Tirreno-Adriatico (2013) Photos; Stage 6: Porto Sant'Elpidio → Porto Sant'Elpidio, 209 km |
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| DJ Cunego out of control at the controls getting in the mood for another solo break | share this photo |
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| Winning stage races is music to David Brailsford's ears and he wants to win every one of them | share this photo |
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| The jersey leaders to start Stage 6 | share this photo |
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| A beautiful, calm morning in Porto Sant'Elpidio... but that would all change | share this photo |
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| 2nd and 1st on GC to start the day, but both Alberto Contador and Chris Froome slid down the GC standings today | share this photo |
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| Shortly after the rollout | share this photo |
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| Team Sky leading the chase over the hilly parcours in the Fermo territory | share this photo |
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| Damiano Cunego taking the 1st of the 3 KOMs awarded at Sant’Elpidio a Mare where the slope kicked up to 30% near the top, the steepest road in all the RCS races this year | share this photo |
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| Peter Sagan in beast mode holding his own against the climbers: “It was a very hard stage. When the rain started to fall, the gradients of 30% were hard to get up. I heard Contador say that, when he climbed out of the saddle, his back wheel slipped. I rode in the saddle all the time.” | share this photo |
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| Cyclocross: Thomas Dekker and others running up the hill just as fast others were cycling it | share this photo |
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| The last time up the Muro di Sant'Elpidio with 18 km to go is when the stage was decided with Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) leading the attack | share this photo |
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| Peter Sagan (Cannondale) fighting to stay on Vincenzo Nibali's wheel on the steep (max 27% or 30%) section in the rain. Vincenzo Nibali: “The tactic in my head was that, if I was good in the final, I wanted to do something on the last climb. I’d looked on the previous passes. I was encouraged when the bad weather came. Other riders suffered in the cold, but I was always ok.” | share this photo |
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| Peter Sagan knew if he stayed with the lead group, he'd win the sprint... | share this photo |
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| The successful trio with Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) on the final flat run to the line | share this photo |
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| ... and that's what he did. Peter Sagan turns around in Porto Sant'Elpidio after 209 km of difficult racing to check his margin of victory | share this photo |
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| Peter Sagan (Cannondale) wins Stage 6 by 2s ahead of Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) | share this photo |
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| Second place with a big gap to the other GC riders, moves Vincenzo Nibali into the race lead with the final day 9.2 km ITT remaining | share this photo |
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| Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel Euskadi) crossing 5th + 44s ahead of Chris Horner and Alberto Contador | share this photo |
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| Alberto Contador looks back to see he only finished 6s ahead of Chris Froome. He said he couldn't get out of his saddle on the steep climbs because his wheel would slip | share this photo |
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| Chris Froome crossing with Cadel Evans + 50s just outside the top 10 | share this photo |
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| Your 2013 Milan Sanremo, I mean, Stage 6 winner, Peter Sagan (Cannondale) | share this photo |
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| Second time to the podium this race for Sagan | share this photo |
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| Fourth new leader of this year's Tirreno-Adriatico to don the Maglia Azzurra... | share this photo |
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| “On Prati di Tivo I was on the defensive for most of the day and I only attacked in the final 2 km. Yesterday I wasn’t great and I didn’t think I’d be able to recoup the seconds I lost. But today it all came good for me. But we new at the start of the race there was a 27% climb coming, so our bikes were set up for it and we were well prepared.” | share this photo |
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| Last year's overall winner, Vincenzo Nibali (Astana), will take a healthy 34s lead into the final day 9.2 km ITT | share this photo |
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| Friendship on display at the Post-Race Press-Conference, Peter Sagan: “[Nibali] asked me how I was. I said I didn’t know if I’d be able to stay at the front. In the end we were both still there. Even I wasn’t interested in the overall lead, as Vincenzo’s friend, I still took turns at the front. And I was very happy to see him in the move today.” | share this photo |
Tirreno-Adriatico (2013) Photos; Stage 6: Porto Sant'Elpidio → Porto Sant'Elpidio, 209 km |
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