COMUNICATI
STAMPA DALLA CORSA
CAVENDISH
COMPLETES COLUMBIA-HIGHROAD HAT TRICK IN GIRO D’ITALIA
San
Luis Obispo, California, May 17, 2009 -
Mark Cavendish powered to Columbia-Highroad’s
third straight stage win in the Giro d’Italia
on Sunday. The young Columbia-Highroad rider’s
victory in the heart of Milan immediately follows Columbia-Highroad’s
victories on Friday with Edvald Boasson Hagen and on Saturday
with Konstantin Sivtsov.
In
a textbook final lead-out, Cavendish’s teammate
Boasson Hagen upped the pace in the last kilometre,
and then Mark Renshaw increased the speed even
further. Finally with 250 metres to go, Cavendish
powered away to take his ninth win of the season and 37th
of his career. It is also his third Giro d’Italia
stage win in just two participations, and win number 25
for Columbia-Highroad men’s team this season.
“This
is the stage I was really targeting,”
Cavendish said afterwards.
“I messed up the first sprint
[on stage two of the race] but I’ve made up for it
today. There’s a limited number of sprints in this
year’s Giro, so I wanted this one really badly. I
got a perfect lead-out from my teammates, we added an
extra rider in the final kilometres and that gave us a
bit more speed for the last 1000 metres.”
Cavendish added, “Edvald
[Boasson Hagen] did a great turn to five
hundred metres and then Mark [Renshaw] took me to about
250 to go. Then I just went for it to make sure nobody
came past me.”
“Mark really wanted to win
in Milan and at the Giro. He always wants to win and this
time we got it right,” added team manager
Bob Stapleton. “We
learned from our mistakes in the first sprint and perfected
the lead out train by adding another rider. Winning three
stages one after the other is what you can only really
dream about, so it’s amazing to see it actually happen.
It proves a lot about the team and how we work well together
and how we have a team packed with great young riders.”
Il Giro d'Italia oggi è
approdato a Milano.
La
gara di 165 km prevista nel centro della città
si è però corsa realmente soltanto negli
ultimi 3 giri, a causa di una protesta da parte dei corridori
che ritenevano troppo pericoloso il tracciato.
A spuntarla nella volata di un gruppo dimezzato, (dato
che il tempo della classifica di tappa e della generale
è stato annullato per tutti i 165 km, molti atleti
hanno rallentato nel finale), è stato ancora una
volta Cavendish.
Il velocista della Columbia ha preceduto Davis
e Farrar, i nostri corridori non erano presenti
nel primo gruppo per disputare lo sprint.
La classifica generale resta sempre immutata dato la netrualizzazione
di tutta la tappa, domani giornata di riposo in vista
della decima tappa Cuneo-Pinerolo.
May,
17th 2009
Farrar close again on strange
stage - Giro, stage 9
Race report from Tyler Farrar
Today
was a bizarre stage. The circuit was very dangerous and
everyone decided we would not race; and then suddenly
half the teams said they were doing the sprint! We did
everything we could to set up the the last kilometers,
the guys were amazing!
Unfortunately
once again I was close, but not quite there for the win.
Everyone is putting in such fantastic work for me, hopefully
we will get one of these last few sprint stages!
Wiggo doing a hard turn on the front for Farrar.
Robert
Hunter sprints to seventh in odd Giro d'Italia day
The start in Milan It was definitely an odd day at the
92nd Giro d'Italia, that today was supposed to
celebrate Milan as the site of the first start of the
race, in 1909. In the 9th stage of the Corsa Rosa, called
"Milano show", the riders did not offer
a lot to the many fans arrived today in downtown Milan,
where the whole 16,5 km circuit (to repeat 10 times) was
situated.
Right
after the start, the peloton claimed the neutralization
of the stage, because of the supposedly dangerous route.
The jury accepted the request, but the peloton kept riding
at a very low pace (around 35 km/h) until the final 3
laps, when some teams (including Team Barloworld) fastened
the speed up front. But, at the end of the 4th lap, the
whole bunch stopped on the finishing line, and maglia
rosa Danilo Di Luca used a microphone to apologize with
the fans because of the mediocre show, but affirming the
necessity to protect the riders' safety.
