Tirreno-Adriatico (2015) Photos; Stage 7: San Benedetto del Tronto, 10 km
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Rain for the third day in a row; riders "warming up" along the Adriatic Sea before the final stage in San Benedetto del Tronto		share this photo
Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) won the 10 km flat, non-technical ITT in 11:23		share this photo
Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) makes his bike look small		share this photo
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Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) finishing off his winning ride. Proof of form for Milano Sanremo?: “Strade Bianche and Tirreno are the races that lead to Milano Sanremo and the classics, although remember that today was 10km, not 300km. Sanremo is the longest race in the world. You have to concentrate on every metre, and consider where you use your energy. It’s true that the route has changed, but it changes every year, and so have the winners. In this, Milano Sanremo is unlike Flanders and Roubaix. The most important factor is the weather, which changes the nature of the race. We all know who the favourites are, and there are lots of them. We know that removing Le Manie and returning the finish to Via Roma changes everything, although exactly what it will change, we don’t know. I’m not thinking about it yet, because it depends on the weather.”		share this photo
2nd Adriano Malori (Movistar) + 4s		share this photo
21st Bauke Mollema (Trek Factory Racing) + 34s for 2nd overall		share this photo
25th Rigoberto Uran (Colombia) + 38s for 3rd overall		share this photo
Nice shot of race leader, Nairo QUINTANA Alexander (MOVISTAR)		share this photo
51st Nairo QUINTANA Alexander (MOVISTAR) + 55s		share this photo
Good enough for the overall win		share this photo
Your Stage 7 winner, Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing)		share this photo
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It's been awhile since Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) has celebrated a ITT win		share this photo
3rd overall Rigoberto Uran (Etixx - Quick Step) + 31s		share this photo
2nd Bauke Mollema (Trek Factory Racing) + 18s		share this photo
Your overall winner, Nairo Quintana (Movistar) 25:11:16		share this photo
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“I needed this win for my own head, but also to show my fans that I am still here. Last year I won the Vuelta a Burgos, but then in the Vuelta a España I couldn’t give my fans the satisfaction of the win because of that disastrous fall. To finish on the podium in Argentina was reassuring, although it’s a very different type of race and lacks the big rivals who go to the WorldTour races. It was fantastic to come here, to find my team in great form and ready to work hard, and to come away with victory: it is emotional, and good for the head.”		share this photo
Proud Colombian		share this photo
Your 2015 Tirreno-Adriatico podium: 2nd Bauke Mollema (Trek Factory Racing) + 18s, 1st Nairo Quintana (Movistar) 25:11:16, 3rd Rigoberto Uran (Etixx - Quick Step) + 31s		share this photo
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Terminillo: “When I remember that day, the hair stands up on the back of my neck. It was a spectacular win in enchanting surroundings. I’d have to do my homework to compile a ranking of my favourite mountain stage wins, but to beat those rivals, on a day like that, in the cold, with a nervous, twitchy peloton, and then to finish on the Terminillo in the snow, in conditions that made for wonderful photographs, was special, even if I have to say that we suffered a lot that day.”		share this photo
Post race press conference: Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing). Beating Malori: “I’m happy, of course. The years pass and the youngsters come through. Adriano is travelling his own road. He will soon be winning not just Prologues but longer time trials. The young grow and emerge. Today I watched him closely, of course, after losing on day one. ITTs are all about details. I don’t have the same motivation as I once had, but today I’m very happy. I’d prefer not to go into the Prologue, because I think there were too many mistakes, and if I start listing them, I may never stop. Today, I managed not to make the same mistakes again, and today’s performance is more representative of my level. I made a mistake in the final kilometre today, but during the Prologue I made many other mistakes. I lost by 5 hundredths of a second that day. I’m not saying that if I had ridden like this on Day 1, I would have won by 5 seconds, but it went well for me today.”		share this photo
Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing): Motivation: “At the end of yesterday’s stage I wanted to sprint, but I also wanted to win today. The time trials no longer give me the motivation they once did, but today is my last day aged 33, so I’ll be turning a page tomorrow. It’s a little thing but it gave me a little extra motivation, and that allows me to find a bit more. It is the fruit of experience.”		share this photo
Nairo Quintana (Movistar) on his rivals: “I don’t know what [Contador] is thinking after my win here. But I think all of the big climbing rivals are at a very similar level. Froome wasn’t here, so we didn’t see what shape he is in. But he and Contador showed how strong they are in Andalucia. It was a magnificent spectacle, one of them winning on one day, the next winning the next. Now I have won here. To me, it suggest that we are all pretty even. Contador will be strong at the Tour de France, but so will Froome and Nibali. And for all of us, it’s our main goal.”		share this photo
Tirreno-Adriatico (2015) Photos; Stage 7: San Benedetto del Tronto, 10 km
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