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Liquigas-Doimo spettacolare
al Giro d’Italia. Nibali si gode il primo giorno
in rosa
13/05/2010
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Con una prestazione impeccabile la Liquigas-Doimo
ha dettato legge al Giro d’Italia.
La formazione guidata dai diesse Zanatta e
Mariuzzo ha conquistato ieri la cronometro
a squadre, valida come quarta tappa che da Savigliano
a portato a Cuneo, con il tempo di 36’37: 13’’
meglio del Team Sky e 21’’ dalla Htc-Columbia,
seconde e terze classificate. A rendere ancora più
dolce la giornata è stata la conquista della
maglia rosa da parte di Vincenzo Nibali e la
maglia bianca da parte di Valerio Agnoli.
«Abbiamo
disputato una prova da manuale – spiega
Zanatta – nella 
quale
tutti gli atleti hanno svolto il loro compito in maniera
perfetta. Sapevamo di poter
ottenere un risultato importante e l’obiettivo
era guadagnare secondi importanti sui diretti avversari
in classifica generale. Quando abbiamo visto che,
nella seconda parte della prova, potevamo aspirare
a qualcosa meglio, ho spronato i ragazzi a spingere
ancora di più. Ne è uscito un piccolo
capolavoro sportivo».
Per
Vincenzo Nibali il “day after” è
stato vissuto con particolare emozione. «E’
stata la realizzazione di un sogno. La maglia rosa
la vedevo in tv da bambino: vestirla ora è
una gioia immensa. Questo non cambierà il mio
modo di correre, ovviamente. Come ho sempre professato,
continuerò a vivere il Giro d’Italia
giorno dopo giorno cercando di ottenere il meglio»
Today
was the fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia between
Savigliano and Cuneo. The Astana team arrives in 6th
position of this stage, 38 seconds Liguigas team,
came in first position
Alexander
Vinokourov said "That’s
fine, the team rode well, we 
started
under bad conditions, so at the beginning we lost
time because of rain then everything went well until
the last km where we had difficulties with the last
rider, and we lost around 10-15 seconds.
Whatever
happens, this result is already good for the future,
then, we will see, the mountain stages are starting
on Sunday and I'm glad we could run a day with the
pink jersey.
I think it's important for Liquigas to keep
the jersey before the mountain stages.
The
important point for us is also taking time today on
Garzelli, Saastre, Evans and
Scarponi. "
Giro
d’Italia Lampre-Farnese Vini 13^ nella cronosquadre
“Non
avevamo il potenziale per ambire alle prime posizioni,
puntavamo a
un posto tra le prime dieci squadre: purtroppo una
flessione a metà percorso, complici anche le
difficili condizioni climatiche, ci ha costretto a
uscire dalla top ten e a classificarci al 13°
posto”: questo il commento del ds
Fabrizio Bontempi sulla prova della Lampre-Farnese
Vini nella 4^ tappa del Giro d’Italia,
la cronosquadre di 33 km da Savigliano a Cuneo.
La
squadra blu-fucsia ha fatto registrare il tempo di
38’20”, a 1’43” dalla prestazione
della squadra vincitrice, la Liquigas-Doimo.
In classifica generale, il miglior blu-fucsia è
Danilo Hondo, 30° a 2’06” dalla
nuova maglia rosa Nibali, mentre Cunego
occupa la 44^ posizione a 3’45”.
“We
could not aim to be in the top position, but we aimed
to be
in the top ten teams: unluckily a decrease of the
performance in the middle part of the race, also caused
by the bad weather, made us obtain the 13th place”:
this is the comment by Sport director Fabrizio Bontempi
about the performance by Lampre-Farnese Vini in the
4th stage of Giro d’Italia, team time trial of
33 km from Savigliano to Cuneo.
Blue-fucsia
team recorded the time of 38’20”, at 1’43”
to the winning team Liquigas-Doimo.
In the overall standing, Danilo Hondo is the best
blue-fucsia cyclist, 30th at 2’06” to the
new pink jersey Nibali, while Cunego is 44th at 3’45”.
Strong
TTT performance from TestTeam at Giro
Cervélo
TestTeam posted an excellent performance in Wednesday's
team time trial at the Giro d'Italia, stopping
the clock in 37 minutes, 15 seconds, good enough to
tie for fifth place on the stage.
Liquigas won in 36:50 and put Italian Vicenzo
Nibali into the pink jersey, but Cervélo's
strong ride means that GC captain Carlos Sastre
(Esp) gains some time on some other rivals.
"The
team did a wonderful team time trial today,"
Sastre said after the stage. "The
course was a really hard one, with the straight uphill.
It was windy on the side and also at the back. The
guys showed today they were so strong, they were really
fantastic."
After
three hectic days of racing in Holland, the Giro
returned to Italian roads for the 33 km team time
trial. The course was mostly straight, but gradually
climbed more than 200 meters as it pushed south from
Savigliano to Cuneo in the Giro's fourth
stage.
