Giro Stage 13 *spoiler*
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Oh Henderson. Why?0
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Oh. I thought it might have been yet another sky tumble!!!http://www.georgesfoundation.org
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afx237vi wrote:FJS wrote:It's a race without clear leading team. Saxo is defending pink, but Porte is clearly not main favourite for the overall. So, who is? Cervelo? Liquigas? Astana? BMC? Karpets is only a minute behind Basso in the GC....
Exactly. Liquigas were setting the tempo when Karpets went and kept him at 1 minute for while. But then it's as if they thought "hang on, this isn't our job..."
And now Karpets has clawed back some crucial time, on a flat transitional stage.
But is he going to be threat on the steep slopes of the Zoncolan? He'll be nowhere near the podium in the end.It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.0 -
Karpets @ 5'01"
Peloton 7'27"0 -
Timoid. wrote:afx237vi wrote:FJS wrote:It's a race without clear leading team. Saxo is defending pink, but Porte is clearly not main favourite for the overall. So, who is? Cervelo? Liquigas? Astana? BMC? Karpets is only a minute behind Basso in the GC....
Exactly. Liquigas were setting the tempo when Karpets went and kept him at 1 minute for while. But then it's as if they thought "hang on, this isn't our job..."
And now Karpets has clawed back some crucial time, on a flat transitional stage.
But is he going to be threat on the steep slopes of the Zoncolan? He'll be nowhere near the podium in the end.
Who knows in this Giro? Who even knows who'll be fighting for victory by the time we get to the Zoncolan. Could still be Porte v Arroyo v Tondo.0 -
who knows indeed
maybe sastre will make it"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
Nope, sorry, that was it; the Giro and me in sleep mode. Too many late nights in California.
Karpets? Well we may have laughed, but he just pulled back 2 and a half minutes, without a huge effort. Odd Katusha tactics, though."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
At this stage it's also about convincing your team to work for you. Before today the top 10 would have looked difficult, but now he could argue at dinner tonight that he has a chance of a top 5 place.0
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nobody really knows what to do...."If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
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164 riders classified but Bobridge not among them. Maybe he's withdrawn too?0
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Cumulonimbus wrote:164 riders classified but Bobridge not among them. Maybe he's withdrawn too?
aye went home"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
Cumulonimbus wrote:164 riders classified but Bobridge not among them. Maybe he's withdrawn too?
He has. Didn't start this morning.0 -
Fear of the third week comming into play... if your going to shoot for the podium its going to be crosseyed from here till verona"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
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Katusha wasted a good chance to gain some more time; on Barbotto italian RAI called Damiani and asked him what they were doing and he said they were gonna check after the end of that climb to see if they had to stop the 2 guys at the front but they didnt.0
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Italiano wrote:Katusha wasted a good chance to gain some more time; on Barbotto italian RAI called Damiani and asked him what they were doing and he said they were gonna check after the end of that climb to see if they had to stop the 2 guys at the front but they didnt.
if they had dropped back earlier the chase from behind would have up tempoed is my take
basically 2-3mins was about all they would let him have"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0