Petacchi (and Capelli's great breakaway)!

Second big question of the day:what happened yesterday in T-A's stage? Well,a few kms after the start of the stage,Polish rider Marcin Sapa and ERMANNO CAPELLI formed a breakaway.I particularly like Capelli,since he lives in the village near mine (also the names of our villages are very similar and sometimes people get confused between them).Capelli was born in May 1985 and is a rider that likes riding on the cobblestones.Last year he made a very long breakaway in Gand-Wevegelm and his dream would be to win the Tour of Flanders or the Paris-Roubaix.If you want to read more about him,here's an interview he made for an Italian website: http://www.cicloweb.it/art963.html .
Unfortunately Capelli was caught with a few kms to go :( and the race was decided by a sprint.In the stage there were some climbs,so not all the sprinters arrived at the sprint in the right way.For example,Cavendish had been dropped on the last climb,while Boonen had fallen in the first part of the stage.The sprint was finally won by Petacchi,who smiled 3 times (3 times!!!) during the podium's moments and the interviews post race."I did a great race today: strong on the climb and my teammates protected me – Di Luca, Bernucci, everyone. To win after a lot of bad luck with my knee and other problems is great," he said.
Second came Bello Bennati,that was very unlucky because he crashed before of the penultimate climb.""My teammates – Sabatini and Agnoli – pulled me back, but I wasted a lot of energy for the sprint",he said.
Unfortunately there have been lots of crashes yesterday.Janez Brajkovic (Astana) had to abandon the race,while also Thomas Lövkvist,Tom Boonen (who fell twice),El Fares and other riders were involved.
Andy finished the race in the main group,while Fab Fab arrived 12 minutes after Petacchi :( .Let's hope he can recover from his shoulder's problems in time for the Belgian Classics.

Btw,here's the stage classification:

1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 4.32.42 (40.704 km/h)

2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas

3 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

4 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo TestTeam

5 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo

6 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli

7 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Saxo Bank

8 Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce

9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Vacansoleil

10 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step

12 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Katusha

17 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Columbia-Highroad

19 Matti Breschel (Den) Saxo Bank

20 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana

21 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini

24 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Katusha

28 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto

29 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre-NGC

30 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto

34 George Hincapie (USA) Columbia-Highroad

43 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas

45 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne

46 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Milram

47 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli

57 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Milram

58 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Columbia-Highroad

64 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis

70 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank

73 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas

74 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas

75 Andy Schleck (Lux) Saxo Bank

79 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana

83 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini

85 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli

87 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini

95 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Columbia-Highroad 0.20

97 William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin-Slipstream

106 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step

118 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto

119 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce

121 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Katusha 5.54

122 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto

131 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Saxo Bank

132 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-NGC

134 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Saxo Bank

137 Kasper Klostergård (Den) Saxo Bank

150 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream

154 Frank Hoj (Den) Saxo Bank

155 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-NGC

175 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 9.27

180 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 9.31

184 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step

185 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence-Lotto

190 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Milram

196 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Saxo Bank :( 12.06

DNS Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Fuji-Servetto

DNF Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana

DNF Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis

LINK OF THE DAY: On this link you can find a interview with Saxo Bank's masseure: http://www.cyclingnews.com/features.php?id=features/2009/saxo_physiotherapist_mar09 .
Now I'm off.More news later.

(Photos from Bettini and Wikipedia)