Giro d'Italia (2018) Photos; Stage 9: Pesco Sannita → Gran Sasso, 225 km |
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Someone's tribute to Marco Pantani and Michele Scarponi at the start in Pesco Sannita | share this photo |
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Happy Mother's Day | share this photo |
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Esteban CHAVES (COL/MITCHELTON - SCOTT) arrives for Stage 9. By the end of the day he was 2nd overall | share this photo |
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Esteban CHAVES (COL/MITCHELTON - SCOTT) signing-in | share this photo |
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Race leader, Simon YATES (GBR/MITCHELTON - SCOTT) | share this photo |
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Start scene in Pesco Sannita for Stage 9 | share this photo |
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Stage 9 rollout from Pesco Sannita | share this photo |
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The early Stage 9 break | share this photo |
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At the front of the break, Cesare Benedetti (ITA - Bora - Hansgrohe), Maxim BELKOV (Rusland / Team Katusha - Alpecin) and Simone Andreetta (ITA - Bardiani - CSF) | share this photo |
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Heading to the Apennine Mountains | share this photo |
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The final kms to Gran Sasso, Domenico POZZOVIVO (ITA/BAHRAIN - MERIDA) attacks | share this photo |
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Four riders, all GC contenders at the front of the race in the final km | share this photo |
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Simon YATES (GBR/MITCHELTON - SCOTT) launches the winning attack with 100m to go | share this photo |
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Simon YATES (GBR/MITCHELTON - SCOTT) digging for the line | share this photo |
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Simon YATES (GBR/MITCHELTON - SCOTT) wins Stage 9 in 5:54:13 ahead of 2nd Thibaut PINOT (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ), 3rd Esteban CHAVES (COL/MITCHELTON - SCOTT), 4th Domenico POZZOVIVO (ITA/BAHRAIN - MERIDA) + 4s and 5th Richard CARAPAZ (ECU/MOVISTAR) | share this photo |
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6th Davide FORMOLO (ITA/BORA - HANSGROHE) + 10s and 7th George BENNETT (NZL/LOTTO NL - JUMBO) + 12s and 9th Miguel Angel LOPEZ (COL/ASTANA) | share this photo |
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The gruppetto and Gran Sasso scenery | share this photo |
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Your Stage 9 winner, Simon YATES (GBR/MITCHELTON - SCOTT) extends his overall race lead | share this photo |
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Simon YATES (GBR/MITCHELTON - SCOTT) now lead the race by 32s | share this photo |
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“I was not surprised by my performance today. I already felt on the Etna that I I had very good legs, but today was very a difficult stage, a very long one, so I was not 100% confident in doing well in the finale. I’ve seen [Domenico] Pozzovivo, who was incredibly strong; Thibaut Pinot was there again, looking good; and Tom [Dumoulin] is still there. We haven’t got so much time on him; 38 seconds of an advantage on him isn’t enough before the time trial. On the other hand, some guys lost time – Chris Froome, maybe it was from the crashes, maybe he’s got no form, I don’t know. I was surprised to see Fabio Aru being dropped, but it’s a long race. Maybe they can bounce back.” | share this photo |
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The team award also goes to MITCHELTON - SCOTT | share this photo |
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Getting ready for the cable car ride back to the bottom... | share this photo |
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The stage and overall winner went down the mountain just like everyone else... a long wait before taking crowded cable-car | share this photo |
Giro d'Italia (2018) Photos; Stage 9: Pesco Sannita → Gran Sasso, 225 km |
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