PETACCHI WINS TIRRENO-ADRIATICO SPRINT

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Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) confirmed he is a favourite for next Saturday?s Milan-San Remo by winning the fourth stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico in Civitanova Marche on Saturday.

The 166km hilly stage had a nasty climb just eight kilometres from the finish and Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) dragged a group of 20 riders clear but Petacchi?s Milram team lead the chase and then the powerful Italian paid them back with an impressive sprint.

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TIRRENO-ADRIATICO STAGE FOUR

1 Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) 166km in 3hrs 59mins 58secs

2 Oscar Freire (Rabobank)

3 Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas)

4 Gerald Ciolek (High Road)

5 José Joaquin Rojas (Caisse d'Epargne)

6 Daniele Pietropolli (Lpr)

7 Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld)

8 Maximiliano Richeze (CSF Navigare)

9 Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner)

10 Tom Boonen (Quick Step) all same time

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TIRRENO-ADRIATICO: OVERALL

1 Niklas Axelsson (Serramenti PVC)

2 Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) at 10secs

3 Joaquim Rodriguez (Caisse d'Epargne) at 18secs

4 Linus Gerdemann (High Road) at 24secs

5 Danilo Di Luca (ILPR) at 32secs

6 Thomas Lövkvist (High Road) at 40secs

7 Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) at 50secs

8 Emanuele Sella (CSF Group Navigare) at 54secs

9 Tadej Valjavec (AG2r)

10 Fabian Cancellara (CSC) all same time.

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