Emilia joy for Gesink

Eurosport - Sat, 10 Oct 18:29:00 2009

Robert Gesink won the centenary edition of the Giro dell'Emilia.

CYCLING 2009 Vuelta a Espana Robert Gesink Foto: EFE - 0

The Rabobank rider was too strong for Jakob Fuglsang and Thomas Lovkvist in a sprint finish at the end of the 198.2km race in northern Italy.

The race crossed the tough San Luca climb, which includes sections at 18%, five times in the last 40km and with two laps to go, Fuglsang, Lovkvist, Gesink and Alexander Vinokourov attacked and gained a 30 seconds lead over the chasing group.

Kazakhstan's Alexander Vinokourov lost contact with the leaders and eventually finished fifth behind Australia's new world champion Cadel Evans.

It was Gesink's first win since a crash forced him out of the Vuelta a Espana last month.

Lee WALKER / Eurosport

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  1. CAVANDASH IS AGUD CYCLAST

    From donneys.dad77, on Mon 12 Oct 8:09PM

  2. "Beaten by Gessink in a sprint"??!! - a­ phrase usually reserved for wardrobes and­ fridge-freezers. Good win for him though after a­ season of pretty bad luck - not that he complains/moans­ constantly about it like some other riders (not naming­ any names!).

    From pedro118118, on Mon 12 Oct 10:12AM

  3. Skinny boy can sprint!

    From keir_williams, on Sun 11 Oct 11:42AM

  4. Another example that if Astana force Contador to stay­ Vino will do a Lance on him and employ any means­ necessary to ensure he is no. 2 in the team and serve­ Vino's interests,all the while exploiting­ Contador's star quality to get invites to the­ important races,and despite Contador being athleticly­ the superior rider.No way will Vino go into a­ managerial role, he'll be aiming for the Giro or­ Tour next year on this form. Good on Gesink, a deserved­ win.

    From Justin, on Sun 11 Oct 1:36AM
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