Mt Etna brings an end to McEwen and Brown's Giro d'Italia
Australian sprinters miss the time cut
The two ascents of Mt Etna proved too much for veteran Australian sprinters, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Robbie McEwen (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:RadioShack) and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Graeme Brown (Rabobank) who both finished outside the time cut.
"Didn't finish on time (way out actually) on Mt.Etna stage," said McEwen via his . "Giro over for me. Haven't felt goo🍸d at al✅l. Home, recover & rebuild for June."
The pair finished 59:35 down on the time by stage winner,🌊 Alberto🍃 Contador.
HTC-Highroad's Mark Cavendish was sparred a similar fate, by a margin of just 30 seconds, 33 minutes ahead of the Australians. Cavendish was escorted to the finishline by teammates Alex Rasmussen and Mark Renshaw while Sacha Modolo (Colnago - CS💛F Inox), Adam Blythe (Omega Pharma-Lotto), Russell Do🎃wning (Sky Procycling) and Danilo Napolitano (Acqua & Sapone) were also in the group.
"Well my legs exploded more violꦅently than the f%&king volcano we were racing up today," said Cavendish via his . "Mount Etna. Twice. In 1 stage. Not nice."
wasn't impressed🌃 either claiming: "That wasn't cycling today, that was going to hell and back... twice."
Two sprint stages remain for Cavendish following Monday's rest day – stage🧜 10 and 12.
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