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STAGE 3 recap
(Med Mts) MON. MAY 6
222k Sorrento --> Marina Di Ascea
overcast, dry
(Med Mts) MON. MAY 6
222k Sorrento --> Marina Di Ascea
overcast, dry
About 10km into stage: Break (7): Bellemakers
(LTB) [debut tour], J. Rodriguez (AND), Wauters (VCD), Pantano
(COL) [ex-track rider, debut tour], Boaro (TST), and Taborre (VIN),
De Backer (ARG);
Report of wet roads toward the end;
1st INT Sprint: 1.Taborre;
-145k lead = -6:34
clouds parting on latter half of course, roads starting to
dry; still dry where cyclists are now;
~ -115k: slow-speed CRASH Tiralongo in
feed zone, changes bike and rejoins;
De Backer takes 2nd INT Sprint;
Onto 1st climb--San Mauro Cilento [Colli di San Pietro,
25m-551m] (cat.
2):
*De Backer dropped from lead group;
-73k break has - 4:42 to Peloton;
Sprinters (Cav…) off the back of the Pel by
about 2:00 now;
-70.4k Attack Pantano, Rodriguez, Boaro
follows, others get back on, Boaro repeated accellerations, but Wauters pips
him at the summit, Taborre 3rd; Ldrs split on descent, rejoin halfway down;
Peloton summit 1st climb (-68k) at +3:42
-58k: Paolini (KAT) and Colbrelli? (COL) off
the front of the Pel. on descent; eventually pulled back;
~ -53k:* Taborre jumps off the front and goes alone; Long way to go…
-47k CRASH Diego Rosa, bike chg;
Taborre drilling it out front along the Amalfi
Coast;
46k CRASH: Colbrelli, by a concrete road
barrier;
-42 k: Taborre has 1:00 on chasers, and 3:40 to
Peloton;
-36k: Taborre out front alone has 1:05 on 5-man
chase grp, and 3:00 on Peloton;
-35k: *ONTO
early part of long final double-climb to Sella Di Catona (cat. 3) (12m->
335m, then 2.5k down to 285m, and up to 587m in about 6.7 k;
OPQ join Sky and KAT at front of Pel;
-30k Taborre suffering up front a little; (G2
+1:10, Pel +1:35);
AST drive for a bit at front of Pel;
GRS doing some strong pace-work… putting the
hurt on, causing splits; Nibali, Scarponi, follow closely;
Out front, Taborre slowing;
Navardauskas veers off into
ditch trying to avoid a moto on a curve, dropped by chase 3;
-27k: Attack NIBALI; creates elite 8-man
chase group (w/ Scarponi, Hesjedal, Wiggins...);
Herrada off the back;
-26k: *Attack HESJEDAL, he catches and
passes Taborre;
Hesjedal new leader on the road;
Santambrogio and Evans
join elite chase group (now about 19 or 20-strong), all pacing themselves
together, letting Hesjedal go…
-23.6k: Chasers pick up Hesjedal;
Also present in lead group: Gesink, Uran,
Morabito, Kruijswijk,
-22K: Lead group swells as others catch on, at
least 30 or 35 strong now;
-20 k: Visconti, riding in the blue climber's jersey, is allowed to take Mt points; Followed by Aru and Agnoli;
-17.3k: Agnoli attacks on begginning of
descent, followed by Hesjedal, then Paolini... RH to the front;
-15.5k: Santaromita (?) (BMC) and Santambrogio
catching on to 3 leaders, other chasers closing in, stretched out over the
technical descending switchbacks;
Scarponi closing in;
-12.3k Betancur (ALM) off the road, remounts…
Siutsou and Machado seen riding together
somewhere behind;
-10k: Hesjedal, Agnoli and Paolini still
leading a strung-out group down the through the hairpins into town;
Over a little rise before final descent and
Agnoli takes over for RH; lead group is about 19 or 20-strong;
-8.6k Kangert
off his bike grabbing his thigh;
-7k descent to finish:
*-6.7k: PAOLINI big attack up front, goes alone, quickly gets :06;
More casualties off the side of the road...
-4k Paolini putting on a desct. clinic;
*Big crash on front of chase: Kruijswijk and Gesink (BLA), Millar, Scarponi front wheels slipped out from under on a hairpin; Stortoni gives MS his bike;
Paolini still pounding away out front;
RH and VN flying behind with group of about 15;
Paolini had it from the moment he attacked. He
points to his Aero helmet, suggesting the decision to wear it must have aided
his success. Or is he pointing to head and heart?
RESULTS:
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| Stage 3 winner, Luca Paolini winning hearts and minds |
1. PAOLINI (KAT) 5.43.50
2. EVANS +:16 (Same Time for rest of
top 17)
3. HESJEDAL
4. SANTAMBROGIO
5. SANCHEZ
6. CARUSO
7. WEENING
8. WIGGINS
9. INTXAUSTI
10. GESINK
11. KISERLOVSKI
12. DANIELSON
13. SANTAROMITA
14. URAN
15. AGNOLI
16. TROFIMOV
17 NIBALI
18. HENAO + :36
19. BATTAGLIN (BAR) + :49
20. VISCONTI (MOV) + :50
11 other
riders tied at :50 (20th to 31st) = ARU, MORABITO, VALLS
FERRI, SARMIENTO, GOLAS, AZANZA, BETANCUR, POZZOVIVO, MAJKA, KRUIJSWIJK, and
PELLIZOTTI
32. and
33. Niemiec and Sarponi (LAM) + 1:00
34. Rosa
1:37
35-man
peloton came in at +1:52
General Classification after Stage 3 1 PAOLINI, Luca (KATUSHA) 9:04:32 2 WIGGINS, Bradley (SKY PROCYCLING) + 17 3 URAN URAN, Rigoberto (SKY PROCYCLING) 4 INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA, Benat (MOVISTAR TEAM) + 26 5 NIBALI, Vincenzo (ASTANA PRO TEAM) + 31 6 AGNOLI, Valerio (ASTANA PRO TEAM) 7 HESJEDAL, Ryder (GARMIN SHARP) + 34 8 CARUSO, Giampaolo (KATUSHA) + 36 9 TROFIMOV, Yury (KATUSHA) 10 HENAO MONTOYA, Sergio Luis (SKY PROCYCLING) + 37 11 SANTAMBROGIO, Mauro (VINI FANTINI - SELLE ITALIA) + 39 12 EVANS, Cadel (BMC RACING) + 42 13 DANIELSON, Thomas (GARMIN SHARP) 14 WEENING, Pieter (ORICA GREENEDGE) + 45 15 GESINK, Robert (BLANCO PRO CYCLING) 16 SANTAROMITA, Ivan (BMC RACING) + 54 17 VISCONTI, Giovanni (MOVISTAR TEAM) + 1:00 18 KISERLOVSKI, Robert (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) 19 ARU, Fabio (ASTANA PRO TEAM) + 1:05 20 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel (EUSKALTEL EUSKADI) + 1:18
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