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

[Mellow Velo]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA cav, in your face, beaten at your own home :L

fantastic for androni _O_ and ferrari

Angling for another week's holiday, Ryo?
Doesn't count.
What him being Italian and all.

 

[jens_attacks]

this was one of the most beautiful sprints i've seen since a long time.
congrats to ferrari,a real classy sprinter(of course they do mistakes too).absolute class today.grande androni!!!now the mountains please.

 

[cineteq]

Full Results
http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2012/classifiche/it/t_11_class.shtml?lang=en

 

[therhodeo]

Ok so even before the turn it looked like Sky got swamped by Movistar and Saxo I think. How are they going to handle the tour when people really really want those stages and have guys like Greipl or Kittel who can take them?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

What the ****

F Schleck given at 0 seconds, while he definately lost time without bad luck in the final 3km.
I hope some DS pays attention and says something about this

edit: even guys like Sella who came in a minute after and didn't have anything to do with the falls.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

95 SCHLECK Frank LUX RNT 6:49:05 0:00

this is a joke right? he was already dropped before the 3 km. way before

 

[Pippo_San]

just like that previous sprint with the 90 degree left-hander at around 350-250m before the finish, this was again quite exciting. It really taps a couple of different sprint skills, including bike handeling and a different type of acceleration. Sprinters have to go from 0 to max in about 300 meter contrary to those compulsively obsessed full speed preparations on broadway.

More technical sprint finishes please!

+100000000 ...........moar!!!

 

[meat puppet]

IMO there should be timegaps, Muppet Bro was clearly off the back before the gap.

 

[therhodeo]

95 SCHLECK Frank LUX RNT 6:49:05 0:00

this is a joke right? he was already dropped before the 3 km. way before

How are the rules written in that situation?

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

95 SCHLECK Frank LUX RNT 6:49:05 0:00

this is a joke right? he was already dropped before the 3 km. way before

Ya I don't understand, wtf?

Not that it matters no way schlock win this giro regardless.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Do they opt for high chairs or booster seats?






And yes I'm just joking I like Androni/Rujano.

something like this for rujano:

 

[cineteq]

95 SCHLECK Frank LUX RNT 6:49:05 0:00

this is a joke right? he was already dropped before the 3 km. way before

+45 sec. is being reported

 

[Highlander]

I honestly don't know where Schleck was dropped at. When the cameras finally showed him, it was within the last few K, but who knows when he went off. Was he just dropped by the pace or were there any other factors that led to him falling off the pace.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

How are the rules written in that situation?

the time is taken at 3 km from finish. and schleck was dwon there

 

[El Pistolero]

Now that's a sprinter stage my friends.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I honestly don't know where Schleck was dropped at. When the cameras finally showed him, it was within the last few K, but who knows when he went off. Was he just dropped by the pace or were there any other factors that led to him falling off the pace.

when the camera's showed him it was like 5 or 6 km from the finish

 

[Cowgirlup]

GOSS Matthew Harley AUSOGE 6:59:07 10:02

Wow he really did get dropped. Shame as I was hoping he would be there to at least have a go.

 

[Gloin22]

Now that's a sprinter stage my friends.

If boonen crashed would you say the same ?

 

[hrotha]

I wouldn't worry about Fränk. The standings are very much provisional right now, and it's only natural that at first glance they'll mix up some groups. We've seen stuff like this being corrected later on tons of times.

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Wow he really did get dropped. Shame as I was hoping he would be there to at least have a go.

Goss is still suffering from injuries

 

[WinterRider]

Ferrari and cav appeared to launch at similar speeds, it was obviousl he struggled to get going after the corner.

Ferrari went through cleanly, Cav had to scrub speed when his lead out man overcooked the corner.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I honestly don't know where Schleck was dropped at. When the cameras finally showed him, it was within the last few K, but who knows when he went off. Was he just dropped by the pace or were there any other factors that led to him falling off the pace.

2km before the cameras showed it the Belgians already reported Schleck was in group 2 according to radiocorsa so no way was it within the 3km rule

 

[Mellow Velo]

Now that's a sprinter stage my friends.

Well said.
Ferrari got the best out of the bend, just like Sagan in Cali, day before last.
Have another go.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

95 SCHLECK FrankLUX RNT 6:49:51 0:46

Good

 

[cineteq]

I wouldn't worry about Fränk. The standings are very much provisional right now, and it's only natural that at first glance they'll mix up some groups. We've seen stuff like this being corrected later on tons of times.

I don't think anybody's worrying about him, people are more interested to know if he lost indeed 45 sec.