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Who? You know Guardini of Farnese Vini, you might recognize Farnese Vini as a sponsor of the Lampre team in years past. They are now title sponsors of their own team (formerly ISD) with Cipollini bikes. Andrea Guardini took a photo finish from Theo Bos(Rabobank) and Chicchi(Quickstep). It's too close to call. Anyway when the dust settled the photo was worth a win to Guardini. Renshaw was wearing the leader's golden jersey and picked up two bonus seconds in two intermediate sprints to gain and eventual 8sec advantage over Haussler in the bride's maid position.
There was a crash at the rear of the peloton in the neutral zone and they stopped the race to let everyone get back on. Boonen was part of the ones that hit tarmac, and finished a 1:30 down. Not sure if he was injured in the crash or just taking an easy day? Taking a quick scan of the GC you will see a lot of Classics contenders. Man, I can't wait for the Classics. Tour of Oman Feb 15-20.
There was a crash at the rear of the peloton in the neutral zone and they stopped the race to let everyone get back on. Boonen was part of the ones that hit tarmac, and finished a 1:30 down. Not sure if he was injured in the crash or just taking an easy day? Taking a quick scan of the GC you will see a lot of Classics contenders. Man, I can't wait for the Classics. Tour of Oman Feb 15-20.
1 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli 2:44:06
2 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team
3 Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
4 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ
5 Roger Kluge (Ger) Skil - Shimano
6 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team
7 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana
8 Russell Downing (GBr) Sky Procycling
9 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Team Garmin-Cervelo
10 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
The general classification
1 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad 15:31:04
2 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:00:08
3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Leopard Trek 0:00:17
4 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:00:26
5 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:00:38
6 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:00:39
7 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:00:42
8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad 0:01:05
9 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:01:33
10 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:01:35
Tour of Mumbai
Mumbai, that's right India. The first international road race contested in India. Elia Viviani of Liquigas out sprinted Robbie Mc who was on a borrowed bike from RadioShack teammate Michal Kwiatkowski. McEwen punctured on the final lap and had to settle for a teammates bike "it was the fastest solution" rather than go for a wheel swap.
1 Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 4:12:27
2 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Team RadioShack
3 Tyler Day (RSA) Team Bonitas
4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Team RadioShack
5 Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Endura Racing
6 Hossein Nateghi (IRI)
7 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Champion System
8 Malcolm Lange (RSA) Team Bonitas
9 Johann Rabie (RSA) Team Bonitas
10 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
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