Giro Stage 10 - spoilers

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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Bet he's wishing their TTT had gone better now...
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    ddraver wrote:
    Ffffff**ck, race over

    Don't be such a silly. The gap is only around 1 minute yet.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,162
    Good stage that. Probably about the worst point you can have a mechanical. 47 second loss for Porte by the look of it.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    ddraver wrote:
    Ffffff**ck, race over

    What are you talking about?
    There are four mountains stages and a 60 km TT.
    This is Italy where they have real mountains and you create gaps of minutes.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Wow, congratulations on that win. Lotto have zero excuses for messing this one up - Greipel should be furious. If Boonen thought he had a chance he should have helped. In any case, Greipel can't even finish the bunch sprint off...
    That's unfair on Boonen. Etixx were absolutely drilling it on the front. They just left it too late. If Porte had had a mechanical earlier they would have worked earlier. So it's Porte's fault really.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,400
    Well that's a lame way for Porte to lose time. Hopefully it'll mean he attacks a bit more now!
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Tremendous win for Boem. He was really driving that break. Tragic for Gatto. More rubber woes for Team Climate Denial.
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  • durhamwasp
    durhamwasp Posts: 1,247
    That has to be the worst luck I have seen in a GT... He needs the time trial of his life now. 1 minute is not undoable, but he needs to pull at least 40 seconds back on Contador on Saturday.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,162
    Porte might need to be a bit more aggressive in the mountains now although he could recover his losses in the TT. Worrying thing was that he seemed to be struggling to hold his team's wheels at times.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Pross wrote:
    Porte might need to be a bit more aggressive in the mountains now although he could recover his losses in the TT. Worrying thing was that he seemed to be struggling to hold his team's wheels at times.

    It makes sense though. The guys pulling him were flat land 80kg monsters. A 55kg rider should legitimately be flapping all over the place to hold that wheel.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Boem takes the red jersey from Viviani's shoulders with that win.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,400
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Porte might need to be a bit more aggressive in the mountains now although he could recover his losses in the TT. Worrying thing was that he seemed to be struggling to hold his team's wheels at times.

    It makes sense though. The guys pulling him were flat land 80kg monsters. A 55kg rider should legitimately be flapping all over the place to hold that wheel.

    :lol::lol::lol:

    Could you give me the details of Porte's miracle weight loss diet? He seems to have lost a kilo every few hours based on your posts.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Porte might need to be a bit more aggressive in the mountains now although he could recover his losses in the TT. Worrying thing was that he seemed to be struggling to hold his team's wheels at times.

    It makes sense though. The guys pulling him were flat land 80kg monsters. A 55kg rider should legitimately be flapping all over the place to hold that wheel.
    Losing 1kg/stage probably isn't helping either :lol:
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    The_Boy wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    Ffffff**ck, race over

    Don't be such a silly. The gap is only around 1 minute yet.

    Yeah but in modern defensive GC races that will mean (or certainly should mean) that the rest is a formality. I should have said race over in terms of GC excitement though to be fair, it also assumes Aru will lose a chunk to Bertie...
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  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    edited May 2015
    GC Standings after stage 10

    Contador 42 58 09
    Aru +3
    Landau ! +46
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  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    edited May 2015
    Sorry double post
    "The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    edited May 2015
    Triple post (God damn phone)
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Boem takes the red jersey from Viviani's shoulders with that win.

    1 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF 4:26:16
    2 Matteo Busato (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling
    3 Alessandro Malaguti (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini 0:00:02
    4 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:00:04
    5 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek Factory Racing 0:00:18
    6 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida
    7 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
    8 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Giant-Alpecin
    9 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF
    10 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Androni Giocattoli


    Porte officially 1.09 down on Contador.

    Three Astana in the top 5.
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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    What are the GC standings after stage 10, Ben?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Pross wrote:
    Porte might need to be a bit more aggressive in the mountains now although he could recover his losses in the TT. Worrying thing was that he seemed to be struggling to hold his team's wheels at times.
    It was probably the effects of drafting a car. If you're fourth in line you get less of the benefits and more of the turbulance.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    smithy21 wrote:
    What are the GC standings after stage 10, Ben?

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,706
    Regardless of any mechanical, he didn't look good.
    Hope it's not the start of a two week long bad day.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,162
    edited May 2015
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Porte might need to be a bit more aggressive in the mountains now although he could recover his losses in the TT. Worrying thing was that he seemed to be struggling to hold his team's wheels at times.

    It makes sense though. The guys pulling him were flat land 80kg monsters. A 55kg rider should legitimately be flapping all over the place to hold that wheel.

    You're right. Henao is a real flat land monster. I'm tipping him to win Paris-Roubaix one day.

    I doubt Sky have a 80kg rider in the Giro.
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    ddraver wrote:
    The_Boy wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    Ffffff**ck, race over

    Don't be such a silly. The gap is only around 1 minute yet.

    Yeah but in modern defensive GC races that will mean (or certainly should mean) that the rest is a formality. .

    Not if Porte is the strongest rider it doesn't. Nor does it begin to take into account the fact that Sky have had a *very* easy time of it while the Dark Side have battled among themselves.

    Crying over 45s now is very silly. At least until the TT, or even better, the first mountain stage of the last week.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,162
    Flecha surprised that the race convoy got stopped when Porte punctured therefore making it harder to limit his losses.

    Can't help laughing at Flecha, he suddenly seems to remember the camera is there and has to grin at it!
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Pross wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Porte might need to be a bit more aggressive in the mountains now although he could recover his losses in the TT. Worrying thing was that he seemed to be struggling to hold his team's wheels at times.

    It makes sense though. The guys pulling him were flat land 80kg monsters. A 55kg rider should legitimately be flapping all over the place to hold that wheel.

    Sergio Henao is a real flat land monster. .

    Were substitutions brought in while I wasn't looking?
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    edited May 2015
    Didn't look organised for Porte that. Sky car hesitated and stayed behind when they should just have paced them up to the rest of the cars. Porte really didn't need 4 guys when he could just have been paced himself by the cars. Instead he was fourth of fifth in the train and, like Rich says, benefitting very little from the draft and actually causing him to lose wheels.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Is Richie too titchy to take a bike from a teammate?
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,162
    The_Boy wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Porte might need to be a bit more aggressive in the mountains now although he could recover his losses in the TT. Worrying thing was that he seemed to be struggling to hold his team's wheels at times.

    It makes sense though. The guys pulling him were flat land 80kg monsters. A 55kg rider should legitimately be flapping all over the place to hold that wheel.

    Sergio Henao is a real flat land monster. .

    Were substitutions brought in while I wasn't looking?

    Ah, caught before I realised and edited my mistake. Teams should only be allowed one rider with each surname to avoid confusing my simple mind.

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