Giro 2014 - Stage 18: Rif Panarotta *Spoilers*

mm1

Picture taken at the top of the climb to Panarotta last week:



The climb was used, with a finish lower down at Vetriolo, for the mountain time trial in the 1988 Giro.

frenchfighter

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Whole stage is very tough as is the last climb is 17km at almost 9% but is steady rather than sharp kicks.

the article don

^ What dreadful pedals, considering there's Fox forks on the front. Saddle height ridiculous too.

mm1

Thanks for sorting out the picture FF.

From memory there is a short steep pitch past the Terme (spa) at Vetriolo, so steep that I walked down it the first time I rode to the top. The mountain is popular with hang gliders, who have a fantastic view of the cemetery in Levico when they step out into the void. The local rider is Moser. Dario Pegoretti is from Levico (the Rapha film about Dario was the first time I'd heard anyone swear in dialect since my Father died) and has his workshop in Caldonazzo. Dario's brother runs a frame building workshop in a charitably funded clinic for recovering addicts in Pergine.

The Val di Cembra to the north west of the Redebus is beautiful.

frenchfighter

Ulissi DNS.

RichN95.

Orica down to their last two riders.

There's a song about this

"There's nine Greenedges riding on the tour
Nine Greenedges riding on the tour
But if one Greenedge should accidently fall
They'll be eight Greenedges riding on the tour..."

etc

Anonymous

I hope OGE are going to get fined, only 2 riders remaining in the race.

greeny12

Blimey, evan ANC Halfords managed to get four to the finish...!!

rick_chasey

sjmclean wrote:

I hope OGE are going to get fined, only 2 riders remaining in the race.

Really?

Pretty sure a lot are to do with injuries etc.

blazing_saddles

Rai Sport 2 should be opening up early, probably around midday.
Underway. No docking of time for quintana, rolland or hesjedal and no strike.

The other climbs:
Climbs:



In detail:

Turfle

Let's do it. More of what we had on the last two mountain stages please.

Anonymous

Rick Chasey wrote:

sjmclean wrote:

I hope OGE are going to get fined, only 2 riders remaining in the race.

Really?

Pretty sure a lot are to do with injuries etc.

Yeah but Sky are to be attacked for the team they field or the injuries they have then it has to be constant across all teams.

What is the lowest number of riders ever to finish a GT (not including Sky pulling out or Festina) for a team?

Turfle

Live sound-less pictures on the Eurosport player just starting, for those who can't get fancy foreign stations.

Turfle

Starting the Pellegrino now. Big group with De Gendt and Cataldo trying to go away. Wellens too - mountain points up for grabs.

Turfle

Kiserlovski trying to bridge, but Movistar won't let him go.

Turfle

Wellens out ahead of a group of about 20 (including Kiserlovski who is being gestured at by other riders).

Turfle

Peloton sped up to catch Kiserlovski. Now Cataldo, Arredondo, and I think Pellizotti a little ahead.

mm1

Turfle wrote:

Live sound-less pictures on the Eurosport player just starting, for those who can't get fancy foreign stations.

Love the commentary free pictures, watched the last 20k of Boonen's win yesterday with only the sound from the moto and helicopter.

Turfle

Zardini joins. Wellens chasing. Sella too. Peloton easing up momentarily.

Turfle

mm1 wrote:

Turfle wrote:

Live sound-less pictures on the Eurosport player just starting, for those who can't get fancy foreign stations.

Love the commentary free pictures, watched the last 20k of Boonen's win yesterday with only the sound from the moto and helicopter.

Yeah I like them. Works better than for other sports!

Turfle

Sella, Zardini, Cataldo, Arredondo, Pellizotti, with about 3 chasing behind. Peloton have slowed.

Turfle

Wellens, Deignan, De Gendt, and a Saxo are the chasers.

Turfle

The two groups have joined. Strong group now.

Sella, Zardini, Cataldo, Arredondo, Pellizotti, Wellens, Deignan, De Gendt, Rovny

1 minute ahead of the peloton.

Macaloon

Getting tribal.

Turfle

Duarte (I think) and a Belkin chasing now.

TheBigBean

Very good Macaloon. I'd be interested to know if we are all heightist as well.

Turfle

It is Duarte. He and Keizer join the front 9, 1'44 ahead of the peloton.

Turfle

Basso makes his race winning move. He and Rabottini chasing now.

above_the_cows

Macaloon wrote:

Getting tribal.

Well that strongly worded note I got from a Señor P. Escobar may have swayed my 'tribal' affiliations somewhat.

above_the_cows

P.S. I do like Alessandra de Stefano's specs.

Macaloon

TheBigBean wrote:

Very good Macaloon. I'd be interested to know if we are all heightist as well.

Let me know the conclusion you're looking for and I'll mine for it in the 'data', which I've mostly been making up. Who's got the time to make charts with real information?

Thinking about a handle change: macaloooooo