"It
was a good ride, it looks like everybody is happy
now. My legs were really good today," said
Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu).
"We started normally, not too fast, not too slow.
The first part looked very easy, you take a pull on
the front, then you're on the wheel. Then the last
15km was very hard all the time. In the middle, we
also had a huge downpour of rain. The corners were
slippery, I could feel it."
In
team time trials, it's important to keep as many riders
together as long as possible. The time is taken at
the fifth man across the line, so an individual rider
is only as strong as his teammates.
Cervélo started in the middle of the
field and stopped the clock just 38 seconds slower
than Liquigas. Sastre didn't lose any
time to overnight race leader Alexander Vinokourov
(Kaz) and took more than a minute on such GC threats
as Cadel Evans (Aus), Damiano Cunego
(Ita) and Stefano Garzelli (Ita).
The
93rd Giro continues Thursday with the 162km fifth
stage from Novara to Novi Ligure, hometown
of Italian cycling legend Fausto Coppi,
who died 50 years ago.
The mostly flat route features two minor climbs midway
to the finish line, so watch for an early breakaway
and a mass sprint finale.
Team
Quick Step 16th in team time trial
After
the first rest day there was a team time trial on
schedule in the 93rd Giro d`Italia. Team Quick
Step started their race at 15.10 hours under bad
weather conditions. Hard head wind and rain tortured
our riders. The teams which started later had the
advantage the wind turned to back wind. Despite that
the team of Bramati and Verbrugghe put down a good
performance.
The
team of 9 riders stayed long together, only Mauro
Facci had to let go some kilometres before the
finish. In the final metres of the stage Matteo
Tosatto and Addy Engels also lost some
seconds, but not before the did an ultimate effort
to maintain the high speed of the team. After 38 minutes
and 51 seconds Team Quick Step`s clock stopped in
Cuneo. Our team ended in 16th place, it lost
2 minutes and 14 seconds on winner Liquigas.
Team
Sky put two difficult stages at the Giro d'Italia
firmly behind them by powering to second place on
the team time trial.
A
hailstorm battered down on the nine-man squad as they
hurtled their way along the 32.5 kilometre route from
Savigliano to Cuneo, but they were still
able to post a time of 36 minutes and 50 seconds which
was just 13 seconds adrift of Liquigas.
That result ensured the Italian team were celebrating
loudest as their victory ensured Vincenzo Nibali
took over the pink jersey from Alexandre Vinokourov,
with team-mates Ivan Basso and Valerio Agnoli
also occupying the two remaining podium positions.
The start of stage four had not run quite to plan
for Team Sky and Chris Sutton was an early
casualty after suffering a puncture within minutes
of the roll out.
At the intermediate time check though, the remaining
riders had managed to build a four-second advantage
on the earlier starters and maintained a near-perfect
shape along the sodden country roads.
In the closing stages, Mathew Hayman, Chris
Froome and Morris Possoni fell back
after pulling big shifts at the front of the group,
but Michael Barry, Greg Henderson, Steve
Cummings, Dario Cioni and Bradley
Wiggins were still together as they crossed the
finish line - momentarily taking over the lead from
Katusha.
Liquigas though, proved quickest on the day
and their time gains earned Nibali a 13-second advantage
over Basso, with Agnoli a further seven
seconds adrift.
Vinokourov's Astana team could only
manage fifth place and the Kazakh rider dropped down
to sixth in the overall stadings as a consequence
- 33 seconds behind the Nibali.
Yates
Impressed
After the stage, sports director Sean Yates felt numbers
of bodies had proved the difference on the day, but
was still hugely encouraged by the team's performance.
He said: "The guys did
the best they possibly could but there was a problem
just after the start with CJ [Sutton] and I'm not
sure how much time we lost as a result of that.
"Having nine guys in the second half of the stage
like Liquigas did makes a hell of a difference,
and for us to finish second despite losing a guy after
one kilometre is certainly no disgrace."
Although it could be argued the inclement weather
could have hampered the team's progress further, Yates
refused to lay the blame squarely on the downpour:
"We had a major hailstorm
along the way, which obviously didn't help matters,"
he added. "But
it's hard to know whether everyone else had the same
conditions as us."
The 49-year-old also singled Bradley Wiggins out
for special praise after another characteristically
bold performance:
"Bradley carried
the team as a leader should. He's at a fantastic level
as one of the world's best time triallers and his
presence made a huge difference."
di
Andrea Magnani 
di Michele Lugeri
Capo della Polizia Antonio Manganelli, al Sottosegretario
all’Interno Michelino Davico e Roberto Sgalla,
direttore generale della Polizia di Stato, si sono incontrati
con il Direttore del Giro d’Italia, Angelo Zomegnan,
per presentare ufficialmente la scorta della Polizia che accompagnerà
l’evento sportivo fino alla sua conclusione a Verona. L’incontro
è avvenuto mentre corridori, team e organizzatori si
stavano preparando al meglio per il debutto in Italia dopo i
successi di pubblico ottenuti in Olanda.
