Tirreno-Adriatico (2015) Photos; Stage 6: Rieti → Porto Sant'Elpidio, 210 km
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Nairo QUINTANA (MOVISTAR), signing in for his first day as race leader		share this photo
Alberto Contador knows he lost too much time yesterday to repeat his overall win		share this photo
Make room for the race leader, Nairo QUINTANA (MOVISTAR)		share this photo
The rollout from Rieti		share this photo
The break getting started in miserable conditions		share this photo
Checking for a gap		share this photo
The peloton		share this photo
Quintana, Sagan and Contador. Sagan said post-race: “I have to thank [Alberto Contador] because it was not so much a surprise as a pleasure so see someone like Alberto working on the climb to drop the other sprinters, or at least to break up the group. Then my other team mates rode hard for the final 80km.”		share this photo
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The race arrives in Porto Sant Elpidio		share this photo
Mark Cavendish (Etixx - Quick Step) off the back, dropped on the early climbs		share this photo
Alexis Vuillermoz (Ag2r La Mondiale) and Alessandro Vanotti (Astana) off the front in Porto Sant Elpidio		share this photo
Alexis Vuillermoz (Ag2r La Mondiale)		share this photo
Stage 2 winner, Jens Debusschere (Lotto Soudal) looking to give it another go		share this photo
Sagan biding his time.		share this photo
Alexis Vuillermoz (Ag2r La Mondiale), sole break survivor on the final lap in Porto Sant Elpidio, but he didn't make it		share this photo
Rigoberto Uran (Etixx - Quick Step), Luca Paolini (Katusha)		share this photo
Sprint finish in full flight		share this photo
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Despite a good Mtn - Qhubeka leadout, Peter Sagan (Tinkoff - Saxo) wins ahead of Gerald Ciolek (Mtn - Qhubeka) while Jens Debusschere (Lotto Soudal) was 3rd		share this photo
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Needless to say, Peter Sagan was pleased to break his 9 month winless spell in which he recorded 10 second place finishes: “I don’t know about frustrating. All these second places, I wanted to win. but I don’t know how many 2nd places I did. [Q: 15.] That’s a lot! It would have been a lot of first places. But I take it as experience. Life is like that. Sometimes up, sometimes down. It’s OK.”		share this photo
“After the fall in Qatar, I had some bad grazes, but I was OK to ride, and I felt good. Oman was very hot, and I don’t like it when it is that hot, although it was good for my condition. I didn’t feel 100% at [Strade Bianche] Eroica [Pro], but I’ve felt good enough to win here at Tirreno Adriatico. At Arezzo I had the legs to win but I made a mistake at the end. But it’s important to think about the future, not the past.”		share this photo
Finish perspective		share this photo
Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing)		share this photo
Your Stage 6 winner, Peter Sagan (Tinkoff - Saxo) hits the stage in Porto Sant Elpidio		share this photo
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Nairo Quintana (Movistar) looks confident as race leader heading into the final day short time trial: “Tomorrow’s stage has to be ridden at top speed. There will be no secrets, and nowhere to hide. I think with the advantage I have, I’ll be fine, and I’ll finish without any problems.”		share this photo
Colombian fans		share this photo
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Peter Sagan is also the points leader		share this photo
Pressure: “Contracts are drawn up on the basis of results. I think I’ve achieved a lot in the past four years. You don’t reach the top in cycling, and get a big contract, by chance. You have to deserve it. I’m riding for a new team, I’m happy with today’s win, but I want much more from this season, and I think the team does too. But we riders put pressure on ourselves. It doesn’t come from anyone else.”		share this photo
Tirreno-Adriatico (2015) Photos; Stage 6: Rieti → Porto Sant'Elpidio, 210 km
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