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Giro d'Italia - Stage 16: re-Live
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 10-09-2009 16:15
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Its the stage to Monte Petrano with 3 big climbs - should be a good one. And its also going to be another of the "re-Live" reports
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Posted on 10-09-2009 16:18
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A break of 8 was able to get away early on. Talabardon, Kvasina, Moinard, Klemme, Tondo, Deignan, Wu and Ponzi
Klemme took the first climb over Ponzi and Talabardon- its relatively insignificant compared to the other climbs today.
In the pack, Maes, Bozic and Sokolov got dropped on that climb. After a long chase they catch up, but dont be surprirsed if they ultimately finish outside the time limit
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Posted on 10-09-2009 16:22
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Incidentally, there are 2 chasers behind the break of 8 who couldnt keep with the other 8 - Ortega and Brandt.
Interest in the race really picks up on the first of 3 big climbs though as 15 men have somehow got a gap.
De la Fuente is on the front, with Cunego, Ricco, Devolder and Pozzovivvo being the big names in this group that also has the Control rider!
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Posted on 10-09-2009 16:25
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15 becomes 8 and Ricco wasnt paying enough attention having made the split, as he drops back. Either that or he just wasnt interested in going this early (still 90km to go).
The 8 are De la Fuente, Pozzovivvo, Cunego, Rolland, Vinokourov, Devolder, Szmyd and De Gendt - although the B&O rider is soon to be dropped
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Posted on 10-09-2009 16:26
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And now down to 4, the strongest 4 - De la Fuente, Cunego, Pozzovivvo and Devolder
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Posted on 10-09-2009 16:31
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Cunego is sitting back for now, allowing De la Fuente to do the bulk of the work - but Pozzovivvo takes advantage of this and gets a gap
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Posted on 10-09-2009 16:35
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The break reaches the top of the climb with 7 still there - Ponzi dropped.
Klemme takes the points once again ahead of Moinard and Talabardon
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Posted on 10-09-2009 16:38
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Pozzovivvo is pulling away from Cunego, Devolder and De la Fuente now, with De la Fuente still setting most of the pace, along with turns from Devolder.
By the top Pozzovivvo is around 2 minutes behind the break, and 1'45 up on the trio behind him
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Posted on 10-09-2009 16:39
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The pack are another 1'30 behind the trio, and are down to 32 riders.
Iglinski, Niemiec, Perez Fernandez, Rohregger and Suaza are the ones relaying
Edited by SportingNonsense on 10-09-2009 16:40
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Posted on 10-09-2009 16:45
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Pozzovivvo picks up Ponzi and looks to close down the break
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Posted on 10-09-2009 16:46
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A strong descent sees him wipe out the deficit to the break and he actually goes right past them, taking the intermediate sprint
He also pulled Ponzi back to the group with the Italian managing to pick up a couple of points in the sprint - good news for him as he looks to move back into the Top 10 of the Points classification.
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Posted on 10-09-2009 16:48
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Cunego and Devolder also seem to have descended well as they are now also past the breakaway - De la Fuente is gone too.
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Posted on 10-09-2009 16:49
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So now onto the 2nd big climb, Pozzovivvo leads Cunego and Devolder by 50 seconds - with the pack just under 2 minutes after them (The early break has been caught)
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Posted on 10-09-2009 16:51
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Nocentini attacks from the bunch - Anton and Di Luca go with him
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Posted on 10-09-2009 16:53
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As up front Cunego has left Devolder behind
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Posted on 10-09-2009 16:54
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Cunego is flying now, he has caught Pozzovivvo
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Posted on 10-09-2009 16:56
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Back to the peleton now - Sella attacks
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Posted on 10-09-2009 16:57
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Rujano and Contador are the first to follow
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Posted on 10-09-2009 16:57
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Cunego has now dropped Pozzovivvo! Will he be seen again today?
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Posted on 10-09-2009 17:06
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Sellas has caught Devolder now, with Di Luca and Nocentini just behind.
Then there is Ricco and Pellizotti coming up
Edited by SportingNonsense on 10-09-2009 17:07
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