Stage III & Stage IV
Stage III
May 8, 2006
Germany's Stefan Schumacher won a rainy third stage of the Giro d'Italia on Monday and took the overall lead from defending champion Paolo Savoldelli in one of the top races in European cycling.
Schumacher completed the 127 miles from Perwez to Nemur in 5 hours, 14 minutes, 41 seconds. Rubiera, the Spanish teammate of Savoldelli with Discovery Channel, was two seconds behind. Italians Rebellin and Bettini were six seconds back.
Italy's Alessandro Petacchi will decide on Tuesday if he can continue in the Giro d'Italia after injuring his left knee in a crash.
The sprinter tangled with another rider 50 km from the finish of Monday's stage and finished 14 minutes behind winner Stefan Schumacher. Petacchi was quickly back on his bike after the crash but then stopped for treatment from the race doctor. Pedalling with only his right leg, he was escorted to the line by his Milram team mates.
Later, Petacchi conceded he will not be fit enough to compete in July's Tour de France.
"Even If I recover from surgery, I will never have time to get fit," Petacchi told French sports daily L'Equipe on Tuesday of his prospects of lining up for the first stage of the Tour de France on July 1.
Considered one of the sport's strongest sprinters with 19 Giro stage victories in the last three years, Petacchi's injury is the worst of his 11-year career.
*** Official result ***
May 8 - Team classification from the ProTour Giro
d'Italia after Stage 3 (Perwez - Namur, 202 km) on Monday
1. Discovery Channel 30:43:42"
2. Gerolsteiner +15"
3. Caisse d'Epargne +20"
4. T-Mobile +31"
5. Team CSC +38"
6. Lampre +46"
7. Liquigas +50"
8. Francaise des Jeux +52"
9. Quick-Step +1:02"
10. Phonak +1:05"
Stage IV
May 9, 2006
Robbie McEwen prevailed in a group sprint Tuesday to win the fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia - his second victory in three days.
McEwen, who collected his 10th Giro stage victory overall, covered the 119.6-mile distance from Wanze to Hotton, near Liege, in 4 hours, 38 minutes and 51 seconds.
Germany's Stefan Schumacher finished in the same time and retained the overall leader's pink jersey, 13 seconds ahead of defending champion Paolo Savoldelli.
Tuesday's stage was the last in Belgium. On Thursday, after a rest day, cyclists will ride from Piacenza to Cremona in Italy for a 22.3-mile time test.
*** Official result. Appends ranks 11-30. ***
May 9 (Infostrada Sports) - General classification from the ProTour Giro
d'Italia after Stage 4 (Wanze - Hotton, 193 km) on Tuesday
1. Stefan Schumacher (Germany / Gerolsteiner) 14:52:55"
2. Paolo Savoldelli (Italy / Discovery Channel) +13"
3. Davide Rebellin (Italy / Gerolsteiner) +23"
4. Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spain / Caisse d'Epargne) +29"
5. Jose Luis Rubiera (Spain / Discovery Channel) +31"
6. Sergei Gontchar (Ukraine / T-Mobile)
7. Bradley McGee (Australia / Francaise des Jeux)
8. Francisco Perez (Spain / Caisse d'Epargne) +32"
9. Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spain / Phonak) +33"
10. Paolo Bettini (Italy / Quick-Step) +35"
May 8, 2006
Germany's Stefan Schumacher won a rainy third stage of the Giro d'Italia on Monday and took the overall lead from defending champion Paolo Savoldelli in one of the top races in European cycling.
Schumacher completed the 127 miles from Perwez to Nemur in 5 hours, 14 minutes, 41 seconds. Rubiera, the Spanish teammate of Savoldelli with Discovery Channel, was two seconds behind. Italians Rebellin and Bettini were six seconds back.
Italy's Alessandro Petacchi will decide on Tuesday if he can continue in the Giro d'Italia after injuring his left knee in a crash.
The sprinter tangled with another rider 50 km from the finish of Monday's stage and finished 14 minutes behind winner Stefan Schumacher. Petacchi was quickly back on his bike after the crash but then stopped for treatment from the race doctor. Pedalling with only his right leg, he was escorted to the line by his Milram team mates.
Later, Petacchi conceded he will not be fit enough to compete in July's Tour de France.
"Even If I recover from surgery, I will never have time to get fit," Petacchi told French sports daily L'Equipe on Tuesday of his prospects of lining up for the first stage of the Tour de France on July 1.
Considered one of the sport's strongest sprinters with 19 Giro stage victories in the last three years, Petacchi's injury is the worst of his 11-year career.
*** Official result ***
May 8 - Team classification from the ProTour Giro
d'Italia after Stage 3 (Perwez - Namur, 202 km) on Monday
1. Discovery Channel 30:43:42"
2. Gerolsteiner +15"
3. Caisse d'Epargne +20"
4. T-Mobile +31"
5. Team CSC +38"
6. Lampre +46"
7. Liquigas +50"
8. Francaise des Jeux +52"
9. Quick-Step +1:02"
10. Phonak +1:05"
Stage IV
May 9, 2006
Robbie McEwen prevailed in a group sprint Tuesday to win the fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia - his second victory in three days.
McEwen, who collected his 10th Giro stage victory overall, covered the 119.6-mile distance from Wanze to Hotton, near Liege, in 4 hours, 38 minutes and 51 seconds.
Germany's Stefan Schumacher finished in the same time and retained the overall leader's pink jersey, 13 seconds ahead of defending champion Paolo Savoldelli.
Tuesday's stage was the last in Belgium. On Thursday, after a rest day, cyclists will ride from Piacenza to Cremona in Italy for a 22.3-mile time test.
*** Official result. Appends ranks 11-30. ***
May 9 (Infostrada Sports) - General classification from the ProTour Giro
d'Italia after Stage 4 (Wanze - Hotton, 193 km) on Tuesday
1. Stefan Schumacher (Germany / Gerolsteiner) 14:52:55"
2. Paolo Savoldelli (Italy / Discovery Channel) +13"
3. Davide Rebellin (Italy / Gerolsteiner) +23"
4. Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spain / Caisse d'Epargne) +29"
5. Jose Luis Rubiera (Spain / Discovery Channel) +31"
6. Sergei Gontchar (Ukraine / T-Mobile)
7. Bradley McGee (Australia / Francaise des Jeux)
8. Francisco Perez (Spain / Caisse d'Epargne) +32"
9. Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spain / Phonak) +33"
10. Paolo Bettini (Italy / Quick-Step) +35"
posted by Jared Thiele at
1:18 AM
3 Comments:
Yeah!!! Go Discovery Channel!!!! I really hope that Discovery Channel beats T-Mobile.
I also really hope that Pizza Hut beats Radio Shack. And that Doritos will beat Comcast! what matchups!!!
Hostess has a promising chance of upstaging Pillsbury, Frito Lays is holding a strong lead on Old Dutch, Sirus & XM are tied, and Nintendo doesn't stand a chance against Microsoft.
Don't forget that Hostess cutt "twinkie the kid" for cream doping.
They're lost without him.
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