Tirreno-Adriatico (2015) Photos; Stage 3: Cascina → Arezzo, 203 km |
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| Adriano MALORI (MOVISTAR) signing in for his last day as the race leader | share this photo |
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| Greg Van Avermaet and BMC look confident at the Stage 3 start in Cascina | share this photo |
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| Stage 3 rollout with bandaged Eli Viviani | share this photo |
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| Danilo Wyss (Bmc) leading the break | share this photo |
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| Carlos Quintero (Colombia) leading the break | share this photo |
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| Team Colombia climbing San Martino, the first of two modest climbs early in the stage | share this photo |
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| Alberto Contador and Ivan Basso | share this photo |
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| Break | share this photo |
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| Arezzo, ancient city finish coming up | share this photo |
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| Passing through the finishing line for four more circuits | share this photo |
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| Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) on the Arezzo circuits | share this photo |
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| Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) | share this photo |
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| Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) | share this photo |
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| Race leader Adriano Malori (Movistar) | share this photo |
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| Passing through the finish again | share this photo |
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| Ivan Basso and Tinkoff - Saxo leading for the final lap | share this photo |
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| Ancient city sprint finish in full flight | share this photo |
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| Peter Sagan goes wide | share this photo |
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| A close finish coming uo between Greg Van Avermaet (Bmc), Zdenek Stybar (Etixx - Quick Step), Peter Sagan (Tinkoff - Saxo) | share this photo |
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| Greg VAN AVERMAET (BMC RACING) wins Stage 3 ahead of 2nd Peter SAGAN (TINKOFF - SAXO), 3rd Zdenek STYBAR (ETIXX - QUICK STEP), 4th Filippo POZZATO (LAMPRE - MERIDA) | share this photo |
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| On Beating Sagan, Pozzato, Cancellara: “In my head I knew I could beat those guys, but you have to prove it. Fabian has beaten me in sprints a few times, and Sagan is normally a bit faster than me, but if the finish is slightly uphill and comes at the end of a hard race, I’m good in a sprint. So far, it has never quite finished the way I wanted, but you keep on trying, you never give up, and in the end you win a race like this. It’s always nice when you see those guys on your wheel, and you get the result” | share this photo |
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| Finish perspective, no time or space for a victory salute | share this photo |
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| BMC celebrate | share this photo |
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| Your stage 3 winner, Greg Van Avermaet (Bmc) | share this photo |
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| And new race leader by two seconds over Peter Sagan | share this photo |
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| “It is important to me because I’m leading the team here and you can only be a leader if you win races. I finished second or third a few times recently: in Het Nieuwsblad and Flanders last year, and in Qatar, Oman and Strade Bianche this year. I sprinted all the way to the line today: I didn’t raise my hands in case I didn’t win. If you celebrate and they come past you, it’s even worse”. | share this photo |
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| “This is a special day for me. I looked at the road book when I knew I was coming to Tirreno Adriatico, and I was confident about these two stages, stages 3 and 4. Stage 4 will be a little bit harder, but I knew that today’s finish would really suit me. I looked at what happened last year when [my team-mate] Philip Gilbert was 3rd. I knew it could be a good day for me, although there were some good guys to beat. I’ve come close a few times this year, so I’m really happy that I could finish it off. The team worked really well for me, because on a stage like this it is really important to be well positioned. And, of course, I’m really glad I could keep guys like Sagan off”. | share this photo |
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| Peter Sagan has 10 second place finishes since his last win (June 2014) | share this photo |
Tirreno-Adriatico (2015) Photos; Stage 3: Cascina → Arezzo, 203 km |
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