Stage 6: McEwen, Petacchi, and Bettini (again)
Has anyone mentioned that it really sucks to be Alessandro Petacchi right now? What were the odds that he’d be winless after a week of cycling? What were the odds he’d be 7th in points, trailing McEwen by 43. Every single day there has been something to derail him. In stage 6 his whole team crashed 3 km from the finish. One moment he’s being escorted by his team to the stage win, the next moment he’s on the pavement. Instead of finishing 1st, he gets 118th. Doh!
The big winner of the day is McEwen, who collects his second stage win and now has a firm grip on the points competition. Just look at the standings
1 MCEWEN Robbie AUS DVL 77
2 BETTINI Paolo ITA QST 71
3 DI LUCA Danilo ITA LIQ 69
4 CUNEGO Damiano ITA LAM 42
5 MAZZANTI Luca ITA PAN 40
6 CELESTINO Mirko ITA DOM 34
7 PETACCHI Alessandro ITA FAS 34
8 GALVEZ LOPEZ Isaac ESP IBA 34
9 GARZELLI Stefano ITA LIQ 30
The showdown between Petacchi & McEwen is a joke. And take a look at Bettini. It’s like the whole week has been a Paolo Bettini highlight film. Today he scooped up a 6 second time bonus at the intergiro, and that vaulted him over Danilo DiLuca by 3 seconds. Bettini wears pink again.
The big winner of the day is McEwen, who collects his second stage win and now has a firm grip on the points competition. Just look at the standings
1 MCEWEN Robbie AUS DVL 77
2 BETTINI Paolo ITA QST 71
3 DI LUCA Danilo ITA LIQ 69
4 CUNEGO Damiano ITA LAM 42
5 MAZZANTI Luca ITA PAN 40
6 CELESTINO Mirko ITA DOM 34
7 PETACCHI Alessandro ITA FAS 34
8 GALVEZ LOPEZ Isaac ESP IBA 34
9 GARZELLI Stefano ITA LIQ 30
The showdown between Petacchi & McEwen is a joke. And take a look at Bettini. It’s like the whole week has been a Paolo Bettini highlight film. Today he scooped up a 6 second time bonus at the intergiro, and that vaulted him over Danilo DiLuca by 3 seconds. Bettini wears pink again.
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