Nice job, too, by Petacchi to take the sprint for second. His train pulled off a bit early and he got caught up in the crowd. With perhaps 100m to go (hard to tell from the telephoto lens) he was four bike lengths behind O'Grady and Zabel, had to swing wide to the right and come around another rider (not sure who) and won by half a bike length.
Nice job, too, by Petacchi to take the sprint for second. His train pulled off a bit early and he got caught up in the crowd. With perhaps 100m to go (hard to tell from the telephoto lens) he was four bike lengths behind O'Grady and Zabel, had to swing wide to the right and come around another rider (not sure who) and won by half a bike length.
Yeah, another one of those all-beautiful-technique-no-disgusting-power sprints from Petacchi.
Nice job, too, by Petacchi to take the sprint for second. His train pulled off a bit early and he got caught up in the crowd. With perhaps 100m to go (hard to tell from the telephoto lens) he was four bike lengths behind O'Grady and Zabel, had to swing wide to the right and come around another rider (not sure who) and won by half a bike length.
And still he quit pedaling the last 10 meters just coasting over the line. Awesome power there. They showed the last 100 meters in slow motion on eurosport and his legs looked like they were driving holes into the ground. -- Perre