2015 Giro Stage 5 **Spoilers**

RonB

Chavez dropping back so Contador will be in the pink tonight.

ddraver

Astana look insanely strong this year....

adr82

Polanc has 2 mins at 2k to go, gap dropping steadily.

And Aru/Porte/Contador already have about a minute on everyone!

frenchfighter

Pretty happy Aru is able to be in the GC contention so far.

frenchfighter

Landa pulling for Aru who are 1.40 behind Polnac. Another small minute to the chasing bunch led by Movistar.

LeePaton

Astana being boss!!!

Uran still not a GC contender. Porte has been on his jack Jones for most of that climb?

adr82

1k for Polanc, looks like he's got this one

rick_chasey

Frenchie, you're right - those shoes are a travesty.

ddraver

Hejedal attacks because...well why not I s'pose

ddraver

Aru setting up for the sprint...

adr82

Chava hanging on for 2nd... or is he... barely. Aru gets 3rd I think. Contador in pink?

frenchfighter

Didn't expect that from Polnac, great win from him - congratulations!

Glad Contador gave it a go but would have been nice if he got a gap. Early days and doubt he is digging deep. Those shoes really detract massively from the viewing pleasure.

mfin

Porte, Aru and Contador all looking pretty equal there.

ddraver

Uran, secretly makes up quite a chunk of time...

powerbookboy

Looks like we have a real race on. Can't see Bertie being able to win 2 hard races, so he'd better hope Porte inplodes, because Aru won't judging on last season..

jscl

That folks, is what we call good bike racing. These short Giro stages often churn out some good racing vs the long mountain ones.

Only 2 1/2 weeks to go!

LeePaton

ddraver wrote:

Uran, secretly makes up quite a chunk of time...

To who? The big three left him for dead and put more time In...

blazing_saddles

Astana celebrating dodging the UCI bullet in style.
Whatever Aru had, I need a dose.

frenchfighter

1 Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre-Merida 4:09:18
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling 0:01:31
3 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo
5 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky
6 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:01:44
7 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:01:53
8 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha
9 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
10 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) BMC Racing Team

1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 16:06:54
2 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:02
3 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 0:00:20

emadden

Vileda Super POC :-)

thomthom

Blazing Saddles wrote:

Astana celebrating dodging the UCI bullet in style.
Whatever Aru had, I need a dose.

Ok.

frenchfighter

Hopefully they give Contador some pink shoes for tomorrow. Got to be better than those black things.

emadden

frenchfighter wrote:

Hopefully they give Contador some pink shoes for tomorrow. Got to be better than those black things.

Have to agree. Also the blue goes well with the pink.

Black shoes should be banned.

Macaloon

That became quite entertaining in the end. Advantage Porte. More pressure on Contador and Aru to drop him on steeper terrain. Teams Tinkoff and Sky taking a hiding from Astana. This race has potential.

emadden

First time I am hearing Bertie speak in English in an interview :-)

blazing_saddles

Cataldo in 7th.

frenchfighter

TheBigBean

Work is annoying. I even missed PTP. Looks like a good stage.

I wonder whether all these interesting stages at the beginning will lead to a dull final week. Only time will tell.

deejay

Macaloon wrote:

That became quite entertaining in the end. Advantage Porte. More pressure on Contador and Aru to drop him on steeper terrain. Teams Tinkoff and Sky taking a hiding from Astana. This race has potential.

Am I to believe that these two stages have not been a "Snoozefest" and some people are finally entertained by a cycle race.
Good Grief, wonders never cease.

smithy21

4pm meetings should be banned during the Giro.