2012 Giro d'Italia; May 18th; Stage 13: Savona - Cervere (121km)

[Froome19]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-L0Ek4B8bE&feature=related

and one nation is not really a cricket nation. boom.

Dont really want to talk about this in this thread so I will post this link and end off:
http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/match_zone/team_ranking.php

 

[Fetisoff]

ok congrats to cav but now let's move on to the thread of cervinia stage...

...oh wait

I guess everyone's waiting for Hitch to do an intro for that thread

 

[therhodeo]

Was that Haedo giving Ferarri/Felline the elbows on the run up? That was a pretty physical sprint without getting crazy.

 

[Caruut]

so be it they put men in the breakaway those men can be beaten in the finale and will be purely missed to get the breakaway back, you must ride such stages as a Milan San-Remo

You seem to think that if everyone else doesn't work, Sky will be perfectly happy to work for 200km on the front just to set up a sprint. I don't think they would, I think they'd sit up and say "you're not messing us around" and let it go. I really don't think that you've discovered a tactical masterstroke that many experienced DSes have just completely overlooked. Cav has won enough stages that he'll be happy to sit one out to punish other teams, and then whine about it on Twitter.

 

[Lexman]

Some people won't like it, but Cavendish is a legend in the making.

I hope there will be sprinters that can challenge him in the TdF like Kittel, but somehow I doubt it.

a legend in the making?

we must not have the same dictionnary concerning the word 'legend' i guess

 

[Froome19]

ok congrats to cav but now let's move on to the thread of cervinia stage..
...oh wait

Have patience and behold the Hitch's arrival

I would do it if not for the above anticipation.

 

[jens_attacks]

I guess everyone's waiting for Hitch to do an intro for that thread

we might end with windlessbreez,hurry up!

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Dont really want to talk about this in this thread so I will post this link and end off:
http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/match_zone/team_ranking.php

like i said were no one cares about cricket in holland, or even know it.
Hence why us beating a top team is so hilarious.

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@ ryo there is time, he'll be tarmac's best friend before the season im sure.

 

[Caruut]

Of course. Love him, hate him, or somewhere in between, only a fool would deny his incredible sprinting ability. He turns 27 years old in 3 days. He's already won 20 TdF stages, 6th overall, and passing Merckx's 34 stage wins looks to be a very real possibility. Per Wikipedia, he's at 33 total GT stage wins not counting this year's Giro. That makes 36 now. Catching Merckx's 64 wins? Well, that's a tall order.

Nah that total includes this Giro.

 

[Fetisoff]

we might end with windlessbreez,hurry up!

Could we actually have an ACF sneak-attack

No... We won't... No cuddles at this race.... What was I thinking?

 

[taiwan]

To be fair to Guardini it is his first GT. It might be Favilli's also though, and he's pretty good.

 

[RedheadDane]

According to the Eurosport commentators it was Felline.

TV2 Denmark said Ferrari...

Was that Haedo giving Ferarri/Felline the elbows on the run up? That was a pretty physical sprint without getting crazy.

Yeah... question is; which one!

 

[El Pistolero]

Some people won't like it, but Cavendish is a legend in the making.

I hope there will be sprinters that can challenge him in the TdF like Kittel, but somehow I doubt it.

Legend in statistics.

 

[DominicDecoco]

Haedo is such a mediocre sprinter. Saxo train did exellent to put him in a decent position. What did he end up with? 9-10th?..

 

[El Pistolero]

Haedo is such a mediocre sprinter. Saxo train did exellent to put him in a decent position. What did he end up with? 9-10th?..

Most of the top 10 here are mediocre sprinters.

 

[Caruut]

Most of the top 10 here are mediocre sprinters.

Which surely reinforces his point - to be set-up so well and not even beat the guys here (Cav and Goss excluded) is pretty poor.

 

[El Pistolero]

Which surely reinforces his point - to be set-up so well and not even beat the guys here (Cav and Goss excluded) is pretty poor.

Goss has been mediocre as well after his crash. Not his fault of course.

Not arguing against his point really, just adding to it.

 

[search]

Haedo is such a mediocre sprinter. Saxo train did exellent to put him in a decent position. What did he end up with? 9-10th?..

it was his brother who came in as 8th, JJ ended up 16th

 

[El Pistolero]

His brother also has the name Haedo

I assumed he was talking about the Lucas Sebas Haedo anyway. JJ can be brilliant on a rare occasion(like his Tirreno-Adriatico stage win last year), but is usually mediocre as well thanks to his awful positioning skills.

 

[DominicDecoco]

His brother also has the name Haedo

I assumed he was talking about the Lucas Sebas Haedo anyway. JJ can be brilliant on a rare occasion(like his Tirreno-Adriatico stage win last year), but is usually mediocre as well thanks to his awful positioning skills.

Nope. JJ is the one they go for. JJ is the one I was talking about. Perhaps they should give Lucas a go instead, though.. Just to be sure they'll get a top-10 once in a while...

 

[WinterRider]

great Greenedge lead-out, but what a miserable fail from Goss.

Goss is likely suffering from his crash. He didn't even contest the last sprint stage. Given that he did pretty good today.

 

[ElChingon]

Haedo is such a mediocre sprinter. Saxo train did exellent to put him in a decent position. What did he end up with? 9-10th?..

He should of gone to Cali so he could contend the 2nd place sprints.

 

[ultimobici]

Of course. Love him, hate him, or somewhere in between, only a fool would deny his incredible sprinting ability. He turns 27 years old in 3 days. He's already won 20 TdF stages, 6th overall, and passing Merckx's 34 stage wins looks to be a very real possibility. Per Wikipedia, he's at 33 total GT stage wins not counting this year's Giro. That makes 36 now. Catching Merckx's 64 wins? Well, that's a tall order.

Lets's see, I reckon it's very doable. If he rides til he's 32, he'll have 5 seasons to do it in. Averaging 3 stages a GT will net him 30 more stages, taking him to 66. SO I wouldn't bet against him succeeding.

 

[Froome19]

Most of the top 10 here are mediocre sprinters.

Then who asides from Cav, Greipel and Kittel (dont know what you think about him) are not?

 

[Catwhoorg]

Lets's see, I reckon it's very doable. If he rides til he's 32, he'll have 5 seasons to do it in. Averaging 3 stages a GT will net him 30 more stages, taking him to 66. SO I wouldn't bet against him succeeding.

Its certainly possible. Going to be a heck of an effort to do it, but its possible.

If he does it, I imagine the haters will have a field day.