In
the end, the final sprint was dominated by Brit Mark Cavendish
(Columbia), who claimed his first win in 2009 Giro, beating
Aussie Allan Davis (Quickstep) and American Tyler
Farrar (Garmin). Team Barloworld's sprinter Robert
Hunter was solid once again, finishing 7th and
adding another good placement to Barloworld's Giro palmares.
"Today
in Milan it was supposed to be a great day
- told Team Manager Claudio Corti - it
was a stage to honor, and I think such a behavior was
unacceptable. The pace could have been as slow as it was
at the beginning - it's always that way on the Champs
Elysees - but to stop on the line and complain openly
was way too much to me."
"Apart
from this - said Corti - I
am happy to comment another good placement by Rob, who
is performing very well in this Giro, and could well deserve
a personal success before we get to Rome."
Tomorrow,
the peloton will enjoy the first rest day. On Tuesday,
the riders will face the longest stage of the race, 262
km from Cuneo to Pinerolo, a tribute to Fausto
Coppi, who performed ad incredible effort on that
route in 1949. It is going to be a day for the climbers,
and Mauricio Soler will definitely look to be in
the action.
Vigano,
8º at Milano's show
Meanwhile,
the ninth stage of the Centennial Giro d'Italia
saw the riders winning their claim as the results did
not count towards the GC, as a result of the circuit being
too dangerous at the streets of Milano. The riders only
went at a high pace for the last kilometers of today's
route, with a short field sprint won by Cavendish (Columbia)
while FUJI-SERVETTO's Davide Vigano was
8th, taking thus his third top-ten place in this year's
Corsa Rosa. The first rest day of the Italian grandtour
is scheduled for tomorrow:
Giro
Stage 9: Milano Show 100
17-May-2009:
The top finisher for Cervélo TestTeam in
stage 9 was Ted King in 22nd place. Mark Cavendish
won stage nine, out-sprinting Allan Davis (Quick
Step) and Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Slipstream) for
the victory. The general classification remained unchanged
meaning that Carlos Sastre remains in 7th place.
Today’s
stage, a centennial celebration for the Giro included
a rider protest about the safety of the 16.5 kilometre
Milan circuit that was to be covered 10 times. Consequently
the stage was neutralized, with only the specific stage
honours at stake.
Coverage
from cyclingnews.com and comments from TestTeam riders
and staff provide more information about today's stage:
The
peloton rode at a very leisurely 32 km/h pace on the opening
circuits before stopping at the finish line with six laps
remaining. Race leader Danilo Di Luca took a microphone
in hand and made a statement to the crowd, apologizing
for the peloton's actions. "We
are going on. We wanted to stop and say thanks for your
presence, but we don't feel the need to risk it anymore.
The circuit is not adapted to our security,"
said Di Luca. It had been decided that the stage
would have no effect on the general classification and
only stage honours would be at stake for the peloton.
The leisurely pace continued until three laps remaining
when the pace increased to the normal, brisk tempo anticipated
on the flat stage. The teams of the sprinters controlled
the head of the peloton through to the concluding bunch
sprint. (From Cyclingnews.com)
"Going
into it today we thought we were going to race with the
motive of keeping Carlos in a good position, to keep him
safe for the finish," said Ted King.
"After about a lap and a
half, the big guns on each of the teams sort of got together
and said you know this is dangerous (see Carlos blog).
So obviously we soft pedaled for the majority of the race
and towards the end, because you wanna get the jersey
on TV, every team ramped it up and tried to get to the
front. Close to the end the riders stepped up the pace
though they wanted to make it safely to the finish and
the sprinters duked it out. Tomorrow is a rest day, so
spin a bit in the morning and get as much R&R as you
can in 24 hours. Tuesday is the Queen stage so I will
definitely try to get a lot of rest tomorrow."
"A
strange day today. When we started, after half a lap or
so, Jeremy (Hunt) starts asking and more riders
start to think - hey when does the race start? I have
no idea, I think it already started, I don’t know,"
said Sports Director, Jean-Paul van Poppel. "And
so already there was a feeling that the speed was not
very high, in fact, it was pretty low. This worked with
our tactic that we would not put Carlos in any risk and
that we would keep him out of trouble, so the low speed
was not too bad, it meant we did not have extra worries.
