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

[perico]

Hesjedal is a revelation. As is Uran.

Not really. People underrate the Tour guys against the pure climbers of the Giro. Garmin riders come up with goals and they base their season around them, and either meet them or in most cases excel.

Hesjadel focusing on the Giro and doing well here shouldn't be much of a surprise. He's a good rider.

The problem is that the other riders are overrated.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Contador would have been showered and asleep by now.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Might cunego catch the group on the descent?
He must be a minute down.

 

[spalco]

****, watching cycling at work while doing other stuff sucks. Guess I'll have to download the stage on cyclingtorrents later. I have no clue what's going on.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

They say it's Intxausti and Pardilla here.

Yea, it's two of the three, but we haven't seen close enough to identify them and Movistar are keeping shtum on the matter.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Scarponi dropped!!!

 

[c&cfan]

scarponi booooooooooom!

 

[goggalor]

Scarponi off the back!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I told you the pace was high!!

Scarponi is near dead

 

[GazelleFormula]

Pozzo distributing some pain.

 

[cineteq]

Finally Scarponi has been exposed!!!

 

[The Hitch]

Wow Pozzovivo looks like hes putting on a light pace and everyone else is dying

 

[rxgqgxnyfz]

this is baaaaaaaad.....

 

[Parrulo]

scarponi cracking?

that's our answer to why he didn't attack.

why didn't you push the pace earlier domenico.

uran and purito also suffering a lot

 

[diorgen]

how long is the run-in after the descent, short enough to hold a gap earned going down?

beautiful scenery!

 

[nvpacchi]

Pozzo bringing the hurt!

 

[MrRoboto]

Why so late Pozzovivo?

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

LOL at Pozzavivo.

 

[will10]

To be fair, everyone looks screwed

 

[c&cfan]

go pozzo! uran in trouble!

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Pozzovivo looks excellent. Pity he did not do this earlier. He has everyone in pain.

 

[Fetisoff]

YES! Ratface dropping!!! Hopefully he sucks on the descent too

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Not really. People underrate the Tour guys against the pure climbers of the Giro. Garmin riders come up with goals and they base their season around them, and either meet them or in most cases excel.

Hesjadel focusing on the Giro and doing well here shouldn't be much of a surprise. He's a good rider.

The problem is that the other riders are overrated.

Of course Hesjedal is a good rider, and I even tipped him to do well here! Just not this well. He really only has one solid GT GC result before this.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Giro is Hesjedal's

 

[the asian]

Oh Pozzo! why didn't he attack earlier??