2012 Giro d'Italia; May 16th; Stage 11: Assisi - Montecatini Terme (255km)

[Descender]

The Giro has to stop scheduling these stupidly dangerous finishes if it was to be taken seriously.

 

[HoinkDoink]

Goss was nowhere, what happened to him?

 

[Bumeington]

Hoping this isn't a false dawn for my velogames team

 

[DominicDecoco]

I think Cav was on the limit from the moment they hit the hill until the very end of the stage.

 

[DominicDecoco]

Goss was nowhere, what happened to him?

Crashed again didn't he?.

 

[woodie]

Great, another finish decided by a corner

 

[WindLessBreeze]

Mark, Susan,......all great!

Liquigas needed Sagan overhere!!!

 

[Catwhoorg]

Where did Cav place ?

Did he get enough points to reclaim the Red Jersey ?

 

[c&cfan]

I think Cav was on the limit from the moment they hit the hill until the very end of the stage.

this.. he couldn't even start a sprint.

 

[will10]

Great, another finish decided by a corner

Cornering is part of the sport, particularly for a sprinter.

 

[Gloin22]

Crashed again didn't he?.

No. He got dropped on the climb with 10km to go.

 

[Ferminal]

I thought it was a great technical finish.

 

[Frosty]

Cavendish takes the lead in the points competition i think. Dont imagine that will be much of a consolation though...

 

[therhodeo]

Where on earth did Chicchi come from

If I remember correctly someone talked at TOC last year about a street sprint competition and Chicchi was mentioned as a favorite by teammates given how quick he is from a standing start which is almost what that corner created.

 

[c&cfan]

I thought it was a great technical finish.

it was an awesome finish.

 

[Bumeington]

I thought it was a great technical finish.

+1 Enjoyed the last 5k

 

[vcampbell]

Yesterday Vaitkus attacking uphill, today almost won a sprint.

 

[LaFlorecita]

I'm sad... the crash held up Haedo and Felline... the two I was cheering for...

 

[Mellow Velo]

Was it Modolo who caused the pile up?
Cav lost all forward momentum and Ferrari got past, without having to take him down, this time.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

I thought it was a great technical finish.

Uhuh. I don't mind the technical corners near the end. More unpredictable then train deliveries.

 

[meat puppet]

Cav was tired, but clearly he was also on a way too big gear after he got dropped after the corner. Really slow cadence in the few desperate seconds he tried to catch Ferrari.

 

[Cowgirlup]

Did Cav just not have enough in the tank or was his sprint interrupted by the crash? I missed it.

 

[Descender]

Great! Let's make it as twisty and turny as it gets in the last 3kms until everybody has crashed at least once!

 

[hrotha]

Cornering is part of the sport, particularly for a sprinter.

Yeah but teleporting over fallen riders is not a sprinter skill.

The finishes this year have been silly. When there's a crash every single day, you have to start wondering.

 

[Gloin22]

Cav had to slow down because he would have crashed into Thomas. He lost the spped and was over geared and couldn't' really get the spped that's why the different style of sprint. Still I think he would have lsot today, but if not that it would have been close.