2012 Giro d'Italia; May 15th; Stage 10: Civitavecchia to Assisi

[sucotash]

Barta would do well here but he's injured but still riding. He's even better than Huzarski this season.

Shame, didn't know that Jan is injured. What happend to him?

Hard to tell if he is better. For sure he is a better TT rider that's why he won Coppi and Bartali ahead of Huzar. But in the mountains Huzarski is for sure better. They are both very good and overall pretty much equal riders

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

i wouldn't go as far as saying the basso of 2010 wouldn't be a problem, don't forget that basso's performance on the zoncolan was tremendous, a shame it was the only time he really put the hammer down on that giro as on the other important mountain stages he either needed help for the rest of the stage (mortirolo-aprica) or was already in pink with the win in the bag (gavia-tonale).

rujano isn't exactly a nibali descending either

eventually if it comes down to it, it will be one on one for those 2 and with basso with a nearly 2 minute lead already i would put my money on him i think,

rujano isn't a great descender but nowhere near as bad as basso. check his giro 2005 stages he won and also last year. if there's no rain he doesn't really suffer in a downhil and he rides better solo in downhils than basso. the problems are he is so light and 48 kg is always a problem of some in the not so steep downhils, but I think they won't be much of a factor in the final week

 

[karlboss]

i wouldn't go as far as saying the basso of 2010 wouldn't be a problem, don't forget that basso's performance on the zoncolan was tremendous, a shame it was the only time he really put the hammer down on that giro as on the other important mountain stages he either needed help for the rest of the stage (mortirolo-aprica) or was already in pink with the win in the bag (gavia-tonale).

rujano isn't exactly a nibali descending either

eventually if it comes down to it, it will be one on one for those 2 and with basso with a nearly 2 minute lead already i would put my money on him i think,

Basso 40:45 and Anton 40:50 did almost equal time on Zoncolan in 2010 and 2011. I know this isn't a direct comparison, but 2010 Basso form could win this thing.

For reference Scarponi rode both years and rode it in 42:15 in 2010 and 42:01 in 2011.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Barta would do well here but he's injured but still riding. He's even better than Huzarski this season.

but he's no climber and he would not have been close today

 

[Mellow Velo]

So, Damiano loses 6, Jose 9 and Frankie 20, to the rest.
(32, 35 and 46 to Purito)
Minor significance.

To me, speculate all you like about how good Rujano will be in the high hills, but to me, the Italians have their own version, who continues to look the most likely to create mountain mayhem.

I thought Pozzovivo might drop a bit of time today.
Instead, he's first of the rest.

 

[masking_agent]

on a separate note - has anyone noticed that Ryder Hesjedal looks thinner this year ?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

yes. I noticed that a lot.

 

[FabulousCandelabra]

When will Hesjedal make his move and take back the pink Jersey?? Maybe into Cervinia??

 

[will10]

When will Hesjedal make his move and take back the pink Jersey?? Maybe into Cervinia??

On Saturday at never o'clock.

 

[burning]

Fun fact: GreenEdge's best placed GC rider:

103 IMPEY Daryl RSA OGE 41:08:32 40:58

 

[theyoungest]

Fun fact: GreenEdge's best placed GC rider:

103 IMPEY Daryl RSA OGE 41:08:32 40:58

You forget their no. 1 climber Thomas Vaitkus

So, Damiano loses 6, Jose 9 and Frankie 20, to the rest.
(32, 35 and 46 to Purito)
Minor significance.

To me, speculate all you like about how good Rujano will be in the high hills, but to me, the Italians have their own version, who continues to look the most likely to create mountain mayhem.

I thought Pozzovivo might drop a bit of time today.
Instead, he's first of the rest.

Yeah, Pozzovivo is the same type of rider as Rujano. The only difference is that Pozzo has been very impressive so far, whereas we wouldn't even notice Rujano if Ryo and his minions didn't mention him every 10 posts.

 

[El Pistolero]

So, Damiano loses 6, Jose 9 and Frankie 20, to the rest.
(32, 35 and 46 to Purito)
Minor significance.

To me, speculate all you like about how good Rujano will be in the high hills, but to me, the Italians have their own version, who continues to look the most likely to create mountain mayhem.

I thought Pozzovivo might drop a bit of time today.
Instead, he's first of the rest.

Pozzo winning the Giro would be pretty sweet.

 

[Red Rick]

The Butcher tried to butcher the whole bunch, but he only managed to butcher Schleck. He was still impressive though. J-rod's day's of steep stuff dominance are done.

We still can't say who's good and who's not. There still hasn't been raced hard on a mountain

 

[shalgo]

Another finish near the front for Larsson, who is actually ahead of Rujano on GC. For a TT-specialist to be doing so well on these medium mountain stages must bode well for his chances in the final TT.

 

[patrick767]

And now the battles of the sprinters...

Bos far ahead of Cavendish and Guardini
130 BOS Theo NED RAB 4:29:54 4:49
171 CAVENDISH Mark GBR SKY 4:32:54 7:49
181 GUARDINI Andrea ITA FAR 4:34:08 9:03

But is it enough for Bos to claw his way out of last place overall?! He needed 5:21 on Jeremy Hunt.

 

[Fetisoff]

But is it enough for Bos to claw his way out of last place overall?! He needed 5:21 on Jeremy Hunt.

Nope. Still dead last.

 

[Descender]

W Il Giro!!

 

[hatcher]

I have no idea what is going on in that photo.

 

[burning]

I have no idea what is going on in that photo.

I think an *** is going on

 

[jsem94]

Lol @ the ragazze of the Giro. As if the mountains and this Assisi finish weren't enough.

 

[will10]

But is it enough for Bos to claw his way out of last place overall?! He needed 5:21 on Jeremy Hunt.

186 PHINNEY Taylor USA BMC 42:10:44 1:43:10
187 GUARDINI Andrea ITA FAR 42:12:18 1:44:44
188 HUNT Jeremy GBR SKY 42:12:33 1:44:59
189 MINGUEZ AYALA Miguel ESP EUS 42:13:41 1:46:07
190 BOS Theo NED RAB 42:15:14 1:47:40

 

[FabulousCandelabra]

more photos like that plz!

 

[killswitch]

Another finish near the front for Larsson, who is actually ahead of Rujano on GC. For a TT-specialist to be doing so well on these medium mountain stages must bode well for his chances in the final TT.

He was 14th overall in 2008. Top 20 is certainly possible this year.

 

[Dedelou]

purito's daughter looks cute holding that teddy bear ^_^



i also think rujano looks strong, but will he manage to recover the 2 minutes disadvantage he has on basso? Because basso looks to be on the same level as he was in 2010. Actually the entire liqui team looks super strong with szmyd, capechi, caruso and agnoli

Indeed. Basso is well positioned and looking good so far. So much can happen between now and the last ITT, however. Let us hope we get to witness a royal fight

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Pic of the day... Tom Jelte and J-Rod going mano e mano with big guns dying in the background. Go BUTCHER