| Ceramiche
Panaria Fiordo |
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One of the coolest guys in the peloton, Mexican Julio Alberto Pèrez
Cuapio. Unfortunately this year the man from Ocotelulco, Tlaxcala, has
not been able to repeat the extraordinary performances that helped him
gain so many fans in the past two editions of the Italian race. |
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Pèrez Cuapio busy talking with a young lady |
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While Pérez Cuapio is busy, another cool guy from Bruno Reverberi's
crew, Giuliano Figueras, is having a good time with former team-mate
Vladimir Duma. |
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Figueras looking happy after his "meeting" with Duma
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Whatever Duma and Figueras said, the latter celebrates starting a
dance!! As an amateur the man from Naples clinched the title at the
World Military Championships in 1995 and, much more important, became
the U23 World Road Champion in October 1996 in Switzerland. |
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Colombia Selle-Italia |
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Fredy González Martínez signing autographs |
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Colombia's González Martínez and his green jersey. The man is about to
win the KOM Classification at the Tour of Italy for the second time,
the first one being in 2001.
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Another "Fredy", e.g. John Fredy García, chatting with Australian
Scott Davis (Panaria-Fiordo), Denmark's Bo Hamburger (Formaggi Pinzolo
Fiavé-Ciarrocchi I.) and a Team fakta rider. |
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Italian rider Luca De Angeli (former Mercatone Uno, now part of the
Gianni Savio crew) |
| Mercatone
Uno-Scanavino |
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An ode to the anonymous Mercatone rider, getting ready to work one
more day for Marco Pantani!! |