When vincenzo nibali won the pink jersey of the overall leader at 96. Giro d’italia, top favorite bradley wiggins was left in the role of spectator only.
The british olympic champion still has a chance to reach his rough goal after the hard time trial from gabicce mare to saltara over 54.8 kilometers. And after winning the tour de france last year, he now has the chance to triumph in the tour of italy as well.
In germany, the law for insulting religious feelings provides for up to three years in prison, said alexander lukashevich, a spokesman for the local authorities. Ex-world chess champion garri kasparov faces up to five years in prison for allegedly biting a police officer after his arrest on the verge of a sentencing hearing. Worldwide, the uproar over the penalty of two years in prison for each of the opponents of kremlin leader vladimir putin continued.
Pussy riot, meanwhile, followed up: the scandalous group published a new song on the internet in which they make fun of putin and call for a revolution. "Putin ignites the fire of revolution," sing several women. In the controversial trial against pussy riot, judge marina syrova sentenced nadezhda tolokonnikova (22), maria alyokhina (24) and yekaterina samuzevich (30) the day before to two years in prison each for rowdyism out of religious hate. They had started with a punk prayer on 21. February in the moscow loser cathedral against putin and the russian-orthodox patriarch kirill intentionally hurt the feelings of the faithful.
Only a few days to go until the classic: on saturday, borussia dortmund welcomes table-toppers FC bayern for the top match – the two teams are separated by only a few goals in the table.
Before that, however, the german starters are once again challenged in europe. Joachim low has to decide which national player he might give a break to. And can schalke at least win the cup?