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STAMPA DALLA CORSA
Third
pack sprint, third stage win to ROBBIE at the Giro !!!
Stage 6 of the Giro, between
Busseto and Forli, distance 227 km.
This
rather flat stage was quite monotonous. Three men broke
away from the peloton after only 6 km, and made it nearly
up to the finish.
They
were Andoni Aranaga (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Sergiy
Matveyev (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) and Christophe
Edaleine (Crédit Agricole). Their initial
gap of 2’ reached up to 6’15”.
The
peloton, led by a T-Mobile / Davitamon-Lotto, began
to reduce the gap in the second half of the distance.
The
three leaders rode 205 km ahead of the pack, but were
caught with 15 kilometres to go.
And
the following pack sprint saw the third stage win of our
Robbie McEwen in the 2006 Giro !!! Germany's
Olaf Pollack (T-Mobile) and Lithuania's Thomas
Vaitkus (Ag2R) were Robbie’s main contenders
!
Olaf
Pollack grabs the pink jersey from his team mate
Gonchar, and Robbie increases his lead at the points
classification.
All
sorts of congrats !!!
12.05.2006/
T-Mobile keeps it in the team: T-Mobile’s Olaf
Pollack sprinted to second place on Friday’s stage
6 to swap the pink jersey with his team mate Serhiy Honchar.
After 227 km from Busseto to Forlì
and a late surge to the line, Pollack placed second
behind Aussie Robbie McEwen. He was awarded
with a 12-second time bonus, which moved him into top position
on the GC. Ukrainian Honchar lies in second, two
seconds behind, while Jens Voigt (CSC) and Michael
Rogers (T-Mobile Team), both eight seconds behind.
Korff
crashes
"I
am very content. Within 24 hours we have the second team
member in the pink jersey. That’s really impressive”,
said the sporting director Rudy Pevenage post-race.
"Olaf was
a little boxed in during the sprint and no longer had
André riding for him after his crash. Considering
this, the second place is a good result."
“I
was shocked",
added Pollack. "With
1km to go, I realized that Korff had crashed and
that was my man, so I was left alone."
Korff
suffered painful abrasions in the crash in the final km.
"Fortunately, he didn’t
break anything“, Pevenage said.
Ullrich
as pacemaker
Up
until the finale, Jan Ullrich had been taking turns
with his team mates pulling at the front and keeping the
pace high. "Jan is coming
more and more into form. We’ll see in the next days
how he’s holding up on the climbs“,
said Pevenage.
After
only six km, the break of the day formed, consisting of
the Ukrainian Sergiy Matveyev (Panaria), the Frenchman
Christophe Edaleine (Crédit Agricole) and
Spaniard Andoni Aranaga (Euskaltel). That was fine
with T-Mobile, since none of the escapees posed
a real threat to Honchar. Halfway into the race, the breakaways
had a maximum gap of six minutes over the peloton on the
flat, dry and non-technical course.
Another
mass sprint showdown
After 206km, the day’s mammoth break was history
and the sprinter teams were busy keeping the main field
together on the remaining 15 km.
Even
with only 10 km to go, Ullrich was still in the thick
of things at the front. Preparing for the sprint, the
riders almost took up the entire road to fight for a good
position.
In
the final kilometre, the crash involving T-Mobile’s
André Korff, occured. Meanwhile, in the sprint
showdown, Loddo attacked too early, then Vaitkus,
but McEwen powered around the Lithuanian for his
third stage. With a late surge, Pollack sprinted
to second place.
Saturday’s
seventh stage is the longest of the 2006 Giro; a 236km-trek
from Cesena to Saltara featuring the first
leg-breaking climbs of this year’s corsa rosa. (mf)
Giornata
tranquilla dopo la cronosquadre di ieri. La 6ª tappa
del Giro (Busseto-Forlì) si è conclusa,
come da previsioni, con una volata di gruppo, vinta da
McEwen (3ª vittoria) davanti a Pollack
(nuova maglia rosa) e Vaitkus.
