Giro Stage 11 - Spoiler thread

danlikesbikes
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edited May 2013 in Pro race
So what will today hold after yesterdays corker of a stage.

Are off at 11:35 GMT and is from Tarvisio to Vajont with a stage of 182 km. The weather is changeable today from what the weather people want to say but they might get away with no rain.

This is the GCN video preview of the stage - http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... XP7_2cSCX8

This is Steephill report on the stage & possible contenders - http://c-cycling.blogspot.cz/2013/05/gi ... rites.html

Plus as an extra for those that are interested Ryder is making plans before today's stage so could be all change for Garmin in the Giro - http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/hesjeda ... e-stage-11
Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
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  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    Tasty little climb but nothing too difficult for anyone surely?

    Descent may be tricky if wet?
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Great - a new stage and a new day.

    Got to feel for Ryder - shame for any defending champ to have his campaign go this way. Hope he's is fighting form for the Tour.
  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    Would love to see Betancur take it just so he has a reason to celebrate this time...
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    goonz wrote:
    Would love to see Betancur take it just so he has a reason to celebrate this time...

    +1
  • Devon Lad
    Devon Lad Posts: 75
    Not sure if someone has found this before me, but it seems that Brad has always had some trouble crashing in the wet....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt5h-rns ... e=youtu.be
  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    goonz wrote:
    Tasty little climb but nothing too difficult for anyone surely?

    Descent may be tricky if wet?

    well you never know, yesterday was sure to have taken it out of a lot of people & that rise at then end looks suited for someone to attack on
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  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    Somewhere on the main climb…

    Stg11_hairpins_zps137cd7fd.png
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Le Commentateur wrote:
    Somewhere on the main climb…

    Stg11_hairpins_zps137cd7fd.png


    Holy shoot! Love it
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    The main climb is part of a 50km uphill drag. Will be interesting to see whether or not Ryder can hang on all the way.
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  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    Le Commentateur wrote:
    Somewhere on the main climb…

    Stg11_hairpins_zps137cd7fd.png

    I knew I had seen that before somewhere! I was looking for that as a wallpaper background from a race day, anyone know what its called?
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  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    edited May 2013
    goonz wrote:
    I was looking for that as a wallpaper background from a race day, anyone know what its called?

    Bigger version:
    966485_10151654363435429_1003209660_o2_zps394d1697.jpg~original

    *edit* Had to re-upload as the photo hosting site auto-resizes to 800x600. View the image in a new tab or window.
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  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    Le Commentateur wrote:
    goonz wrote:
    I was looking for that as a wallpaper background from a race day, anyone know what its called?

    Bigger version here: http://bit.ly/104m11K

    Thanks, any with any cyclists going up it? Or should I just wait till later on today? Lets hope the suns out and we get some great aerial shots.
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  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    edited May 2013
    Le Commentateur wrote:
    Somewhere on the main climb…

    Stg11_hairpins_zps137cd7fd.png

    It is just after the main climb on the way down

    Edit, I got that wrong there are switch backs up & a few on the way down DOH :oops:
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  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    How difficult would it have been to simply pave straight down? Surely not that steep?
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  • Squaggles
    Squaggles Posts: 875
    I wish we had roads like that in the UK !
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  • davep1
    davep1 Posts: 837
    goonz wrote:
    How difficult would it have been to simply pave straight down? Surely not that steep?

    It's probably been like that since it was tarmac-ed. My mate remembers his granddad having to reverse up Sutton Bank before WWII because reverse was lower than first.
  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    edited May 2013
    Squaggles wrote:
    I wish we had roads like that in the UK !

    We do have this crazy monstrosity! :P

    http://i.thelocalpeople.co.uk/274822/ar ... 259817.jpg

    Meant to paste that... :oops:
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  • Tom Dean
    Tom Dean Posts: 1,723
    I only heard of this recently, but the story of the Vajont dam disaster is extraordinary. This year is the 50th anniversary.
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    60km covered, no break, average speed well over 50km/h.

    Predictions for today...

    A Colombian will win
    Nibali and Evans will do well and finish together
    Wiggins will lose time
    Jonathan Vaughters will contunie to tweet rather less often than usual.
    Everybody will moan about Declan Quigley
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  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    All together but the peloton had a quick start today pretty much downhill (give or take) to the first climb & averaging over 50mph.

    When I first read no break away, I thought that maybe the top teams were looking for an easier day after yesterday but looks like its been fast from the flag
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  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    Danlikesbikes wrote:
    All together but the peloton had a quick start today pretty much downhill (give or take) to the first climb & averaging over 50mph.

    When I first read no break away, I thought that maybe the top teams were looking for an easier day after yesterday but looks like its been fast from the flag

    Perhaps they want to get it over and done with quicker and then have a longer rest
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  • nweststeyn
    nweststeyn Posts: 1,574
    Danlikesbikes wrote:
    averaging over 50mph.

    Bloody hell! I thought the doping days were behind us?!
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Big break of 20 - no names yet - suddenly have 3'35"
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    nweststeyn wrote:
    Danlikesbikes wrote:
    averaging over 50mph.

    Bloody hell! I thought the doping days were behind us?!
    A long steady non-technical downhill to begin the stage.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Danlikesbikes wrote:
    All together but the peloton had a quick start today pretty much downhill (give or take) to the first climb & averaging over 50mph.

    When I first read no break away, I thought that maybe the top teams were looking for an easier day after yesterday but looks like its been fast from the flag

    A breakaway is quite likely to succeed today, so there will be a lot of competition to get into it - hence the high speeds.
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  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    goonz wrote:
    Danlikesbikes wrote:
    All together but the peloton had a quick start today pretty much downhill (give or take) to the first climb & averaging over 50mph.

    When I first read no break away, I thought that maybe the top teams were looking for an easier day after yesterday but looks like its been fast from the flag

    Perhaps they want to get it over and done with quicker and then have a longer rest

    More like teams putting pressure on those who might/could/have already shown weakness. The climb today is not as harsh as yesterday's. However the final k's are going to be hard & quite possibly just as fast to shell out as many as people as possible.
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • Squaggles
    Squaggles Posts: 875
    inkyfingers wrote:
    60km covered, no break, average speed well over 50km/h.

    Predictions for today...


    Everybody will moan about Declan Quigley

    Not me , I'll be watching RAI again
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  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    David Millar kind of breakaway day.
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Breakaway:

    Navardauskus, Bonnafond, Rodriguez, Pirazzi, Martens, Oss, Sarmiento, Duque, Martinez, Le Bon, Gusev, Cobo, Pauwels, Keukeleire, Popovych, Puccio, Gretsch, Petrov, Veuchelen and Di Luca.

    Astana have nobody in the break, nor do Lampre or Lotto Belisol
  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    Danlikesbikes wrote:
    All together but the peloton had a quick start today pretty much downhill (give or take) to the first climb & averaging over 50mph.

    When I first read no break away, I thought that maybe the top teams were looking for an easier day after yesterday but looks like its been fast from the flag

    Edit: Sorry having a mare today (as was the chap who tweeted that speed, not me) have just been checking and the average today was 50KMS not MPH for the first section.

    Can see a twitter user being bumped off my follow list for that & me for falling for it :oops:
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.

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