Giro Stage 4 *spoiler*

iainf72

Well, I'm not spoiling much but it just said on the cyclingnews feed that Di Lica doesn't use a radio?

I'd not noticed but I wonder why? Is it a case of "when you're this full of gear you don't need a radio" or is he just old skool?

Oh, well done RCS for managing to annoy the riders for the 2nd year in a row with a rubbish transfer from an island.

LangerDan

Given "il Killer's" hormonal composition, its probably because Fisher-Price don't do a "My First Race Radio" that works on the Giro frequencies.

donrhummy

OK, this stuff has gone waaaaay too far. What the heck does not having a radio have to do with drugs?! In fact, the opposite is likely to be true if there were any correlation. But seriously, have cycling fans gone so crazy that when they hear a guy rides without a radio in his ear, they think "No radio?! My god he must be drugged to the hilt!" WTF?!

BTW, there are a number of riders who don't like having a radio in their ear.

iainf72

I was only joking.

I'm curious why he doesn't use a radiotis all. Not using one seems odd for a GC challenger.

pat1cp

Are Liquigas giving away the jersey ? Watching it on a Norwegian stream at work so i don't have Harmon's amazing insight to everything :roll:

afx237vi

RAI's graphics are rubbish - they put up some time gaps about once every half an hour.

There's still 40 odd kms to go, so they could still catch him. Don't think Liquigas intend to give the jersey away - Pellizotti doesn't really have a chance of getting it back, so they ain't gonna give it away deliberately.

pat1cp

pat1cp wrote:

Are Liquigas giving away the jersey ? Watching it on a Norwegian stream at work so i don't have Harmon's amazing insight to everything :roll:

Apparently Verbrugge is 18 mins down on GC.

donrhummy

Verbrugge just might do this. The one thing that can help is that little (little by pro standards) hill towards the end can help limit the peloton's gains by drafting. It's gonna be close but he just might do it. WOW!

robmanic1

Back to Zabel then

LangerDan

Very roughly, you need ~ 10 seconds per kilometre to hold off the bunch. However Verbrugghe has been out for the last 100km on his own and peleton are presently taking back more than 10 seconds per kilo - touch and go.

pat1cp

6 mins in the lead with 27km to go, I think he'll hang on.

I don't think they're chasing that hard.

donrhummy

One question: when the car hands a rider a bar to eat, why don't they open the wrapper for them? Why hand it to them so the rider has to open it with their teeth?

afx237vi

Still think he'll be caught. The peloton hasn't woken up yet. That climb will do him in.

iainf72

3:55 now - He's toast.

donrhummy

Yep, gap is under 4 min now, he's done.

redddraggon

He looks buggered

pat1cp

iainf72 wrote:

3:55 now - He's toast.

But Duffers told me it was only a "wee conker".

afx237vi

Crikey, he really was buggered. Caught with 20km to go.

robmanic1

Verbuggered?

aarw

will be interesting to read the stage results to see how much more time he now loses over the bunch. sounds like he's buggered alright.

robmanic1

25km - Around two minutes and counting...his lead is being eaten up faster than a buffet at a wedding


Tee-hee!

(I didn't know Clarkson wrote for Eurosport)

iainf72

This was interesting from cyclingnews commentry

Shane Stokes of Cyclingnews spoke with the winner of the 2007 Vuelta a España before the race. "I am feeling okay at the moment, but it is before the start," Denis Menchov of Rabobank joked. "My legs are getting better and better. I think that stage seven will be the first big day. It is not the most important stage, but it is the first one that matters."

He said that he will not compete again before the Tour de France. "After this race, I will have one week rest and then I will see some of the Tour stages."

pat1cp

Bettini attacks. Is it another badly timed one ?

aarw

pat1cp wrote:

Bettini attacks. Is it another badly timed one ?

what did King Kelly say about attacking??

pat1cp

aarw wrote:

pat1cp wrote:

Bettini attacks. Is it another badly timed one ?

what did King Kelly say about attacking??

Remind me

aarw

pat1cp wrote:

aarw wrote:

pat1cp wrote:

Bettini attacks. Is it another badly timed one ?

what did King Kelly say about attacking??

Remind me

I'm trying to remember, LOL

something along the lines of having to attack like 20 times before 1 will work out. or only 1 in 20 will work... you get the gist of it.

aarw

aarw wrote:

pat1cp wrote:

aarw wrote:

pat1cp wrote:

Bettini attacks. Is it another badly timed one ?

what did King Kelly say about attacking??

Remind me

I'm trying to remember, LOL

something along the lines of having to attack like 20 times before 1 will work out. or only 1 in 20 will work... you get the gist of it.

or maybe it was you have to be prepared to lose to win...? :?: :?

LangerDan

Don't have video coverage - is Cav still at the pointy end or is he falling backwards again.? I have a feeling words were had at the High Road dinner table last night.

pat1cp

Cav ???

aarw

well doen the young lad. big win!

being able to come round benna should be a big boost for the morale.

iainf72

Yep.

Ugh.

[Sorry, he leaves me cold]