2015 Giro Stage 5 **Spoilers**

frenchfighter
frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
edited May 2015 in Pro race
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Start: 12.05
Live: 1.30
Finish: circa 4.15
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    I have also just realised that Katusha's Zakarin is gone from GC as he lost 17 mins yesterday.

    Best preview: http://www.c-cycling.com/sites/Giro_d'I ... eview.html
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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    frenchfighter wrote:
    I have also just realised that Katusha's Zakarin is gone from GC as he lost 17 mins yesterday.

    Best preview: http://www.c-cycling.com/sites/Giro_d'I ... eview.html

    Yep, many lost out yesterday, Zakarin big time.

    BOTD today: Domont, Tvetcov, Chavanel, Dillier and Polanc have a 1 minute gap over Malaguti, Peloton at 2 minutes, 23K done
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Over 9 mins to the bunch now.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    edited May 2015
    61km to go. 10 mins 25 the gap.

    Shouldnt Tinkoff be thrashing it on the front by now? :wink:
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Break has almost 10 1/2 minutes on the maglia rosa group.

    As an aside one of my cats keeps picking her head up at the commentary, they do keep talking about Coppi (her name, my other cat is Merckx but she'd be "meh" if they started talking about Eddy)
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Macaloon wrote:
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    Win looks like its coming from the break unless they are really rubbish climbers.
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  • steve_pushbiker
    steve_pushbiker Posts: 91
    Anybody else watching via raisport.rai.it? La diretta says video not supported... is it geoblocked? I watched this channel on Monday no problem. I can see helicopter and moto just fine, not the mixed la diretta channel.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Love the little rider info graphics.
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Tvetcov pops off to do some sightseeing. No harm done though.

    Edit - shoe strap is bust. I guess this doesn't count as a mech repair then :D
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Last climb is not particularly difficult apparently so would be hard for the climbers to get a proper gap and a lot of effort to sustain it.
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  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,905
    frenchfighter wrote:
    I have also just realised that Katusha's Zakarin is gone from GC as he lost 17 mins yesterday.

    Best preview: http://www.c-cycling.com/sites/Giro_d'I ... eview.html

    So he wins the Tour de Suisse and then can't even stay inside the time cut? Hmm.
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Bike change for Bert.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    Bertie jumps on his motor bike again.
    Hope that Italian bloke has done a good job. :P
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,388
    ....bit of a comedown after yesterday this eh...

    zzzzzzz
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    ddraver wrote:
    ....bit of a comedown after yesterday this eh...

    zzzzzzz

    But, its the Giro? Are you allowed to say things like that?
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,388
    edited May 2015
    Hee hee

    Obviously this long dull boring stage is so much better than those french long dull boring stages
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Just been staring at goats.
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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Struggling to think who I want to win from the break.

    Chava I guess?
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,388
    Chava would be mildly pleasing. No doubt he'll have a suicide attack 1km too far out and balls it up though
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    edited May 2015
    But anything can happen in the next half hour <cue intro music>

    Stingray not Shikari :D
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Good lord, this is awful. Some contrast to yesterday.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,586
    Flecha's gone full POC.
    _
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Flecha's gone full POC.

    Horrific. That and the need for haircut.
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  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Nieve with a front wheel change just as the leaders get to the bottom of the Abetone climb. 16km to go and a 6min lead.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    You guys need to stop complaining. What do you expect.
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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Break looks to be losing time in chunks.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,586
    emadden wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Flecha's gone full POC.

    Horrific. That and the need for haircut.


    Pfft. No style, you.
    _
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    edited May 2015
    Chavanel goes and only Dillier can follow. Not surprising.

    13.5km, 5mins.

    Lampre and Ag2r manage to get up.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,388
    had a haircut at lunchtime today - that mirror they use to show you the back has gone from being the mirror of pointlessness to the mirror of shame :(

    Oh, btw Chava has had a crack
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    - @ddraver

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