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| Riccardo Riccò during sundays final stage of the Giro. (© Sirotti) |
Picture Gallery Giro d'Italia 2008: Stage 21 - Sunday June 1, 2008 (3 pages)
For once, Riccardo Riccò tries to be diplomatic.
Riccò is feeling good, despite having to swallow a second place overall at the Giro d'Italia which ended Sunday. Riccò was
1:57 behind overall champ Alberto Contador. "I don’t like losing, but I’m happy with the Giro I rode. With Piepoli
and with better luck, things could have gone differently in this race, even better than in the Tour, seeing that the best
racers in the world were here. But I’ll try again. As for the rest, I’m a climber; I’ll return to climb
up that last damned step,“ Riccò said.
Riccò continued by saying:"I'd like to thank my
team for their help throughout the Giro, all the assistants, all the riders and, above all, my coach, Pietro Algeri. He´s
an experienced man and he can always stay cool. Me, with my winner attitude, I can sometimes be quite problematic. This is
who I am, I hope I can get tempered with time. Luck didn´t help me much in this edition of the Giro, but I know next year,
with one more season upon my shoulders, I´ll be close to unbeatable. I´m exhausted right now, both physically and emotionally.
I´m going to Sardinia for a two-week holiday, and then I´ll start thinking of my goals for the second part of this season:
the World Championships and the Giro di Lombardia."
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