"But
then the first rumours started and with that the first
official report from the chief commissary that there would
be no time and everybody would get the same time. So,
as long as we finished the race that was all that mattered.
There was also the actual stage win and of course someone
would go for that. But officially that was all we got.
I checked in with the commissaire hoping to provide more
info to our riders but then the politics started because
as you can imagine, the organizers were not very happy
with what had happened, today being the one hundred year
celebration of the Giro.
"We
stayed out of the politics and did what we should do,
protect Carlos by having him in the best position so he
was not in trouble. That is what we did, no more, no less.
So actually, we did not have much to do with the whole
situation. I think that in the last three laps they started
racing like hell again. Carlos stayed in the group with
di Luca and all the favourites and nobody got hurt."
LA
LOTTA ALLA POVERTA’ PASSA PER MILANO CON IL “GIRO
D’ITALIA”
CONTINUA
LA CAMPAGNA “PRESS THE 8” per il G8
Il
Giro d’Italia sostiene “Press the 8”, la
campagna della Coalizione Italiana contro la Povertà.
Appuntamento il 17 maggio a Milano.
Milano,
17 maggio 2009 –
Il mondo del ciclismo italiano lancia un grande segnale
di sensibilità verso i poveri della Terra: il “Giro
d’Italia”, che fa oggi tappa a Milano, sostiene
ed ospita “Contro la povertà, Press the 8”,
la campagna della Coalizione italiana contro la povertà
(GCAP) che ha l’obiettivo di fare pressione sui grandi
del G8 affinché agiscano nella lotta contro la
povertà e per il raggiungimento degli Obiettivi
del Millennio.
E
con la Coalizione, approda a Milano anche il simbolo
di “Press the 8”: si tratta del «pressOTTOmetro»,
un grande pulsante che offre a chiunque di aggiungere
il proprio contributo simbolico alla lotta alla povertà
e alla campagna “Press the 8”.
Il
«pressOTTOmetro» sarà presente
all’arrivo di ogni tappa della centenaria kermesse
sportiva: coloro che vorranno partecipare potranno pressare
gli otto grandi della Terra - anche “schiacciando”
le immagini-caricatura dei grandi del mondo raffigurate
nella macchina - per chiedere loro che il prossimo luglio,
durante il G8, prendano misure concrete per sconfiggere
la povertà.
Il
pressOTTOmetro è stato ideato dall’Agenzia
Grey insieme all’intera campagna pubblicitaria “PRESS
THE 8” che accompagnerà il Giro d'Italia
e tutte le iniziative della Coalizione sino al vertice
di luglio all’Aquila.
L’iniziativa
è anche online: sul sito WWW.GCAP.IT
ognuno potrà esercitare la propria pressione virtuale
pigiando sulla foto di uno degli otto capi di stato e
di governo e far sentire la propria voce per la lotta
alla povertà. Lanciata in occasione del Civil
G8 del 4 maggio a Roma, la campagna ha avuto in quell’occasione
l’adesione del Sindaco Gianni Alemanno,il primo italiano
che ha fatto pressione.
La
Coalizione Italiana contro la Povertà raduna più
di 70 organizzazioni, associazioni, sindacati e movimenti
della società civile italiana e internazionale
– rappresentando 10 milioni di cittadini italiani
- che richiedono un impegno maggiore e più
responsabile del Governo italiano e degli otto pae
si più ricchi del mondo nella lotta globale alla
povertà, nel raggiungimento degli obiettivi
del millennio e nel garantire uno sviluppo sostenibile
basato sui diritti umani.
La
Coalizione chiede all’Italia, Presidente
di turno del G8 2009, di mettere al centro
del dibattito politico internazionale e dell’incontro
del Vertice di luglio cinque grandi filoni tematici: beni
comuni come acqua, salute e istruzione; cambiamenti climatici
e ambiente; sovranità alimentare e agricoltura;
economia globale, finanza e lavoro; governanceglobale.
