Giro Stage 2 Alba - Parma **spoiler**

Kléber
Kléber Posts: 6,842
edited May 2011 in Pro race
The second stage is underway. Looks tailor-made for the sprinters, the pink jersey could change shoulders of Cav wins.

All together right now but expect a move to go clear.
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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Omega's Sebastien Lang is up the road, solo it seems, with 4m20 lead. Useful for Adam Blythe.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,811
    I had a premonition last night that Adam Blythe would win a stage in this Giro
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Long way to go, I almost feel sorry for Lang. He's now 10 minutes up but has to do the longest day in the race solo.
  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,920
    Sponsors will be pretty happy though.
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  • Abdoujaparov
    Abdoujaparov Posts: 642
    Rest day for the pelton then.

    But HTC will have to do a greater share of the work than if there were say six riders in the break. Not a particularly tough job though.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Pinotti and his new bike for today:

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    At 50kms in, Lang has 18 minutes.
    That means the peloton have covered less than 40km. :oops:
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  • PostieJohn
    PostieJohn Posts: 1,105
    was surprised to see Russell Downing 150-1 this morning.
    He shouldn't win (cos of Cav) but as the sprinter from a top ten team he shouldn't be far away.
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  • kooky45
    kooky45 Posts: 17
    Live tracking and updates on http://videochat.gazzetta.it/index_giro.shtml don't seem to be working. Does anyone know of another site showing the rider positions live?
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    PostieJohn wrote:
    was surprised to see Russell Downing 150-1 this morning.
    He shouldn't win (cos of Cav) but as the sprinter from a top ten team he shouldn't be far away.

    Wouldn't you just love RD to bag a stage though? He has worked so hard over the last few years to make it as a pro.
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  • jp1985
    jp1985 Posts: 434
    kooky45 wrote:
    Live tracking and updates on http://videochat.gazzetta.it/index_giro.shtml don't seem to be working. Does anyone know of another site showing the rider positions live?

    Its working now
  • jp1985
    jp1985 Posts: 434
    http://www.raisport.rai.it/dl/raisport/multimedia/diretta.html?cid=ContentItem-8d38dc5a-f1c0-4be5-a339-8893b0c303b3

    actual live race coverage here now
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    Not hanging about. Over 42kph.
    90kms to go.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Lang must be a masochist or something. Why would you do this to yourself on day 1 of a brutal Giro?! 19 days to go, Seb!
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,811
    Cavendish talking Italian, impressive
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    I know there ain't much going on, on the road, but 5 ad breaks in half an hour, Eurosport?
    Come on.
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  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,920
    Just over 40 Km to go and Lang still out front with around 4 minutes.

    First mountain points come at 33Km so if Lang stays out in front he will take the Mountains jersey. He deserves it after a day off the front all alone.
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  • mroli
    mroli Posts: 3,622
    @blazingsaddles - I think Eurosport are obliged to have a certain amount of advertising per hour. As a result, they cram them in in "less than interesting" moments so they don't have to cut from exciting action.

    At least that was what was explained previously.

    If I was S.L, I'd pull over, have an ice cream and wait for the peloton. Nutter.
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  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,920
    36Km to go and gap down to 2' 20.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Will there be the customary first-day mass pile-up in the final ~3km?
  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,920
    Lang takes the mountains jersey, time to drop back into the peloton.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Lang slows down, the bunch slows down. Lang goes slower, the bunch goes even slower. We'll have a trackstand of 200 riders in a minute.
  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,920
    All back together now
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  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,920
    And the counter attacks begin
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  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Have just tuned in... where is King Kelly?
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  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,920
    emadden wrote:
    Have just tuned in... where is King Kelly?

    Think he joins Harmon on Stage 3 or 4. I presume he is away with his team racing somewhere.
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  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Thanks rozzer!
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    rozzer32 wrote:
    emadden wrote:
    Have just tuned in... where is King Kelly?

    Think he joins Harmon on Stage 3 or 4. I presume he is away with his team racing somewhere.
    Kelly's team sponsor (An Post) also sponsors a series of sportives in Ireland - there is one on today in Sligo and Kelly is taking part
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Hmm, I'll wait a while before updating PTP...

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