Giro - stage 12 *spoilers*

rick_chasey

At Mad Rapper's request.

Anyone else wishing this one away so that the stupid mountains can come?

Michal Golas (Vacansoleil), Stef Clement (Rabobank), Davide Ricci Bitti (Farnese Vini) and Miguel Minguez Ayala (Euskaltel) @ 2.50 ish.

jibberjim

And there's either a really big headwind, or not even the break can be bothered trying to get more than 3 minutes as it's pretty slow going.

Cleat Eastwood

I hope they go slower, when they get to rimini/rivabella theyre going to go past my italian friends house. Yay, i'm made up.

cornoyemade

four escapees. Dutchman Clement, 28, is making his second Giro appearance five years after his first, back in 2006 for Bouygues Telecom. His biggest win came in the Dauphine Libere in 2009. Golas, 27, is riding his first Giro. Spanish rookie Minguez, 22, is the youngest of the four and like the Pole is competing in his debut Giro. He has no UCI wins to his name. Ditto Ricci Bitti, the 27-year-old Italian also riding his first Giro. HTC still controlling the front for Cavy.

rick_chasey

This season has to be the season where the peloton have kept a tight lid on breaks more often than not.

yourpaceormine

Brother in law and his family live in Ravenna, so asked them all to shout encouragement to all the Brits today on my behalf. Number 2 nephew will no doubt be proudly wearing his England footie shirt.

But the question is will my sister in law be shouting for Cav or, will her nationailty get the better of her and she'll end up shouting for Ale Jet?

blazing_saddles

You must feel great when you DS tells you to get into today's break and you know that the HTC train will be on your arse, all day.
Snoozefest par excellence.

rick_chasey

Blazing Saddles wrote:

You must feel great when you DS tells you to get into today's break and you know that the HTC train will be on your ars*, all day.
Snoozefest par excellence.

Especially when you see tomorrow's profile...

jimmythecuckoo

a quiet day makes you appreciate the interesting ones

iainf72

See, no one likes sprints.

rick_chasey

iainf72 wrote:

See, no one likes sprints.

'tis true.

RichN95.

iainf72 wrote:

See, no one likes sprints.

I do. I love 'em. (Just the last 10km though)

afx237vi

iainf72 wrote:

See, no one likes sprints.

Sprints aren't so bad... just the hours and hours that precede them.

TheBigBean

I think when Contador wins all three jerseys (including GC by 10+ mins) and seven stages you guys might start wishing for a sprint finish.

rick_chasey

TheBigBean wrote:

I think when Contador wins all three jerseys (including GC by 10+ mins) and seven stages you guys might start wishing for a sprint finish.

At least a non-sprint stage has more chance of us picking a different rider for PTP eh?

TMR

RichN95 wrote:

I do. I love 'em. (Just the last 10km though)

I love sprints. Especially when Cav wins

TheBigBean

Rick Chasey wrote:

TheBigBean wrote:

I think when Contador wins all three jerseys (including GC by 10+ mins) and seven stages you guys might start wishing for a sprint finish.

At least a non-sprint stage has more chance of us picking a different rider for PTP eh?

So, you won't be picking Contador for tomorrow, or all the remaining stages?

I was looking at it today and was wondering if I should just write Stage 13 - 21 Contador, but I discovered one that he might not win!

Don't get me wrong, I like mountain top finishes, but this tour has quite a lot of them.

rick_chasey

TheBigBean wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

TheBigBean wrote:

I think when Contador wins all three jerseys (including GC by 10+ mins) and seven stages you guys might start wishing for a sprint finish.

At least a non-sprint stage has more chance of us picking a different rider for PTP eh?

So, you won't be picking Contador for tomorrow, or all the remaining stages?

I was looking at it today and was wondering if I should just write Stage 13 - 21 Contador, but I discovered one that he might not win!

Don't get me wrong, I like mountain top finishes, but this tour has quite a lot of them.

I've got a little ritual going for this Giro which seems to be paying off, so I'm not going to rock the boat now and ruin it!

avoidingmyphd

TheBigBean wrote:

when Contador wins all three jerseys

this is probably going to happen, isn't it?

smithy21

RichN95 wrote:

iainf72 wrote:

See, no one likes sprints.

I do. I love 'em. (Just the last 10km though)

Only 30km to go then before it gets interesting. :roll:

TheBigBean

avoidingmyphd wrote:

TheBigBean wrote:

when Contador wins all three jerseys

this is probably going to happen, isn't it?

Well, he is 3/1 for the mountains, but the others he is odds on favourite for. The implication being that he won't bother with the mountains which makes it a meaningless competition.

iainf72

RichN95 wrote:

iainf72 wrote:

See, no one likes sprints.

I do. I love 'em. (Just the last 10km though)

I like 'em because it means I get some time back in the evenings as I don't need to watch cycling.

inkyfingers

Even the italian commentators sound bored!

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Sorry - I was reading the live ticker and fell, asleep, into my keyboard. Could they not replace such stages with a 5km run-in and a bunch gallop?

rick_chasey

It's days like this you yern for 1 day races, like the Scheldeprijs...oh, wait...

smithy21

Final 4km. HTC all over it at the moment

smithy21

Crash> Its down to about 20 for the stage now.

andyjr

ptp washout then

afx237vi

Appollonio... almost.

andyjr

That crash has caused a right mess even now

smithy21

Cav gets it.

Appollonio second.