Tirreno-Adriatico (2013) Photos; Stage 0: Pre-Race Press Conference
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Fabian Cancellara and Joaquin Rodriguez already have their game faces on while walking the grounds of San Vincenzo outside the press conference		share this photo
Mark Cavendish arriving on a blustery day		share this photo
Mark Cavendish likes racing in Italy and has a home in Tuscany. He's even starting to look Italian. “As usual I’m not really thinking about the others. This guy to my right” – Peter Sagan (who arrived at the press conference a few minutes late) – “will probably spend more time waiting for us this week than we’ve just spent waiting for him. If it’s a sprint, it’s a sprint, but [Sagan] might disrupt that.”		share this photo
Winner of Tour of Oman, Chris Froome (Sky) is a race favorite. “Every race I do now is important. I’ll try to get the most out of it. It’s a really good field and a demanding route, and it’s going to be a really hard week of racing.”		share this photo
Alberto Contador and Joaquin Rodriguez animate any race they're in		share this photo
Alberto Contador: "I’m very happy with the quality of the field. I think it will be the most competitive stage race of the year, outside the Giro d’Italia, the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España"		share this photo
Vincenzo Nibali won last year when Chris Horner was his main contender. This year the competition is much stiffer. “I had better form last year because my season was more based around the first part. But I have a good team and we’ll try to ride a good race. As you can see there are riders here like Froome, Alberto and Cadel. We’ll ride with lots of enthusiasm and there’ll be war out there!”		share this photo
Cadel Evans won this race in 2011 before going on to win his first and only Tour de France. “I’m back after an year of underachievement in 2012. I hope to get back to my real level in 2013. I don’t know how many Grand Tour champions are here. It may be the best field ever.”		share this photo
Joaquin Rodriguez checking out the hill top finishes in the race bible. “Victory? Why not. I’ve been training hard. I want to do well because all the rivals I’ll be riding against in the three-week races are here. I have good form and I hope to be there at the decisive moments.”		share this photo
Fabian Cancellara is looking at the opening team time trial and final day individual time-trial stages. “It’s an important race for me. I’ve won it once, and it gives me what I need for the classics. When you see how strong the field is, you know it’s going to be hard. The weather will make it even harder. It’s the race I need.”		share this photo
Peter Sagan (Cannondale) should be thinking about winning every stage. “Can I win the race overall? I think not. I think it’s too hard for me now to win. But we’ll see day by day.”		share this photo
Serious Photo-Op		share this photo
Playful Photo-Op		share this photo
Mobile Scan Clinic: For the safety of the riders and race staff, RCS Sport/La Gazzetta dello Sport is introducing, for the first time in cycling, a mobile X-ray and ultrasound clinic, alongside a field hospital for the treatment of minor injuries. This service will be positioned close to the team buses at the stage starts and close to the Permanance at the stage finishes, for the fastest and most effective possible medical treatment. The service is offered with the cooperation of the Italian Society of Medical Radiology, whose consultants will be on hand to receive digital scans and medical examination files sent by email, and provide a second opinion. An expanded version of the service will be employed at the Giro d’Italia.		share this photo
Tirreno-Adriatico (2013) Photos; Stage 0: Pre-Race Press Conference
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