Speaking of Alessandro Petacchi.....he was in Sanremo a few days ago for an awards ceremony at the Casinò di Sanremo and took the opportunity to study the probable new finish for 2010 (20 March) during a casual ride.
The proposed finish will be 1 km shorter than the previous two editions, only 1.8 km from the descent of the Poggio. Petacchi observed, "It is a complicated sprint. From the foot of the slope of the Poggio there is less time to organize and the the final straight is narrower. It will favor attackers, with a few seconds lead you can make it to the finish. It will also be important to be at the front at the top of the Poggio."
Photo: Petacchi on recon of the Sanremo finish
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The proposed finish will be 1 km shorter than the previous two editions, only 1.8 km from the descent of the Poggio. Petacchi observed, "It is a complicated sprint. From the foot of the slope of the Poggio there is less time to organize and the the final straight is narrower. It will favor attackers, with a few seconds lead you can make it to the finish. It will also be important to be at the front at the top of the Poggio."
Photo: Petacchi on recon of the Sanremo finish
Stories for the Italian Cycling Journal welcome; contact me at veronaman@gmail.com. There are more than 1,000 stories in this blog; the search feature to the right works best for finding subjects in the blog.
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Cool that he is still on his De Rosa!!! Especially after the photo the day before, I guess it is like having a garage full of nice cars..which one today..
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