Giro d'Italia (2013) Photos; Stage 4: Policastro Bussentino → Serra San Bruno, 246 km |
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| The jersey leaders keeping cool before Stage 4, the second longest stage of this year's race | share this photo |
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| Stage 4 started out under sunny skies from Policastro, but the weather got progressively worse | share this photo |
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| The break heading down the coast | share this photo |
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| Astana's Paolo Tiralongo tending to his sore knee | share this photo |
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| Turning inland over the cat 3 Vibo Valentia climb | share this photo |
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| Zooming out | share this photo |
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| Tunnel vision | share this photo |
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| The weather getting progressively worse with Vini Fantini at the front of the chase | share this photo |
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| Team Sky chasing | share this photo |
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| With several km to go, Danilo Di Luca (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) leads Robinson Chalapud (Colombia). The two broke clear on the final (cat 2) climb with 10 km to go. | share this photo |
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| Race leader and the rest of the peloton sans Bradley Wiggins who was apparently dropped before being held up by a crash. He lost 17s today. | share this photo |
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| "The Killer" was trying to rekindle his reputation with a possible stage win | share this photo |
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| Di Luca was caught in the final 300m before Enrico Battaglin (Bardiani Valvole) powered away from the field | share this photo |
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| Blurry in the background are 2nd Fabio FELLINE (ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI) and 3rd Giovanni VISCONTI (MOVISTAR TEAM) making it 1-2-3 for Italians on Stage 4 | share this photo |
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| Easily the biggest career win for the second year pro | share this photo |
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| Veteran, past Giro winner and ex-doper, Danilo di Luca looking disappointed post race after his late bid was reeled in. He says he'll try again over the next stages. | share this photo |
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| Your stage 4 winner, Enrico Battaglin (Bardiani Valvole - CSF) | share this photo |
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| Luca PAOLINI (KATUSHA) retained his race lead “I was just trying to finish the stage without letting a gap open that might put my Maglia Rosa in danger. Today it wasn’t about winning the stage, but keeping the Maglia Rosa. Either way, I didn’t have the legs to sprint.” | share this photo |
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| Stage winner Enrico Battaglin at the post-stage press conference: “In 2011, after I had won everything as an amateur, I started my pro career winning at the end of 2011 [NDR: he won the Coppa Sabatini in October 2011]. Perhaps I thought it was easier than it really is. I may have paid for that last year [NDR: no wins in 2012]. This year, I was determined to show that I’m a good rider. I worked hard in the winter and I’m starting to reap the rewards.” | share this photo |
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| Luca Paolini (Katusha): “I knew it was a hard finish for me, at the limit of my possibilities. The team rode around me from the morning, pulling until the breakaway was in reach. Then, on the two climbs, I tried to stay up front as much as possible.” | share this photo |
Giro d'Italia (2013) Photos; Stage 4: Policastro Bussentino → Serra San Bruno, 246 km |
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