35s | share this photo |
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| BMC with Cadel Evans and Taylor Phinney at the front | share this photo |
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| BMC dropped riders too on their way to a disappointing 12th + 37s. That's Adam Blythe going backwards. | share this photo |
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| Race leader, Mark Cavendish with his TT came face on | share this photo |
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| They should have been motivated to keep their man in Pink, but Omega Pharma QuickStep finished way down in 17th + 48s | share this photo |
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| Mark Cavendish sucking wind post race | share this photo |
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| After his stage 1 crash yesterday, FDJ's Laurent Pichon showed up at the start looking like a mummy. Those arms must have been tender lying/resting on his aerobars. FDJ finished 19th + 55s | share this photo |
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| Perennial TTT cellar-dwellers, Euskaltel Euskadi, enjoyed the course like they were tourists. 22nd + 1:01 | share this photo |
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| Your stage 2 TTT winners, Team Sky | share this photo |
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| Full on champagne celebration | share this photo |
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| Team Sky dousing the new race leader | share this photo |
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| Champagne soaked Sky's Salvatore Puccio then returned with the Italian flag to don the Pink Jersey When did you learn you were the new race leader? (Puccio is on the same time as most of his team-mates. He leads the race because the sum total of his placings in Stage 1 and 2 is lower than that of any of theirs): “It was only two minutes before we celebrated the stage win on the podium that I realized I was the new Maglia Rosa. To tell the truth, we planned to put my team-mate Dario Cataldo in either Maglia Rosa or the Maglia Bianca today. When they told me I was the new Maglia Rosa, I was a bit shocked, but also very, very happy. It all happened so quickly that it hasn’t really sunk in yet and I think it will be hard to sleep tonight.” | share this photo |
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| In just his first Giro, Salvatore Puccio accepts the Pink Jersey in front of his home nation. Last year, an Italian wore the Pink Jersey for only one stage (Adriano Malori). | share this photo |
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| Wow, look at that stuffed Maglia Rosa pillow. We want one! | share this photo |
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| Bradley Wiggins off his team's high and headed back to the mainland | share this photo |
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| Reflecting on a special day for a young Italian. “Everyone who ever rides a bike dreams of wearing this jersey. After two years of working hard for the team, today I took a small moment of satisfaction for myself. It’s no secret that the team want the Maglia Rosa later in the race. Of course, I’d like to keep the jersey for many days, but I doubt it will happen.” | share this photo |
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| “The Giro wasn’t even in my race programme until a month ago'', now Salvatore Puccio is floating Sky high. | share this photo |
Giro d'Italia (2013) Photos; Stage 2: Ischia → Forio, 17.4 km |
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