Tirreno-Adriatico (2015) Photos; Stage 5: Esanatoglia → Terminillo, 194 km
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Despite the fan support, Vincenzo Nibali has been unusually glum at this year's race. He had another poor ride today. 22nd + 2:16.		share this photo
Alberto Contador pre race		share this photo
Race leader, Wouter POELS (SKY) was 16th + 1:37 and is now 10th overall		share this photo
Break		share this photo
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Climbing the Arette climb in the first half of the stage		share this photo
Sky at the front of the chase		share this photo
Le Arette 72 km into the stage		share this photo
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Matteo Montaguti (Ag2r La Mondiale) leading the break through Esanatoglia		share this photo
Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) on the final climb, Terminillo		share this photo
Wouter Poels (Team Sky) on Terminillo		share this photo
Ivan Basso (Tinkoff - Saxo) setting the pace		share this photo
Nairo Quintana (Movistar) attack with 5 km on the 14 km gradual Terminillo climb		share this photo
Battling through the deteriorating weather		share this photo
Bauke MOLLEMA (TREK FACTORY RACING)		share this photo
Alberto Contador (Tinkoff - Saxo)		share this photo
Nairo Alexander Quintana (Movistar) hanging on to a nice advantage		share this photo
Bauke Mollema (Trek Factory Racing) next		share this photo
Scenes from the snow covered finish...		share this photo
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Waiting for the race		share this photo
Nairo Quintana (Movistar) wins on snowy Terminillo by 41s		share this photo
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Cold weather Colombian?: “In Colombia, I live at an altitude of nearly 3000m. Some mornings it is very cold, 4 or 5 degrees, and it can go down to zero. At altitude, it’s a different cold, but then, racing in Europe, we get used to even more extreme conditions. It is not the first time I’ve won in the cold. There was the Giro d’Italia last year, and at Vallter 2000 in the Volta a Catalunya [2013] the conditions were the same as this. I don’t know if I’m the strongest in extreme conditions. [Vincenzo] Nibali and Alberto [Contador] have both won in the heat and in the cold. In the end, when you are a leader, you have to have a strong head and legs, whatever the weather”.		share this photo
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Finish perspective		share this photo
2nd Bauke Mollema (Trek Factory Racing) + 41s and now second overall		share this photo
3rd Joaquin RODRIGUEZ (KATUSHA) + 55s and 4th Rigoberto URAN (ETIXX - QUICK STEP)		share this photo
5th Alberto CONTADOR (TINKOFF - SAXO), 6th Thibaut PINOT (FDJ), 7th Adam YATES (ORICA GreenEDGE) + 55s		share this photo
22nd Vincenzo NIBALI (ASTANA) + 2:16		share this photo
A Proud Colombian takes the stage		share this photo
Your Stage 5 winner, Nairo Quintana (Movistar)		share this photo
Tough to do with cold, wet hands		share this photo
New race leader, Nairo Quintana (Movistar) will be tough to beat now		share this photo
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The attack: “I knew it was going to be very cold on the final climb. I was psychologically ready. The team has taken great care of me these days. I saved energy all day and they delivered me to the final climb. Sky pulled for a bit, then Tinkoff - Saxo. Then Etixx took over. I saw some tension in the group around me. I looked around, not at [Contador] in particular, and I saw people were looking at each other as if they were thinking about attacking. Yesterday, when we were looking at each other, the Sky rider [Wouter Poels] took advantage. Today, the pace dropped and I decided to give it a go”		share this photo
Tirreno-Adriatico (2015) Photos; Stage 5: Esanatoglia → Terminillo, 194 km
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