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40th Tirreno-Adriatico - PT
Italy, March 9-15, 2005
Photography
Stage 1 - Wednesday, March 9: Civitavecchia - Civitavecchia, 160
km
Stage 2 - Thursday, March 10: Civitavecchia - Tivoli, 181 km
Stage 3 - Friday, March 11: Tivoli - Torricella, 228 km
Stage 4 - Saturday, March 12: Teramo - Servigliano, 160 km
Stage 5 - Sunday, March 13: Saltara - Saltara, 170.4 km
Stage 6 - Monday, March 14: Civitanova Marche - Civitanova Marche,
164 km
Stage 7 - Tuesday, March 15: San Benedetto Del Tronto, 164 km
Stage 7 - Tuesday, March 15: San Benedetto Del Tronto, 164 km
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- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) and up and coming sprinter Paride Grillo (Panaria)
- Emanuele Sella (Panaria) and Ivan Basso (CSC)
- Danilo di Luca (Liquigas) and Paolo Bettini at the sign in
- Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi) and Alessandro Petacchi pose together
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) is da man again
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) beats Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi) to win the final stage, his third in this year's Tirreno-Adriatico
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) on the podium: three stages and second overall ain't bad
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) smiles on the podium as the overall winner
- The overall podium: Alessandro Petacchi (2nd), Oscar Freire (1st) and Danilo Hondo (3rd)
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) in the ProTour leader's jersey
- Francesco Moser with Freire in the ProTour jersey
Stage 6 - Monday, March 14: Civitanova Marche - Civitanova Marche, 164 km
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- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) looking better and better
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) behind his teammate Alex Kolobnev
- Rabobank protecting Freire for another day
- Liquigas-Bianchi setting tempo for Cipo
- The Liquigas train not quite focused
- Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi) gritting his teeth a little
- Ivan Basso (CSC) getting in some race kilometres
- Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) is starting his season in Italy
- Andreas Kloden and Steffen Wesemann (T-Mobile) smiling in the sun
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) salutes as he crosses the line
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) just beat Freire
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) cools off
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) towels down after the stage
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) is good at this
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) gets a couple of big kisses
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) is now very close to the overall win
Stage 5 - Sunday, March 13: Saltara - Saltara, 170.4 km
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- Brad McGee and Mark Renshaw (FDJ) at the start
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) on the start line
- Marco Pinotti (Saunier Duval) does a turn
- Freire and McEwen not enjoying the wet
- Freire and Boogerd are two of Rabobank's key men
- Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi) with Di Luca and Petacchi close by
- Liquigas-Bianchi setting tempo
- Knaven and Padrnos power the break
- Panaria setting tempo
- Danilo di Luca (Liquigas) leads a breakaway group
- Danilo di Luca (Liquigas) on the attack
- Marco Pinotti (Saunier Duval) on the attack
- Servais Knaven (Quick.Step) solo to victory
- Servais Knaven (Quick.Step) wins a soggy fifth stage in Saltara
- Servais Knaven (Quick.Step) is congratulated by his soigneur
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) grabs some water after the finish
- Servais Knaven (Quick.Step) salutes from the podium
- Servais Knaven (Quick.Step) enjoying his time on the podium
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) king for another day
Stage 4 - Saturday, March 12: Teramo - Servigliano, 160 km
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- Petacchi, Grillo and Cipollini, three of the top sprinters here
- Cipollini sits next to Bettini
- Beware of avalanches
- Snow!
- Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi) leads the peloton on a snow lined climb
- Descending on dry roads, with snow all around
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) rides with Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner)
- Filippo Pozzato (Quick.Step) in action
- The peloton framed by snow
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) working again for Freire
- Pietro Caucchioli (CA) attacks the peloton, as Paolo Bettini gets ready to bridge
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) driving the two man break
- Pietro Caucchioli (CA) and Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) on the attack
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) checks back to see how Caucchioli is doing
- Di Luca and Caruso on one of the climbs
- Danilo di Luca (Liquigas) working hard with Caruso and Tiralongo near the end
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) beats Hondo and Guidi to win stage 4
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) wins his third stage in a row!
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) salutes from the podium
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) gets his third podium kiss
Stage 3 - Friday, March 11: Tivoli - Torricella, 228 km
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- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) in a good mood as he stretches
- A Phonak rider gets attention to his cleat
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) well rugged up
- The peloton tackles the climb of Torrita
- The peloton on the snow lined climb of Torrita
- It was sunny but the snow was not far away
- Joseba Beloki (Liberty Seguros) looking for form
- Danilo di Luca (Liquigas) early in the stage
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) on the climb
- Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi) keeping warm
- Filippo Simeoni (Naturino) was one of the first attackers
- Rabobank did a lot of work
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) spent a calm day in the leader's jersey
- Freire and Petacchi close to each other
- The Fassa train working hard
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) with a gigantic trophy
- Pietro Caucchioli (CA) leads Vasseur in a breakaway
- Leif Hoste (Discovery) powering on the front of the break
- Cristian Moreni (Quick.Step) rolls across the line
- Michael Boogerd protecting teammate Freire
- The peloton starts to thin out
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) beats Brochard and Hondo
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) wins another stage
- Danilo di Luca (Liquigas) all sweaty again
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) smiles on the podium
Stage 2 - Thursday, March 10: Civitavecchia - Tivoli, 181 km
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- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) wonders what the day will bring
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) with his teammates Matteo Tosatto (L) and Marco Velo (C)
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) worried or focused?
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) cool, calm and collected
- Baden Cooke (Francaise des Jeux) signs on
- The Liberty gang: Giampaolo Caruso, Joseba Beloki and Michele Scarponi
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) looking chirpy
- Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi) signing autographs
- Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi) smiling today
- Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi) ready for action
- Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi) lets out a yawn, or is that a roar?
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) had plenty to spare
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) wins the second stage
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) celebrates his win
- A kiss for Freire
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) smiles on the podium
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) now in the leader's jersey
- Danilo di Luca (Liquigas) post stage
Stage 1 - Wednesday, March 9: Civitavecchia - Civitavecchia, 160 km
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- The three man break led by Jose Luis Carrasco (Illes Balears)
- Danilo di Luca (Liquigas) looking comfy
- Steffen Wesemann (T-Mobile) flexes
- Giampaolo Caruso (Liberty) leading the breakaway
- Luca Ascani (Naturino) drives the break
- Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi) struggled to rejoin the peloton
- Joseba Beloki (Liberty Seguros) lost four minutes today
- Karsten Kroon (Rabobank) is the mountains leader
- Francaise des Jeux driving the peloton
- The breakaway getting caught by the bunch
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) had all the time in the world
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) celebrates his win
- Who's da man?!? I'm da man!!
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) smiles on the podium
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) in the leader's jersey