Le
seguenti associazioni aderiscono alla Coalizione italiana
contro la povertà (GCAP – Global Call to Action
against Poverty):
Acli, Action Aid, Agesci, Aifo, Amici dei popoli, Amref,
ARCI-ARCS, Associazione Italiana Donne per lo Sviluppo
– AIDOS, Associazione ONE Onlus, Associazione Ong
Italiane, Associazione Ricerca e Cooperazione, Azione
per la salute globale Italia, Campagna delle Nazioni Unite
per gli Obiettivi del Millennio, Campagna Riforma Banca
Mondiale, CBM Italia, CCS, Centri per la pace Cesena e
Forlì, Cestas, Cesvi, CGIL, Cilap Eapn Italia,
CINI, Cipsi, CISL, Cisv, Cittadinanza Attiva, Civitas,
CNCA, CND, Coalizione Italiana della Campagna Globale
per l’Educazione, Coopi, Coordinamento Nazionale
Enti Locali per la Pace e i Diritti Umani, CTM Altromercato,
Dipartimento Internazionale ISCOS Pace e Legalità-CISL
Bergamo, DPI-Italia, End Water Poverty Italia, F.I.S.H,
FEDERHAND ONLUS, Fivol, Fondazione Banca Etica, Fondazione
Colombia te quiere ver, Forum del Terzo Settore, ICS,
Intervita Onlus, Ipsia, Istituo Oikos Onlus, Istituto
di Cooperazione Internazionale Progetto Sud, La Gabbianella,
Legambiente, Link 2007-Cooperazione in Rete, LVIA, Mani
Tese, Masci, Medici con l’Africa-CUAMM, Movimondo,
OIRD-CICS, Osservatorio Italiano sull’Azione Globale
contro l’AIDS, Oxfam International e Ucodep, PeaceWaves
Onlus, Progetto Mondo-MLAL, Retedonnesenzadominio, Save
the Children Italia, Sdebitarsi, Segreteria Provinciale
del Sindacato FILCA-CISL di Bergamo, Slow Food Italia,
Social Watch Italia, Tavola della Pace, Tavola della Riconciliazione
e Pace di Benevento, Telefono Azzurro, Terre des Hommes
Italia, Transnational Organisation for Development, Employment,
Social and Youth (T.O.D.E.S.Y.), UIL, Unicef Italia, Unimondo,
Vides Internazionale, Vis, Volontari nel mondo- Focsiv,
World Vision Italia Onlus, WWF Italia
BIANCHI
ESIBISCE INFINITO: LA NUOVA “SPECIALISSIMA”
DEBUTTA AL GIRO DEL CENTENARIO
Il team Barloworld durante la corsa rosa utilizzerà
anche l’ultima nata della casa di Treviglio.
16/05/2009
- Un
telaio capace di conquistare subito il grande palcoscenico
del Giro del Centenario. Si tratta di Infinito,
presentato da Bianchi dopo due anni di ricerca
e sviluppo e uno di test su strada. Il nuovo modello,
infatti, è utilizzato in questi giorni sulle strade
rosa da Robert Hunter del team Barloworld,
che lo ha scelto per le altissime prestazioni.
Gli
ingegneri di Bianchi hanno realizzato Infinito
prestando particolare attenzione all’aspetto tecnologico
e seguendo la filosofia della categoria Coast to Coast,
di cui fa parte. L’obiettivo preposto è stato
quello di realizzare un telaio performante, rigido e leggero
per ciclisti esigenti.
Grazie
all’utilizzo di fibre ad altissimo modulo Toho UM40
ed alla nanotecnologia applicata al carbonio, il nuovo
telaio raggiunge elevati livelli di performance in termini
di rigidità/peso. Su questo modello è stata
implementata anche la tecnologia attiva BAT che garantisce
un bilanciamento tra la rigidità torsionale, a
cui è soggetto il telaio durante la pedalata, e
l’assorbimento delle vibrazioni in verticale del
carro. Inoltre la tecnologia K-VID utilizzata, grazie
a gli inserti in Kevlar che assorbono le vibrazioni, aiuta
a ridurre l’affaticamento del corridore ed a migliorare
l’aderenza sulla strada. Il telaio nel suo complesso
ha un peso di 1,080 chilogrammi.
Per
questo modello è stata studiata anche una nuova
forcella full carbon con foderi “semi diritti”,
per migliorarne la reattività, che pesa soltanto
365 grammi.
La
nuova bicicletta Infinito potrà essere scoperta
domenica 17 maggio presso lo stand Bianchi alla Granfondo
Felice Gimondi.
