2012 Giro d'Italia; Stage 15: Busto Arsizio - Lecco/Pian dei Resinelli (169km)

[Ney the Viking]

De Gendt flatted at 1800m before the finish

That sucks

 

[Lexman]

Rabbotini deserved the win, why do they wait till the last 3 km's to attack?

Where's Contador when you need him to stir up the bunch a bit

 

[Trofinios]

Great last 2k, otherwise pretty boring.

 

[The Sheep]

Nice to see the Board judgement of Tiralongo as new leader based on 1 day and the usual anti Kreutziger prejudices came in so well.

It wasn't a negative prediction on my part just thought Tiralongo looked good.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Great win for Rabottini. He truly deserved it. I hope he gets a lot of spumante tonight

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Basso is gona kill everyone up stelvio

 

[hrotha]

unfortunately that is GT racing in the modern era

Well, it's boring and stupid. Makes sense for Purito, Hesjedal and Basso, but how do the others expect to win this?

 

[Fetisoff]

Now we wait - what's gonna come first, stage results up on the gazzetta site, or Rujano finish the stage

 

[goggalor]

Rabottini! Amazing. It was like that moment when you're out on a long ride, you think fatigue is starting to get to you, and then you look behind and see a mountain bike. The legs feel fresher, the mind stops whining and you just just go.

Haha!

Chapeau to the mechanic who threw Rabottini back on his bike after he crashed!

And to Purito for a strong attack, but looking at the overhead shot the win wasn't that much of a gift. Just a fantastic ride by Rabottini.

 

[Lexman]

De Gendt flatted at 1800m before the finish

and he finished only at one minute, could have ended a lot closer...

 

[Parrulo]

Basso looks really solid. Think we could see a super stage by Basso next week.

ya think basso looks the strongest right now. today the favorites pretty much pulled a 3k sprint and he managed to follow scarponi easily.

 

[taiwan]

"Mamma mia, che finale di tappa."

 

[Gloin22]

Rujano FAILS big time, lol

 

[Forunculo]

Rabbotini deserved the win, why do they wait till the last 3 km's to attack?

Where's Contador when you need him to stir up the bunch a bit

Sssssh Contador makes races boring

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

It wasn't a negative prediction on my part just thought Tiralongo looked good.

what you said + Tiralongo is much cooler than Kreuziger

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Why didn't Ryder smoke everyone today, like he ripped their legs off yesterday?

 

[Sophistic]

Liguigas really played into the hands of Purito, they simply didnt push hard/early enough to get the kick out of the little cigar.

 

[l.Harm]

Boooooooooooring.

 

[Roude Leiw]

Well, it's boring and stupid. Makes sense for Purito, Hesjedal and Basso, but how do the others expect to win this?

they don't, no ambition

 

[SafeBet]

Rabbotini deserved the win, why do they wait till the last 3 km's to attack?

It's pretty easy, they don't have legs.

 

[the asian]

Why didn't Ryder smoke everyone today, like he ripped their legs off yesterday?

Coz He's not good enough to do it two days in a row.

 

[DenisMenchov]

I just can't understand Liquigas tactics anymore, kill all your riders. Well done Katusha, also I'm really happy Rabottini won, kinda reminded me of Rasmussen. Also Henao was great.

 

[Ney the Viking]

Why didn't Ryder smoke everyone today, like he ripped their legs off yesterday?

A lot steeper today, think Hesjedal will loose a LOT on e.g. stelvio.

 

[jens_attacks]

purito making gifts here,didn't expect that kind of improvement....

can't believe i'd say this but it worthed watching this stage for the last 2 kms.it was superb riding there.the rest was a complete sham,terrible riding.
glad for henao.totally expected from rujano and pozzovivo.


purito did the finale 7,8 km@7,8% in 22:13 at a speed of 21.07 km/h.


he's looking great but the giro is still long.anyway this might be a giro with even less high level than back in 2010.

 

[Lexman]

Rujano : BIG FAIL

Pozzovivo : fail

what happened to Uran?