Giro 2015 - Stage 3 **Spoilers**

frenchfighter

Short stage today with only 136km to race, but an interesting parcours:

jam1e

Anything could happen today I think, I've picked Viviani for PTP but the profile looks like it could cause an early GC shake-up if it's raced hard and some riders find themselves in trouble.

above_the_cows

This has the potential for wacky races written all over it even without the intervention of tw*ts on fixies.

rick_chasey

Fingers crossed the I pad charges in time.

frenchfighter

Starts at 12.35 and live at 1.30.

milton50

If Astana, Sky and Saxo decide to keep the pace really high on the main climb then there's going to be splits all over the place.

If it is a really reduced bunch then we could even see the big favourites sprinting for time bonuses.

blazing_saddles

There is now a fans video if the incident, yesterday. As clear as day. He lifts up the barrier rope and chaos ensues.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/video-c ... ia-peloton

milton50

What an absolute tool

smithy21

Really is incredibly stupid. Only takes one idiot to screw up several rider's races.

Anyway, today. Any chance they can make it a quick stage- need to head off about 15.45-16.00 ish.

frenchfighter

Very strong break. As expected, both Ulissi and Gilbert are playing a big role. Both went to check out this stage before the race. #Giro
@mrconde Mon, 11th May 2015 13:40:05

Branislau Samoilau (CCC Sprandi), Adam Hansen (Lotto-Soudal), Tom Boonen (Etixx-QuickStep), Rubén Fernandez (Movistar), Cedric Pineau (FDJ), Nicola Boem (Bardiani-CSF), Maurilo Fischer (FDJ), Darwin Atapuma (BMC), Maciej Paterski (CCC Sprandi), Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida), Jesus Herrada (Movistar), Marcus Burghardt (BMC), Davide Villella (Cannondale), Manuele Boaro (Tinkoff-Saxo), Philippe Gilbert (BMC), Esteban Chaves (Orica-GreenEdge), Bert-Jan Lindeman (LottoNL-Jumbo), Edoardo Zardini (Bardiani-CSF), Chad Haga (Giant-Alpecin), Davide Malacarne (Astana), Axel Domont (AG2R-La Mondiale), Luca Chirico (Bardiani-CSF), Pavel Kochetkov (Katusha), Salvatore Puccio (Team Sky) and Gianfranco Zilioni (Androni-Giocattoli).

smithy21

Got to love a big break. Not getting too far away though. 1 min 20.

frenchfighter

Zardini, Paterski, Dillier and my man Ruben are ahead of the bunch with Tinkoff leading the charge.

adr82

Blazing Saddles wrote:

There is now a fans video if the incident, yesterday. As clear as day. He lifts up the barrier rope and chaos ensues.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/video-c ... ia-peloton

What a prick! If you look closely at 18-19s I think you can see him scuttling away back off the road behind the hedge, doesn't even look like he came off himself... and then a few seconds later he's back riding down the pavement as if nothing had happened!

frenchfighter

Adam Hansen's birthday today.

jam1e

4 riders up front, 21 in the middle inc 3 BMC and Boonen, then a Saxo led peloton. The BMC riders appear to be trying to get the 4 riders back.

No time gaps on screen yet though so that's helpful.

jam1e

68km to go, the first 2 groups are together again approx 1 minute from peloton. Some riders going out the back and TS still setting a fairly hard pace with Orica, Astana and Sky in formation behind.

Macaloon

Meanwhile, Richie's caravan gets an extended airing on commentary. bbcnlkjhhdlbcouewyrgfx qjwebdx lqkwjedg xoquewdx qlejkwdn zq;wkegxf ieuw gxwljekx dk;

Onscreen graphic: Adam Hansen only rider to have completed all GTs 2012-2014.

bobmcstuff

Boonen dropped out the middle group. Plenty of riders suffering.

jam1e

Greipel gone off the back - looks like it'll be a long day for him. Boonen dropped from break, swallowed up by peloton and out the back of that as well. Inxausti bike change.

rick_chasey

OK, new system at work.

Has reduced my stream to mere indecipherable blocks.

I can follow what's going on, but can't read the graphics, so what's the status?

dish_dash

Rick Chasey wrote:

OK, new system at work.

Has reduced my stream to mere indecipherable blocks.

I can follow what's going on, but can't read the graphics, so what's the status?

Welcome to my world...

rick_chasey

Office 365 *winning*...

jam1e

Front group has just under a minute, Sky rider in the break has gone back to the peloton - TV saying it was Nieve but I think it was Puccio.

TS train is still setting pace but more GC contenders moving up closer to the front.

Macaloon

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rick_chasey

This climb seems to be doing a lot of damage.

Noticed Tom out of the door fairly sharpish.

jam1e

Kiri and Seb Henao gone out the back.

frenchfighter

Heano dropped.
Kiri dropped.
Odd.

jam1e

Did I just see Viviani in the peloton though?

frenchfighter

Some unknown Russian just blasts out of the front group towards the top of the climb and gets a large gap without even breathing.

46km to race.

rick_chasey

BMC soigner not willing to give CCC guys a bidon.

frenchfighter

Took 23 seconds out of 2nd placed rider (Ulissi then Chaves) in 500m :roll: