Thursday, July 07, 2011
2011 Stage 6
Another rain-soaked crashfest. Vincent Jerome is hanging in there as Lanterne Rouge, and although he got caught behind in a split, finished with the final grupetto of 21 at 12:26 back from the stage winner today.
At the start of the stage he said (roughly translated): "My condition is stabilized. Now I manage to use my left leg. It will go better and better. The red lantern is anecdotic (legendary?), but people encourage much."
2010 Lanterne Rouge Adriano Malori of Lampre was in an unsuccessful breakaway, but finished in mid-pack and is 95th in the overall standings.
Five riders are out of the Tour, bringing the peloton down to 193.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Adriano Malori
The Lanterne Rouge of the 2010 Tour de France, Adriano Malori, was interviewed recently in VeloNation.
". . . a 12th place finish in the prologue in Rotterdam seemed to herald a shot at a solid first week. However a crash in Stage 2 during the infamous stage to Spa put paid to that. The young Italian was left to struggle just to continue in the sport's most difficult race. Eventually, Malori would finish as lanterne rouge in the 2010 Tour de France, but it was a finish nonetheless, and absolutely nothing to scoff at when considering that was his first ever Grand Tour. More importantly, Malori was a vital cog in the team in support of Alessandro Petacchi and his quest to take his first ever Green Jersey in Paris - which he did."
Best wishes to him on continued success!
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Malori is 2010 Tour de France Lanterne Rouge
Congratulations to Adriano Malori, Italian rider on Lampre, for finishing the 2010 Tour de France - an accomplishment that 27 of the starters this year failed to achieve. He rode a total of 2263 miles in 3 weeks at an average speed of 23.4 mph - and half the time he was riding faster than that! His pace over the course, finishing as Lanterne Rouge, was a mere 1.1 mph slower than the Tour winner. Bravo to Malori!
Labels: Malori
Saturday, July 24, 2010
999 scooches
From my calculations, that's how many times Alberto Contador scooched back in his saddle during the individual time trial today.
Bert Grabsch, former world champion, rode an incredible time trial today for 3rd place on the stage, pulling himself out of the Lanterne Rouge slot.
Adriano Malori of Lampre regained the Lanterne Rouge of the 2010 Tour de France on the penultimate stage and will have the honor of carrying it into Paris.
Bert Grabsch, former world champion, rode an incredible time trial today for 3rd place on the stage, pulling himself out of the Lanterne Rouge slot.
Adriano Malori of Lampre regained the Lanterne Rouge of the 2010 Tour de France on the penultimate stage and will have the honor of carrying it into Paris.
Labels: Contador, Grabsch, Malori
