Giro 16 - Stage 20 ***Spoilers***

The word epic is often overused, but I think today it might actually be true for what is quite possibly the most important stage of this years Giro d"Italia or any recent Giro, and we are in for a corker.
Expect 3 big men and lots of tears

Expect 3 big men and lots of tears


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Excellent news.
Assuming he doesn't take back the Maglia Rosa,
Kruijswijk could do almost as much good for his reputation (plus the publicity for the team) by just competing today.
And if he were to take the jersey back... Imagine.
If he's able to ride better than he can walk, then today could be one the great comebacks of recent years and held up as a textbook triumph for "mind over matter". Either way, Kruijswijk could today pluck himself out of obscurity and find himself earning considerable respect amongst more fans who love seeing riders suffering majorly.
I can see the Vuelta being an opportunity for quite a few to salvage a season and that oddly enough, starts today.
Not trawling back through yesterdays thread. Had connection problems yesterday and didn't get to see the SK crash apart from a couple of replays. So could anyone please tell me what was the time gap between SK and Nibali/Chaves when it happened? How far from home was it?
The questions will be answered today. Nibali has finally found his legs but at what price was yesterday's effort and was it a blip? I was surprised that Chaves couldn't stay with him considering Nibali's apparent condition and can only assume that he is tired. SK suffered more for the lack of team support as much as anything yesterday. Simone buried himself for Niballi.
All 3 contenders are not 100%, or at least there are doubts. Makes for a great finale. I really hope SK can make a fist of it but i'm not overly optimistic.
Ta.
That's doubly sore on SK. If there was already a gap and the crash coincided with a bad day, then he could probably be a bit more philosophical about it.
..and probably the rest of Colombia :oops:
2 for the GC. Quintana & Froome.
* I seem to be senior enough to have the TV on in my room whilst I am working - but not senior enough to chose to watch the cycling when the boss wants the boring french open
Obviously I'd prefer mm Chavez to beat nibali but I can't help but think it's nibali or kw to take the overall.
The riders are: Kangert, Atapuma, Dombrowski, Brambilla, Foliforov, Denifl, Visconti & Nieve. They have 1.24
Ulissi and a couple of Russians on a potato hunt
Apparently the stage has been cancelled.
Word is that it's 2 motos have gone into the peloton.
Any news from our posters out there?
EDIT
Remember this :- That I travelled over the Col Bonette in the 1960's when it was a narrow dangerous gravel/dirt road around the Headland at 2805 meters high and the headland put the fear of christ into my wife.
Because of increased traffic over the pass they cut a road through the ridge so vehicles could pass one another safely without having to reverse. They had widened the headland because of the danger out there.
The road was Tarmaced in 1993 for the Tour de France and Robert Millar dropped Pedro Delgado just after they past me and Robert won the mountain prize before Indurain and his followers passed on the Isola 2000 climb.
Today is almost the same route.
Great post!