2012 Giro d'Italia, May 23rd, stage 17: Falzes → Cortina D'Ampezzo, 186 Kms

[UpTheRoad]

Basso not such a shoddy descender it would appear

He is not descending with Cancellara, for instance, but I will agree that he has not done badly today.

He might have picked up a few pointers from his teammates.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Basso gassing it on the descend. LOL

 

[therhodeo]

13 seconds to Scarponi

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Superb recovery by Michele.

 

[Parrulo]

only 20 sec for Scarponi...

edit: 14 sec now

yep closing the gap pretty fast.

too be honest i would prefer to see him lose some time so he would be forced to attack

 

[HoinkDoink]

Well done Uran

 

[Bala Verde]

Jrod or Uran to win the sprint? They are in the lead right?

 

[SantiBotero]

Huge effort by Scarponi !

Kreuziger waiting for Cavendish to help him get inside time limit?

 

[The Hitch]

Least deserving

Gogo basso

After all these years, few of us have come to expect Purito to go 17 stages without bonking, especially on a stage like this.

So chapeau.

 

[WinterRider]

Lead group not working very hard I think.

 

[perico]

The same scarponi and Basso who were too much for "tour rider" evans two years ago?

A. Two years is a long time in cycling

B. Evans was going for the Tour that year as well, and if I remember that was a strange Giro. This year, Hesjadel focused on doing the Giro for GC and ride for VdV/Danielson at Tour.

C. When has Scarponi gone to the Tour and performed well? Basso trained solely for the Tour last year and got blown out.

D. There's a small handful of truly elite GT cyclists, which consists of Contador. The rest of them are usually overrated a bit because they isn't much difference between them. Evans maybe a bit better than the rest, and Schleck if he had a brain for tactics.

Scarponi, Hesjadel, Basso, Rodriguez, Cunego.

These are all Top 6-10 Tour Guys at their best. None are that much better than each other.

 

[UpTheRoad]

Well done Scarponi. Almost back! He should channel his 2011 MSR pull and he's there.

 

[Bala Verde]

Hihaaa, BigBoot back in the group!

 

[Fetisoff]

Can't believe they allowed Scarponi back


Flat stage tomorrow as well, so he'll recuperate

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Scarponi returning

 

[will10]

I wonder if they're regret not putting time into Scarponi here

 

[Pippo_San]

Crazy recovery for Scarponi

 

[spalco]

I wonder if they're regret not putting time into Scarponi here

Who says they had a choice?

Great effort by Scarponi.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

LOL. They allow Scarponi back on. Superb work from Michele, but really, this group did not work well.

 

[the asian]

Scarponi made it back

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

After all these years, few of us have come to expect Purito to go 17 stages without bonking, especially on a stage like this.

So chapeau.

Don't disagree and I like him.
Never gave up on him winning a gt personally! But the biggests tests have yet to come.

 

[c&cfan]

basso! lol

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Basso Attacks LOL

 

[The Sheep]

ugh Rodriguez going to take this

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Domo Arigato Mr. Robobasso!