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

[jens_attacks]

Cyclingnews reckon the leaders are busy noshing away but that is quite low for this stage of the race, be interesting to know who are doing the chasing.

Could just be a glitch but Ponzi seems to have gone missing from the break

http://skysports.html.infostradaspo...D=0&LayoutCode=1073741843&Cache=4&Framesize=2

Edit: aah, beaten to it! How could he have been dropped because it is flat? If it is just 5 now then that is a blow for their chances of staying away.

Maybe the sprinters' teams thought they would do some early hard work to allow a longer, lazier lunch?

ponzi was called back by his team.mainly because this breakaway is doomed from the start.

 

[wirral]

No news on who took the all important 6th place in the intermediate sprint and the valuable one point.

 

[Trunnions]

Has Senor Ferrari been "ditched" yet?

If not, this is surely his big day.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Has Senor Ferrari been "ditched" yet?

If not, this is surely his big day.

Didn't you post the exact same thing yesterday?

 

[wirral]

Didn't you post the exact same thing yesterday?

Yes he did and Ferrari is still Italian and not Spanish.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Long leisurely day in the saddle/settee.

 

[Trunnions]

Just reminding the riders who pop in here for their Team tactics.

 

[Morbius]

I really hope the riders are not looking at this forum for their tactics - not during the stage anyway

 

[fluffkitten]

Didn't you post the exact same thing yesterday?

Its nicely economical to keep posting the same thing, less effort.

Had thought maybe the break would be allowed to go today but unfortunately it seems I'm wrong. Pity.

 

[Catwhoorg]

Team tactics for the day*

UK postal to hit the cat 4 en-masse and TTT away for a Cav win!



*unless one of the other DS's reads this.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Team tactics for the day*

UK postal to hit the cat 4 en-masse and TTT away for a Cav win!



*unless one of the other DS's reads this.

Don't go bernies eyesore on us.

 

[cineteq]

Team tactics for the day*

UK postal to hit the cat 4 en-masse and TTT away for a Cav win!

Only to realize Cav wasn't able to follow

 

[will10]

Cav was part of 2 TTT wins at the Giro with HTC in the past don`t forget.

whoooooooooooooooosh

 

[Catwhoorg]

Only to realize Cav wasn't able to follow

I laughed.

 

[cycladianpirate]

I've been waiting for a slow day to ask this:

Does anyone else, while watching a GT, get so fed up with seeing certain commercials over and over again that you vow never to buy the damned product being advertised?

 

[happytramp]

I've been waiting for a slow day to ask this:

Does anyone else, while watching a GT, get so fed up with seeing certain commercials over and over again that you vow never to buy the damned product being advertised?

No, but it did make me try and eat pair of sidi's once.

 

[Fetisoff]

No, but it did make me try and eat pair of sidi's once.

Ahahaha. post of the day

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

no, but it did make me try and eat pair of sidi's once.

lol


..........

 

[Catwhoorg]

I've been waiting for a slow day to ask this:

Does anyone else, while watching a GT, get so fed up with seeing certain commercials over and over again that you vow never to buy the damned product being advertised?

Yes.

Same holds true for baseball, I see so many of the same adverts over the course of a season, several times per game for however many games I actually watch (40-50ish for me, Others will be in the couple of hundred range).

 

[c&cfan]

humm.. portuguese eurosport guys talking about the rule that prevents contador's future points from being used by saxo and how stupid and ridicule it is.

faith in portuguese eurosport guys: RESTORED!

 

[will10]

Yikes, 6 1/2 hrs + today it looks like

 

[Trunnions]

Normal training rides for Pros are 6 hours.

No big deal.

 

[Morbius]

Who sets the pace on a slow day like today?

Is it the break (as the peloton don't want to catch them too early) or the teams (and the break keep themselves a few minutes ahead).

 

[aarnold517]

Are there really only 7 abandons through the first 10 stages?? That seems like a real low amount...

 

[wirral]

Here in Asia, the ads are cut out as Eurosport is a pay channel on Astro cable. They are replaced by Eurosport trailers. Vera Zvonerava still hasn't finished her sentence after 2 years. Definitely time for some new ones.