Goss wins Giro stage, Lancaster takes California
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May 19, 2010, Wednesday
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AUSTRALIAN rider Matthew Goss won the ninth stage of the Giro d'Italia in a sprint finish on Monday and Alexandre Vinokourov held on to the overall lead.
Goss covered the mostly flat 187-kilometer leg from Frosinone to Cava De' Tirreni in 4 hours, 8 minutes, 17 seconds.
It was the first victory of the season for Goss, who usually sets up sprints for HTC-Columbia teammates Mark Cavendish and Andre Greipel.
"It was nice to get a win," Goss said. "It was a very hard finish, slightly uphill."
Filippo Pozzato of Italy crossed second and Tyler Farrar of the United States was third.
Farrar, who won the second stage, took over the points jersey usually reserved for the race's top sprinter.
Vinokourov maintained a lead of 1 minute, 12 seconds over Cadel Evans in the overall standings.
Four riders took part in a breakaway for most of the stage, opening up a lead of 4 minutes at one point, and the last two remaining riders - Michael Barry of Canada and Mikhail Ignatiev of Russia - were caught by the main pack with 5 kilometers to go.
Elsewhere, Brett Lancaster of Australia surged ahead of a group of 26 riders in the last meters to claim the rain-soaked second stage and the overall race lead on Monday in the Tour of California.
Lancaster (Cervelo) who began the day 10 seconds behind in 85th position, completed the 177.2-kilometer Davis to Santa Rosa road race in an unofficial finishing time of 4 hours, 38 minutes and 48 seconds.
Peter Sagan of Slovakia (Liqiugas) finished second and Lars Boom (Rabobank) of the Netherlands finished third in the same as the winner.
Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank), the three-time defending race winner, and teammate Lance Armstrong both finished in the lead group.
Lancaster, a 2004 Olympic gold medalist in team pursuit, now holds a 4-second race lead because of his 10-second time bonus over Sagan and Karl Menzies (United Healthcare) of Australia.
"These opportunities don't come often," said Lancaster who primarily competes in stage races as a support rider for Heinrich Haussler of Germany and Thor Hushovd of Norway, both former Tour de France stage winners. "But I definitely know I can make more of a career out of being a leader."
Haussler didn't make the lead group of 26 riders and finished 41st. Hushovd is recovering from injury and is not competing in the Tour of California.
Goss covered the mostly flat 187-kilometer leg from Frosinone to Cava De' Tirreni in 4 hours, 8 minutes, 17 seconds.
It was the first victory of the season for Goss, who usually sets up sprints for HTC-Columbia teammates Mark Cavendish and Andre Greipel.
"It was nice to get a win," Goss said. "It was a very hard finish, slightly uphill."
Filippo Pozzato of Italy crossed second and Tyler Farrar of the United States was third.
Farrar, who won the second stage, took over the points jersey usually reserved for the race's top sprinter.
Vinokourov maintained a lead of 1 minute, 12 seconds over Cadel Evans in the overall standings.
Four riders took part in a breakaway for most of the stage, opening up a lead of 4 minutes at one point, and the last two remaining riders - Michael Barry of Canada and Mikhail Ignatiev of Russia - were caught by the main pack with 5 kilometers to go.
Elsewhere, Brett Lancaster of Australia surged ahead of a group of 26 riders in the last meters to claim the rain-soaked second stage and the overall race lead on Monday in the Tour of California.
Lancaster (Cervelo) who began the day 10 seconds behind in 85th position, completed the 177.2-kilometer Davis to Santa Rosa road race in an unofficial finishing time of 4 hours, 38 minutes and 48 seconds.
Peter Sagan of Slovakia (Liqiugas) finished second and Lars Boom (Rabobank) of the Netherlands finished third in the same as the winner.
Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank), the three-time defending race winner, and teammate Lance Armstrong both finished in the lead group.
Lancaster, a 2004 Olympic gold medalist in team pursuit, now holds a 4-second race lead because of his 10-second time bonus over Sagan and Karl Menzies (United Healthcare) of Australia.
"These opportunities don't come often," said Lancaster who primarily competes in stage races as a support rider for Heinrich Haussler of Germany and Thor Hushovd of Norway, both former Tour de France stage winners. "But I definitely know I can make more of a career out of being a leader."
Haussler didn't make the lead group of 26 riders and finished 41st. Hushovd is recovering from injury and is not competing in the Tour of California.
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