Mar 13, 2006
Petacchi Battles in Uphill Sprint
Leonardo Bertagnolli pulled away in the final kilometer of today’s adjusted stage of Tirreno Adriatico. Originally, the stage was to finish at the mountaintop of San Giacomo instead the stage concluded with five hilly loops around Torricella Sicura. The Rabobank team controlled the stage with Flecha, Friere and Boogerd doing most of the pacing until the final kilo when Bertagnolli attacked with 800 meters to go to get the win. All that was left was to sprint for second place which surprisingly went to Alessandro Petacchi who is showing good form when the road slopes up. Riccardo Ricco took third place.
Bertagnolli is in great form at the moment after winning several races including the Tour of Haut Var.