Oct 7, 2006
Rebellin Take Emilia
The Italian Fall season is in full swing this weekend as the Giro Dell Emilia and the are warm up races for the “Race of the Falling Leaves” next week.
Davide Rebelling and Danilo DiLuca still have great form and helped to push the pace to form the winning move. Giuseppe DiGrande riding for the small Miche team came in third.
Paolo Bettini raced with a heavy heart as he is mourning the loss of his brother Sauro. Il Grillo decided to race and finish out the seasont o honor his brother. Forget the curse talk, this is a more serious tragedy than any other World Champ has had to endure. Sure guys like Luc Lablanc saw their teams crumble around them, Igor Astarloa couldn’t quite get back to his breakout form, but a death of a family member is harder than not getting a win for a while.
(pic stolen from cyclingnews.com)
Bettini’s choice of clothing did not reflect his somber mood. Paolo broke out a pair of shiny gold shorts that definaltey top the shiny gold shoes worn for the past two seasons.
1. Davide REBELLIN (Gerolsteiner)
km 196,6 in 4.55’15″, media 39,953;
2. Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas);
3. Giuseppe Di Grande (Miche) a 2″;
4. Santo Anzà (Selle Italia) a 10″;
5. Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval) a 15″;
6. Simone Masciarelli (Acqua&Sapone) a 21″;
7. Ruggero Marzoli (Lampre);
8. Oliver Zaugg (Saunier Duval);
9. Luca Mazzanti (Panaria Navigare) a 30″;
10. Kanstantin Siutsou (Acqua&Sapone).