2012 Giro d'Italia, May 12th, Stage 7: Recanati - Rocca di Cambio 205km

[classicomano]

Butcher better than expected, good news for Rabobus.

 

[Fetisoff]

Wonder if they're gonna give gaps, or give them st

 

[Zam_Olyas]

sweet tira..won me some today.

 

[Bala Verde]

What an exciting finish. Those last 700m seemed like the lasted for 2 miles.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Nice finish for Hesjedal as well, small gaps count at this point, and the maglia rosa too. Don't think he'll have it for three weeks with some of the stages to come, but this is the kind of stage he can excel at.

 

[hrotha]

Well well that finish was actually much better than expected.

Oy Fränk.

 

[Cancellator]

Wonder if they're gonna give gaps, or give them st

Hope gaps. There was quite a difference between Scarponi + Frank and the rest

 

[Forunculo]

Schleck very promising for the overall.

 

[Bala Verde]

To me it seemed as if scarponi underestimated the length/difficulty of those last 500m.

 

[luckyboy]

Rujano wasted some energy earlier on the climb for no reason

 

[Lanark]

Exciting last kilometer! Scarponi and Schleck looked really strong, but they are probably more suited to a climb like this than a guy like Basso. Anyway, considering their somewhat lacklustre form so far, it's promising.

 

[Moviefan1203]

Schleck very promising for the overall.

That's what I'm thinking too. He might have a good Giro afterall.

 

[rxgqgxnyfz]

Where was Basso?

Or for that matter anyone from GC guys except for Lampre guys?

 

[Fetisoff]

Purito lost 15 to Scarponi, Basso - 21

 

[hfer07]

Tiralongo looked spent to the last drop!!! amazing win & well deserved!!

 

[Hugo Koblet]

rujano indredible today!dancing up the mountain like a butterfly. not even his kind of mountain. way too easy. tahts why he lost time to that whining b*** kreuziger. hes gonna lose minutes tomorrow lol. wait and see. rujano just soft pedaled up and still almost dropped everyone. amazing!were gonna see him destroy everyone soon. i said it a million times already.

 

[Forunculo]

Ironic, Tiralongo won two giro stages in front of two giro 11 winners

 

[will10]

****ing hell. Pirazzi does all the work and loses the stage to such a dumb error. Unblievable.

He wasn't going to win.

 

[FabulousCandelabra]

I thought Franky wasn't even in form yet??

 

[Cancellator]

Schleck very promising for the overall.

Maybe he woke up and realized that this is the moment to step out of the shadow his ( presumably more talented ) brother has cast over his achievements recently. Imagine Frank wins the Giro and Andy predictably fails in the Tour - we might be talking about "Brother of Frank" rather than "Brother of Andy".

Nice stage!

 

[DominicDecoco]

Exciting last kilometer! Scarponi and Schleck looked really strong, but they are probably more suited to a climb like this than a guy like Basso. Anyway, considering their somewhat lacklustre form so far, it's promising.

I had no idea that there were mountains that suited Schlecks

Great ride from him today.

 

[Gloin22]

Henao on 11th, not bad

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

<3 giro.

Should be a refreshing change from an otherwise mediocre season.

 

[Pippo_San]

Man I should've bet on Tira...

Guys RoboBasso is gonna destroy 'em all...8th on such a finish? He must be in TOP shape

 

[rxgqgxnyfz]

Ironic, Tiralongo won two giro stages in front of two giro 11 winners

Ahahaha! Five star post!