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

[roundabout]

21.00 is quite good

 

[Moondance]

HTC 21:00
Lotto 21:21
Rabobank 21:25
Saxo 21:29
Sky 21:36
Androni 21:38
BMC 21:40
Astana 21:49
Geox 21:52
Colnago 22:01
Katusha 22:03
Acqua-Sapone 22:06
Farnese Vini 22:06
Euskatel 22:11

Rumours of HTC's demise were exaggerated.

 

[jobiwan]

La Maglia Rosa for Pinotti!

 

[Mellow Velo]

HTC's result has zero impact on the GC.
Leeky up there, too.

 

[Jamsque]

Go go Pino! Even with only five at the end, HTC destroys the field. Cav looks shattered, he did a huge pull in the final KM to set it up for Pinotti.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Pinotti will wear pink, Cav will take it tomorrow.

At least they gave it to Pinotti (Italian TT champ takes lead on day 1 = feelgood story).

That's the only positive I can see in the story.

 

[Publicus]

Holy sh*t, Liquigas is rolling.

 

[spalco]

Hm, could Liquigas take this yet if they keep their men together?

 

[auscyclefan94]

Liquigas are doing quite well.

 

[cyclingfanatik]

great to see cav crying in the back of the pack. Pinotti for the points win!

 

[roundabout]

Liquigas can be fast even without Bodnar

 

[Jamsque]

It'll be interesting to see if Garmin and Liquigas will benefit from extra men over the second half, I'm not sure the course is long enough.

 

[Publicus]

Hm, could Liquigas take this yet if they keep their men together?

They are already starting to lose men. But they have a big lead on the GC men, which is all that matters at this point.

 

[thrawn]

Hm, could Liquigas take this yet if they keep their men together?

Possibly. I think they'll close on HTC but will just miss out.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Lampre look really messy!

 

[Jamsque]

That S-curve coming off the roundabout is catching out every single team. I wonder if there was a last minute change to the course or a mistake in the road book or something?

 

[thrawn]

Wow. Lotto beat G armin.

 

[Moondance]

HTC 21:00
Lotto 21:21
Garmin-Cervelo 21:23
Rabobank 21:25
Saxo 21:29
Sky 21:36
Androni 21:38
BMC 21:40
Astana 21:49
Geox 21:52
Colnago 22:01
Katusha 22:03
Acqua-Sapone 22:06
Farnese Vini 22:06
Euskatel 22:11



#GarminEpicFail

 

[jobiwan]

Garmin in 3rd. Beat by OPL???

 

[Ferminal]

Not surprised by that Garmin time.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Garmin seem to like to finish with the minimum amount of riders.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Garmin slower than Lotto?

LEOTARD truly awful.

 

[Jamsque]

Garmin also down to five and going fast, but not fast enough. 3rd for now, Liquigas might push them to 4th.

Omega rode their socks off today, really impressive ride out of nowhere.

 

[Ferminal]

LEOPARD TREK ahead of Colnago.

 

[superconfex]

OLP...Team of the year