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Giro d'Italia, Italy, GT

Date range:
May 8-30 2010
  • Giro d'Italia, Italy, GT
  • Stages. Expand the race menu

    • Stage 1

      Distance:
      8.4km
      Start location:
      Amsterdam
      End location:
      Amsterdam (ITT)

    • Stage 2

      Distance:
      210km
      Start location:
      Amsterdam
      End location:
      Utrecht

    • Stage 3

      Distance:
      224km
      Start location:
      Amsterdam
      End location:
      Middelburg

    • Rest day

      Location
      Savigliano

    • Stage 4

      Distance:
      33km
      Start location:
      Savigliano
      End location:
      Cuneo (TTT)

    • Stage 5

      Distance:
      162km
      Start location:
      Novara
      End location:
      Novi Ligure

    • Stage 6

      Distance:
      172km
      Start location:
      Fidenza
      End location:
      Marina di Carrara

    • Stage 7

      Distance:
      222km
      Start location:
      Carrara
      End location:
      Montalcino

    • Stage 8

      Distance:
      189km
      Start location:
      Chianciano
      End location:
      Monte Terminillo

    • Stage 9

      Distance:
      187km
      Start location:
      Frosinone
      End location:
      Cava de' Tirreni

    • Stage 10

      Distance:
      230km
      Start location:
      Avellino
      End location:
      Bitonto

    • Stage 11

      Distance:
      262km
      Start location:
      Lucera
      End location:
      L'Aquila

    • Stage 12

      Distance:
      206km
      Start location:
      Città Sant'Angelo
      End location:
      Porto Recanti

    • Stage 13

      Distance:
      223km
      Start location:
      Porto Recanti
      End location:
      Cesenatico

    • Stage 14

      Distance:
      205km
      Start location:
      Ferrara
      End location:
      Asolo (Monte Grappa)

    • Stage 15

      Distance:
      222km
      Start location:
      Mestre
      End location:
      Zoncolan

    • Rest day

      Location
      Friuli

    • Stage 16

      Distance:
      12.9km
      Start location:
      San Vigilio di Marebbe
      End location:
      Plan de Corones (TT)

    • Stage 17

      Distance:
      173km
      Start location:
      Brunico
      End location:
      Pejo Terme

    • Stage 18

      Distance:
      156km
      Start location:
      Levico Terme
      End location:
      Brescia

    • Stage 19

      Distance:
      195km
      Start location:
      Brescia
      End location:
      Aprica

    • Stage 20

      Distance:
      178km
      Start location:
      Bormio
      End location:
      Passa del Tonale

    • Stage 21

      Distance:
      15km
      Start location:
      Verona
      End location:
      Verona (ITT)
  • Race history

May 19, Stage 11: Lucera - L'Aquila 262km

Petrov powers to victory in L'Aquila

By:
Cycling News
Published:
May 19, 15:06,
Updated:
May 19, 16:03

Massive breakaway puts Porte into maglia rosa

Michael Barry (Team Sky)

Michael Barry (Team Sky)

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Team Katusha's Evgeni Petrov won an extraordinary 11th stage of the Giro d’Italia from Lucera to L'Aquila in which the general classification was turned on its head with Richie Porte (Saxo Bank) taking over from Alexandre Vinokourov (Katusha).

Petrov took the stage win with a daring attack in the final kilometre but the major talking point came after 20 kilometres when 56 riders escaped off the front of the peloton and built up a lead of over 17 minutes.

The group contained Porte, Bradley Wiggins (Sky), Carlos Sastre (Cervelo) and Linus Gerdemann (Team Milram) amongst others and with Sky, Caisse d'Epargne, Saxo Bank and Cervelo driving at the front. Astana and Liquigas were unable to reduce the enough to keep the status quo in the overall.

With eight kilometres to go the leaders began to attack each other with David Millar the first to try his luck. He was quickly dragged back with Jérôme Pineau (Quick Step) the next to catapult himself off the front. The stage five winner’s lead wasn't more than a hundred meters before he was swamped up before Sastre and Gerdemann both played their cards.

Under the kilometre banner the German had a small lead but he was caught and passed by Petrov who timed his move perfectly and hung on to take the stage on a tough uphill finish.

More to come.

Brief Results
1 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 6:28:29  
2 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 0:00:05  
3 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team    
4 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:00:07  
5 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale    
6 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Milram    
7 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Quick Step    
8 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne    

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