Urbino crowns Bruseghin

Bruseghin wins the tenth stage, a 39 km time trial, 8 seconds ahead of the Spaniard Alberto Contador. The Italian from the Quick Step team holds on to the leading position in the general classification.

Marzio Bruseghin has won the tenth stage of the Giro d’Italia, a 39.4 kilometre individual time trial from Pesaro to Urbino, in which the cyclists were forced to race in the rain in some parts. The Italian from Lampre-Fondital, 33 years old, finished with a time of 56:41, and an average speed of 41.705 km/h. Second, 8 seconds behind Bruseghin, was the winner of the Tour de France 2007, the Spaniard Alberto Contador (Astana). Third, 20 seconds behind, was today’s favourite to win, the German Andreas Kloden (Astana). Fourth was Marco Pinotti (High Road), the speciality Italian champion: he finished 36 seconds behind Bruseghin.
THE OTHER STARS – Fifth place for Paolo Savoldelli (LPR), 44 seconds behind. On the final slope, the ”Falcon” had a technical problem (his chain was caught in the pedal) and had to change bikes, losing some time. Menchov finished 6th, 46 seconds behind, but 8 seconds ahead of Nibali, who, in any case, made a good effort, better than his team-mate Pellizotti. Gilberto Simoni had an excellent time trial: a time of 57:43, just 1 second worse than the American Leipheimer. Danilo Di Luca’s performance was disappointing: a time of 58:52, 2:03 behind Contador and 7 seconds worse than Riccardo Riccò, who lost at least 15-20 seconds due to a fall 18 km from the start.
THE NEW CLASSIFICATION – Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step) held on to the pink jersey, gaining significantly on the German Russ (Gerolsteiner), who this morning was 34 seconds behind Visconti, and riding, on the whole, an excellent race. The Sicilian stopped the clock at 57:46, the 12th overall time. The new classification is as follows: Visconti has 3:31 on Russ, 5:50 on Bosisio, 6:59 on Contador, and 7:52 on Bruseghin. Kloden is sixth at 7:54, Nibali seventh at 8:04, Savoldelli eighth at 8:09. Riccò is ninth at 8:32, and Di Luca tenth at 8:33
MOVING AHEAD – Wednesday, the Giro continues with the 11th stage: Urbania-Cesena, 199 kilometres over the Apennines, practically without any flatland. There are three King of the Mountain stages: San Marino, Monte Carpegna (category one) and Sorrisoli, which is 25 kilometres from the finish line.


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