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

[will10]

Hm, really? How? Solo with 5k to go?

Purito only needs bonus secs

 

[Fetisoff]

Another big fail by CN

Airstream: exactly. Rujano will have to attack like a mad man, hopefully Purito or Moreno will follow

 

[rxgqgxnyfz]

Purito only needs bonus secs

Not if Tiranosaurus has anything to say about this!

I'm only half joking...

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Probably, Hesjedal has captured Maglia Rosa at least until the stage with Giau, what you think?

Probably won't want to hold it for all that time if the team actually think he can win. If they're backing him to win, look for them to offload it to an unthreatening breakaway halfway through week 2. If they don't think he can win, then Garmin will be on the front every day to maintain that jersey. Remember the gaps are still small, so even if he doesn't crack big on Cervinia or Pian dei Resinelli he could still find himself being overtaken for the jersey. And with a couple of steep short finishes to come with bonus seconds available, yes they're things that suit Hesjedal, but if J-Rod picks up a couple of stages and the bonuses that come with it...

 

[airstream]

Damn, where is the stage standing? Such a mess never occurs on letourfr.

will10, I see. But exactly this might be a problem judging by today's stage. Rujano finished together with Basso and Kreuziger, has anyone noticed?

 

[Eshnar]

Hm, really? How? Solo with 5k to go?

maybe 5-6 gc guys together?
if so, Hesjedal won't be between them.

 

[Ferminal]

Damn, where is the stage standing? Such a mess never occurs on letourfr.

Pathetic, almost as poor as their effort during Tirreno - Adriatico.

 

[airstream]

maybe 5-6 gc guys together?
if so, Hesjedal won't be between them.

Very possibly, though if Hesjedal is on a really good form, it will be difficult to drop him. He proved himself in very very wide range of specializations.

And with a couple of steep short finishes to come with bonus seconds available, yes they're things that suit Hesjedal, but if J-Rod picks up a couple of stages and the bonuses that come with it...

For sure, but I could find the only stage that suits Purito really well so it's quite an unsteady guarantee to gain the time. Besides, if I recall correctly, he got zero on the hilly finishes in last year's Giro.

 

[hrotha]

SEXY????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL4iVQyp9L4

 

[Red Rick]

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.

Ryo, why did you make a new account while being banned?

 

[FujiAnton]

Probably, Hesjedal has captured Maglia Rosa at least until the stage with Giau, what you think?

I'm expecting the real mountains stages to see what he can do, but i bet he will crack big time in at least one of the hard stages, the guy isn't a regular climber, sometimes very good, sometimes very bad.

 

[will10]

Rujano cedes 22 seconds to Scarponi, plus bonuses

 

[Pippo_San]

Finally the official classifications

http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2012/classifiche/it/t_07_class.shtml?lang=it

 

[Fetisoff]

My constant hitting refresh pays off - stats are up


And I guess some people were hitting refresh at a higher rate than me

 

[norwegian]

Anyone voting for others in the poll, more inclined to think Frank S. could be the overall winner?

 

[will10]

1 HESJEDAL Ryder CAN GRM 26:16:53
2 TIRALONGO Paolo ITA AST 26:17:08 0:15
3 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin ESP KAT 0:17
7 KREUZIGER Roman CZE AST 0:35
8 BASSO Ivan ITA LIQ 26:17:33 0:40
11 PINOTTI Marco ITA BMC 0:46
12 SCHLECK Frank LUX RNT 0:48
15 URAN URAN Rigoberto COL SKY 0:53
16 SCARPONI Michele ITA LAM 0:54
24 CUNEGO Damiano ITA LAM 1:14
38 POZZOVIVO Domenico ITA COG 1:42
53 GADRET John FRA ALM 2:38
54 RUJANO GUILLEN Jose' VEN AND 2:39
58 DUPONT Hubert FRA ALM 3:13
59 NIEVE ITURALDE Mikel ESP EUS 3:18

 

[Fetisoff]

Wow, Pirazzi must have absolutely hit the wall at the end

 

[will10]

Wow, Pirazzi must have absolutely hit the wall at the end

Nah, he just sat up I think.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Rujano cedes 22 seconds to Scarponi, plus bonuses

Pretty poor. Way too inconsistent to be a gt winner IMO.

 

[airstream]

Rujano took the whole Rocco di Cambio wind on himself. For what he tried to attack?

 

[Lexman]

Finally the official classifications

http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2012/classifiche/it/t_07_class.shtml?lang=it

thanks a lot!

 

[Pippo_San]

Uran not looking very good, I expected more from him on such a finish

 

[Gloin22]

Uran not looking very good, I expected more from him on such a finish

I don't think he is fully recovered from his injury at Fleche Wallone, slowly riding himself into form imo, expect him more in 3rd week.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Tiralongo!!

how was the race? have been away the whole day...

 

[Lexman]

Rujano took the whole Rocco di Cambio wind on himself. For what he tried to attack?

Don't understand Androni tactics today at all...