I ciclisti della Lampre-Fondital hanno corso coperti
nel gruppo, in attesa dell'importante frazione di domani:
la Cesena-Saltara di 236 km con la temuta ascesa
del Monte Catria a circa 100 km dall'arrivo. A
partire da questa dura tappa, i 9 corridori della Lampre-Fondital
potranno pedalare in sella alle nuove bici Wilier
Le Roi in carbonio, realizzate su misura per ogni corridore.
Al
di fuori della corsa, la squadra si è fregiata
di un tocco di nobiltà.
Ieri sera e questa mattina, infatti, la Lampre-Fondital
ha ricevuto la visita del Principe Diofebo Meli Lupi
di Soragna. Si è potuta così formare
una coppia coronata composta dal Principe di Soragna e
dal Piccolo Principe Damiano Cunego
Un
nuovo sito web per Dario Cioni:
www.cionidario.com
12
maggio – Dario
Cioni conferma
la sua passione per la comunicazione hi-tech ed affida
al nuovo sito web ufficiale www.cionidario.com tutte le
emozioni del suo Giro d’Italia. Nel website,
Cioni parla a cuore aperto con i tifosi, in modo particolare
ora che si trova nel vivo della corsa rosa. Il corridore
della Liquigas racconta in prima persona il backstage
della gara, rivelando agli appassionati quei lati dell’evento
sportivo che non sempre vengono valorizzati. Ma www.cionidario.com
non è solo questo. Il sito è articolato
in modo da soddisfare la curiosità di chi vuole
conoscere meglio Cioni. Di particolare interesse le sezioni
dedicate alla storia personale del corridore ed agli scatti
fotografici che immortalano gli istanti più belli
della sua carriera. E’ anche possibile curiosare
nell’angolo dedicato alla tecnica e leggere tutte
le interviste rilasciate dal campione.
A
new website for Dario Cioni:
www.cionidario.com
12
May –
Dario Cioni is greatly fond of hi-tech communication.
In these days, he is describing all the emotions of racing
the Giro d’Italia on his official website
www.cionidario.com. Cioni likes to speak on line
to all his fans, especially from the heart of the pink
race. He talks about the backstage of the race and reveals
some unknown aspects of this sport event. On www.cionidario.com
you can find much else. The website has been studied to
satisfy the curiosity of those who want to know Cioni
better. There are very interesting sections dedicated
to the rider’s personal story and a photo gallery
with the most beautiful shots of his career. You can also
browse in the section dealing with technical subjects
or read all the interviews to the champion.
Team
Gerolsteiner erst im Finale ausgebremst
Es
kam, wie der Sportliche Leiter Christian Henn zuvor
erwartet hatte: "Ausreißergruppe
weg, Ausreißergruppe wird eingeholt, danach Massenspurt",
gab der Heidelberger bei der Mannschaftsbesprechung im
Teambus seinen neun Rennfahrern mit auf den Weg. Er sollte
Recht behalten.
"Uns
war klar, dass es heute zu einem Massenspurt kommt, deswegen
haben wir heute alles auf Robert gesetzt",
verrät Henn. Am Ende der 227 km war die Taktik dann
aber nicht von Erfolg gekrönt - ein Sturz im Finale
durchkreuzte die Strategie der Gerolsteiner. "Frösi
ist durch den Sturz unglücklich aus dem Rhythmus
gekommen, das war dann nicht mehr aufzuholen",
fasst Henn kurz zusammen. Der Leipziger errang nach einer
kräftezehrenden Aufholjagd immerhin noch den 11.
Platz.
Sieger
des Massensprints wurde zum dritten Mal in dieser Austragung
des Giro d´Italia der Australier Robbie
Mc Ewen (Lotto-Davitamon) vor Olaf Pollack (T-Mobile).
Der übernahm Dank der Zeitgutschriften das Rosa Trikot
des Führenden von seinem Teamkameraden Sergei
Gonchar.
di
Andrea Magnani
A. M.
