2011 Giro d'Italia, May 7th, Stage 1: Venaria Reale → Torino, 19.3km TTT

[Publicus]

The Champs are here! The Champs are here! HTC is off.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I spy a team starting with about 7 different jerseys, so it must be Team HTC "Sign National ITT champions and make them glorified leadout men, because interesting racing should be banned" High Road on the ramp.

 

[The Hitch]

Here come your winners.

 

[Ferminal]

Saxo really have quite a good squad for this. They should do well!

Yeh, they will lose at least 3 though.

 

[luckyboy]

What is Brian Smith talking about? I've never heard of a footballer losing his contract because of this court order thing.

 

[Califer Hill]

Tis not Sean Kelly, Accent sounds the same, agreed, ive made the same mistake before

Accents are NOTHING alike next you'll tell me a cockney sounds like a geordie

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Sky fails too... Not even 2nd, they are 3rd.

Sky beaten by the Rabobus, well that makes my day slightly better

 

[auscyclefan94]

It's torture listening this on VRT

Renaat Schotte and Karl Vannieuwkerke are quite possibly the biggest chauvinists alive. Even bigger than ACF

Thanks!

Everyone is failing according to you!

 

[Ferminal]

Superteam beats Androni by 3s.

 

[Moondance]

Lotto 21:21
Rabobank 21:25
Sky 21:36
Androni 21:38
Astana 21:49
Colnago 22:01
Katusha 22:03
Acqua-Sapone 22:06
Euskatel 22:11

the Sky is definitely not the limit.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

Tis not Sean Kelly, Accent sounds the same, agreed, ive made the same mistake before

wont be my last mistake either... tis smith i guess from another poster
thanks for the coreection

 

[Publicus]

All of that precision got them 3rd just ahead of Androni???

 

[superconfex]

OPL beat SKY...Well i never

 

[Ferminal]

What was the check on Saxo?

 

[Mellow Velo]

What was the check on Saxo?

The beef won't be pink, today.
Same CP as Sky.

 

[luckyboy]

Saxo +1 at check

 

[Moondance]

131 BAKELANDTS Jan
132 BLYTHE Adam
133 DE GREEF Francis
134 DE CLERCQ Bart
135 DOCKX Gert
136 KAISEN Olivier
137 LANG Sebastian
138 VEIKKANEN Jussi
139 LODEWYCK Klaas

If these guys podium consider my eyebrows raised.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Saxo Bank failing as well

 

[Libertine Seguros]

All of that precision got them 3rd just ahead of Androni???

Yea, but if it weren't for those famous marginal gains they wouldn't have beaten Androni at all.

 

[Publicus]

Yea, but if it weren't for those famous marginal gains they wouldn't have beaten Androni at all.

Fair point. Fair point.

 

[luckyboy]

Saxo Bank failing as well

I thought it said +1sec

 

[superconfex]

Garmin to tear it up...and they're off

 

[auscyclefan94]

Why aren't they showing BMC?

 

[maltiv]

Have you guys who are criticizing sky even checked their line up? They have ZERO tt specialists on the team...precision can only get you so far, you need legs as well.

 

[Publicus]

I thought it said +1sec

Do they still have all 9 riders? It looks like it. Ah, here comes Geox. They will finish 5th or lower.