Denis Menchov was born January 25, 1978. CIAM / Cast

Riomaggiore (SP), May 21, 2009 - Denis Menchov won the 12 / a stage of the Tour of Italy, an individual time trial of 60.6 km from Sestri Levante and Riomaggiore is the new pink jersey . The Russian Rabobank, 31 years, twice winner of the Vuelta of Spain (2005-2007) and 19 hits total in his career, has done as an encore of triumph about coming to climb the Alpe di Siusi the fifth stage . The final stage of Menchov: 1 hour, 34 minutes and 29 seconds at an average of 38.482.

the chrono -
Second, 20, Levi Leipheimer (USA, Astana) third better Stefano Garzelli (Acqua e Sapone) to 1'03 ". Then Brajkovic (SLO, Astana) at 1'14 ". Fifth Pellizotti (Liquigas) at 1'27 ". Danilo Di Luca has lost the pink jersey but has become the protagonist of a good test: 6 ° 1'54 ". So the other players most expected: 11 ° 2'17 Ivan Basso, Sastre at 12 ° 2'18 ", 13 ° 2'26 Armstrong, Simoni 17 ° 3 ', 23 ° 4'07 to Cunego" , 27 ° 5'01 Lövkvist to. "

overall -
Menchov, fifth in the final standings in the Giro 2008, commands the standings with 34 hours "on Danilo Di Luca and 40" on Levi Leipheimer. Fourth Pellizotti 2 'fifth Sastre at 2'52 ". Rogers sixth at 2'59 ", seventh Bottom 3 'eighth Gilberto Simoni at 3'48". Lance Armstrong is the twelfth, at 6'34 ".

tomorrow -
The thirteenth stage of the Giro 92 is the Lido di Camaiore, Florence. Are 176 km without major difficulty likely that the sprint will also be a kind of "beautiful" in Alessandro Petacchi and Mark Cavendish, for now at an altitude of 2 wins apiece. The break was imposed in Trieste and Valdobbiadene, English in Milan and Arena.

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Tags: pink jersey , Ascent , Step

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