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99th Giro di Lombardia - ProT
Italy, October 15, 2005
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Rivals Danilo Di Luca and Paolo Bettini
- When the going gets hard you can always appreciate all the serenity
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas Bianchi) on the attack!
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas Bianchi) was active early on
- Rebellin and Di Luca concentrating
- Di Luca and Rebellin close by
- The colourful peloton led by Lampre-Caffita
- The Schleck bros keeping close
- Stretching out on a descent
- The peloton weaves in and out of towns by Lake Como
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) very focused
- Bettini spies an interesting piece of flora
- Pippo Pozatto did a lot of work for Quick.Step
- Pippo Pozatto on the front of the peloton
- Hey, who turned out the lights?
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) always focused
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) in the thick of things
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) shreds the peloton on the Madonna del Ghisallo
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) with Sastre and Simoni on the Madonna del Ghisallo
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) was often in front
- Paco Mancebo (Illes Balears) riding tempo
- Paco Mancebo (Illes Balears) with Stijn Devolder and Bettini on his wheel
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) setting a high pace to drop Cunego
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) leads over the top of the Madonna del Ghisallo
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre Cafitta) comes by behind Bettini
- Frank Schleck (CSC) staying in contact
- Emanuele Sella (Panaria) tries to get the riders in front of him
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) leads the chasers over the Madonna del Ghisallo
- At the top of the Ghisallo climb Cunego was back in the chase group
- Emanuele Sella (Panaria) rides on the front of the chase group
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) in pursuit
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) rode a good race for Simoni
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) driving the chase
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre Cafitta) had an excellent day to finish second
- The leading five
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre Cafitta) making the break stick
- CSC teammates Carlos Sastre and Frank Schleck
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) on the front
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) is unbeatable from 100 metres out
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) is the man
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) celebrates his win
- The sprint for fifth is led out by Wegmann and Rebellin
- Rebellin (L) passes Wegmann just before the line for 5th
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) after the race
- Thumbs up from Bettini
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) salutes from the podium
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) salutes from the podium
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) salutes with his trophy
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) is happy with the way he finished the season
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) grins on the podium
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre Cafitta) satisfied with second
- The podium (L to R): Gilberto Simoni (2nd), Paolo Bettini (1st) and Frank Schleck (3rd)
- Smiling, happy podium: Gilberto Simoni (2nd), Paolo Bettini (1st) and Frank Schleck (3rd)
- Pat McQuaid and Vittorio Adorni flank ProTour winner Danilo Di Luca
- ProTour winner for 2005
- All hail Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas Bianchi)
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas Bianchi) and the Liquigassettes
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- The peloton passes by the shorefront of Lake Como
- Just another day alongside Lake Como
- Bettini heads the field as the Madonna del Ghisallo starts
- Bettini and Simoni powering the lead group
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) waiting for the right moment
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) puts in an attack
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) forces Simoni and Schleck to chase
- Bettini and Simoni on the Civiglio climb
- Simoni and Bettini distance Schleck on the Civiglio climb
- Frank Schleck (CSC) in pursuit of Simoni and Bettini
- Frank Schleck (CSC) had a great day to finish on the podium
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) chasing the lead group
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre Cafitta) pushing the pace
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre Cafitta) showed plenty of aggression today
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre Cafitta) goes on the attack, leaving Bettini, Schleck and Caruso to chase
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) has that determined look about him
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) tried to get a gap on the last climb
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) on his own
- What goes up must come down
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) beats Gilberto Simoni (Lampre) and Frank Schleck (CSC) to win the Giro di Lombardia
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) celebrates his victory in Como
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas Bianchi) with the final ProTour jersey, flanked by UCI president Pat McQuaid (L) and Vittorio Adorni, chairman of the professional cycling council (R)
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas Bianchi) is Mr ProTour
- UCI president Pat McQuaid speaks at the ProTour dinner
- The trophies for the various Contintental Tour winners
- Pat McQuaid congratulates Murilo Fischer, the winner of the European Tour
- Pat McQuaid congratulates Edgardo Simon, the winner of the America Tour
- Pat McQuaid congratulates the winner of the Asia Tour, Andrey Mizourov
- The winners of three of the Continental Tours (L to R): UCI president Pat McQuaid, Murilo Fischer (Europe), Andrey Mizourov (Asia), and Edgardo Simon (America)
- Vittorio Adorni presents Danilo di Luca with his ProTour trophy
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas Bianchi) is celebrated by his peers
- Team CSC were the ProTour team champions
Images by AFP Photo
- No arguments: Bettini was the best
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) enjoyed this one
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) with his trophy
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) with the Lombardy trophy
- A serious Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas Bianchi)
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas Bianchi) happy to win the ProTour
Images by Davide Tricarico/www.laborraccia.it
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) wins the tour of Lombardia
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) finished 5th
- A happy Bettini
- Today I'm the number one: Paolo Bettini (Quickstep)
- The podium (L to R): Gilberto Simoni (2nd), Paolo Bettini (1st) and Frank Schleck (3rd)
- Bettini (Quickstep) holds up the trophy
- Bettini's wife... tears of happiness
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas Bianchi) celebrates his Pro-tour win with the Liquigas girls, called the 'Liquigassettes'
Live
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Images by Davide Tricarico/www.laborraccia.it
- The bike of a favourite Mirko Celestino (Domina Vacanze)
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto)
- Patrick Calcagni (Liquigas-Bianchi)
- Christian Gasperoni (Naturino) on his birthday, riding the last race of his career
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) at the mike
- Mikhaylo Khalilov (LPR) the Ukrainian Champ
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) another chance today
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) stretching
- The bike ProTour leader Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas Bianchi)
- Di Luca gives his opinion on his recent bad luck
- Are these the legs of the winner?
- 'Pippo' Pozzato (Quickstep)
- Guennadi Mikhailov (Discovery Channel)
- Mirko Celestino (Domina Vacanze) in an interview
- Kanstantsin Siutsou (Fassa Bortolo)
- Mirko Celestino (Domina Vacanze) has won Lombardia once and now he will try again
- The veteran Viatcheslav Ekimov (Discovery Channel) back again
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) is very nervous, he feels the race!
- Enrico Gasparotto (Liquigas Bianchi) the Italian Champ
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre Cafitta) will try to claim this race today
- Alejandro Valverde (Illes Baleares) relaxing
- Martin Elmiger (Phonak)
- Alejandro Valverde (Illes Baleares) smiling
- Vladimir Gussev (CSC)
- Frank Schleck (CSC) the revelation of the last few weeks
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) one of the favourites of the race
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) and the new World Champ, a.k.a. your photographer
- Joan Horrach (Illes Baleares) the shark! Swim for the shore as fast as you are able.
- The start of the 99th Giro di Lombardia
- Di Luca gets going
- Kanstantsin Siutsou (Fassa Bortolo) tries to escape
- Thorwald Venenberg (Rabobank) tries to catch the fugitives
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas Bianchi) hurting a little
- Markus Zberg (Gerosteiner) leads the group
- A beautiful Swiss spectator
