Bada Bing! Bernucci Bravo for Tour stage win in Nancy

Bada Boom: huge crash ends Mengin's chances, delays Armstrong

Italian Lorenzo Bernucci scored his first pro win today on Stage 6 of the 92nd Tour de France in Nancy with an opportunistic counter-attack in the last kilometre. Bernucci had followed an audacious attack by T-Mobile's Alexander Vinokourov in the final two thousand meters, as the Kazakh champ was in hot pursuit of fading breakaway rider Christophe Mengin, who was going for a hometown win. As Mengin crashed in the final corner, Vino slowed to avoid him and the Italian dove inside and held off Vinokourov for the win, kissing his wedding ring at the finish to dedicate the win to his new bride Valentina. "I'm really very happy to win my first professional race here at the Tour. I'm a passista-veloce so finishes like this suit me well."

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