Stage 12 *spoiler*

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  • PeteinSQ
    PeteinSQ Posts: 2,292
    Is Wiggins still the fastest? He is according to the website.

    How has Wiggins become so much better than Millar who I always believed to be a top class time trial rider?
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  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Garzelli beats Wiggins' first time.

    I'd say this course perfectly suits his all-day mountain breakaway style of racing. :)
    Un uomo solo al commando
  • PeteinSQ
    PeteinSQ Posts: 2,292
    They must be very slow at updating the Gazzetta website then. It only just put Garzelli on top.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Kléber wrote:
    The RAI commentator just said mamma mia when he saw Visconti's time :lol:

    LOL, got to love the Italian commentators or Belgian ones for that matter.

    This is quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDZ3cmCJZPk

    EBH gets second and looks very stylish in his magenta.
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  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Sastre on some sort of hybrid TT/road bike.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    All out the blocks.

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    Riomaggiore, km. 60.6

    1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 1.37.17
    2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.38.44
    3 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 1.39.46
    4 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.39.50
    5 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 1.40.53
    6 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 1.41.02
    7 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto
    8 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 1.41.13
    9 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 1.41.27
    10 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Garzelli 37km/h vs 34km/h for the majority of the others at the 2nd check I think...
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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Wiggins one minute up on Visconti at one of the time checks
  • PeteinSQ
    PeteinSQ Posts: 2,292
    Thanks for posting that up. The Gazzetta site had me really confused.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    15:56 CEST
    Current leader Danilo Di Luca sees himself doing quite well today. "It will be myself, Rogers and Menchov within a few seconds," he said. "If I lose 40 seconds to [Denis] Menchov, that would be great. I will use the normal [road] bike and time trial bar extensions.

    A bit confident...
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Quite Frankly wrote:
    Did Navarro (Astana) withdraw before the start?

    No he is riding - Garzelli passed him and De Greef and Serpa.
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  • Quite Frankly
    Quite Frankly Posts: 386
    Brajkovic fastest at third check point
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    frenchfighter wrote:
    15:56 CEST
    Current leader Danilo Di Luca sees himself doing quite well today. "It will be myself, Rogers and Menchov within a few seconds," he said. "If I lose 40 seconds to [Denis] Menchov, that would be great. I will use the normal [road] bike and time trial bar extensions.

    A bit confident...

    He's not even using extensions!
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    That pink skinsuit is horrendous :x
  • camerone
    camerone Posts: 1,232
    afx237vi wrote:
    That pink skinsuit is horrendous :x
    in that case it suits the oik inside it :roll:
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • PeteinSQ
    PeteinSQ Posts: 2,292
    On those two stills Rogers is going to walk this!
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    From weightweenies :D

    I can't believe riders are using conventional helmets and "standard" road frames. At least the Cervelo and Garmin guys have decently aerodynamic frames.
    Correction: Sastre is on a P3, it seems. Expect a solid result from him: top 10.
    Addition: Di Luca in a conventional helmet with loose strap. And no aero bars! He loses pink today.
    Comment:Pelizotti's hair is too long. He drops back in GC.
    Astana: All in conventional helmets. Leipheimer's chances squandered today. Armstrong fails to make up time in the second half, finishing no better than Sastre.
    High Road: Aero helmets, aero water bottles: Michael Rogers is the man of the stage. Pink jersey for him.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    camerone wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    That pink skinsuit is horrendous :x
    in that case it suits the oik inside it :roll:

    LOL, can't really disagree with that.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    PeteinSQ wrote:
    On those two stills Rogers is going to walk this!

    But when has he ever done a good TT outside of the Worlds?
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    GO WIGGINS

    49 secs on Visconti.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    The Wigmeister goes fastest.
  • PeteinSQ
    PeteinSQ Posts: 2,292
    "But when has he ever done a good TT outside of the Worlds?"

    God knows, I was only kidding really. He's Australian Champ though.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Brajkovic pwns Wiggo.

    Booooooo!
  • Quite Frankly
    Quite Frankly Posts: 386
    Rogers 1.20 down at first check.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    PeteinSQ wrote:
    "But when has he ever done a good TT outside of the Worlds?"

    God knows, I was only kidding really. He's Australian Champ though.

    16th at the first timecheck.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    edited May 2009
    Quite Frankly wrote:
    Rogers 1.20 down at first check.

    Menchov up 1.40 on Rogers. GC shake up indeed.

    Unbelieveable that they haven't shown Sastre yet. Come on.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Armstrong fading?
  • Quite Frankly
    Quite Frankly Posts: 386
    Armstrong starting to struggle.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Sastre is clocking a similar pace to Basso.

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