2013 Giro d'Italia Stage 13: Busseto - Cherasco 254km

[the asian]

Cav really has improved his climbing ability, and it's probably going to improve even more .
Scary stuff.

 

[whittashau]

I'm not a huge Cav fan, but mad props for that performance. That should really be your prototypical sprint stage, not these dead flat ones that always end with the entire bunch finishing together.

 

[winkybiker]

...dreadful from Viviani with a decent leadout though.

Cav has a way of making others look a bit ordinary when he's sprinting well.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Viviani got a perfect leadout, but he stood no chance at all.

 

[TANK91]

Cavendish barely winning against non sprinters

You again that guy who thinks Greipel is the best ha ha ha troll
Cav sprinted from way out and still won.

 

[cineteq]

You again that guy who thinks Greipel is the best ha ha ha troll
Cav sprinted from way out and still won.

Don't you agree with my objective statement?

 

[King Boonen]

Viviani got a perfect leadout, but he stood no chance at all.

He was too far back on the wheel of his final man.

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

OPQS have been magnificent in the last two days, not bad considering they have the B team out. Cav for the points jersey now.

 

[TANK91]

Cavendish is a legend 4 stage wins and he will hopefully end up completing his 2nd Giro in a row. So you have to respect the guy finished 2 GT's last year and 2 probably this year.

 

[uconnryan]

Cav is absolutely incredible! Woohoo

 

[SafeBet]

He was too far back on the wheel of his final man.

Maybe 250kms is too much for him. He had no legs.
Promising result by Nizzolo though. He seems too handle distance well.

 

[the asian]

Was Modolo dropped?

 

[King Boonen]

Maybe 250kms is too much for him. He had no legs.
Promising result by Nizzolo though. He seems too handle distance well.

Maybe, he lost the wheel before that though. He could have ridden his leadout to 200m and then gone but losing the wheel and seeing Cav coming past on the right probably just made him jump to early.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Impressive win by Cav.
Great action today as well.

 

[search]

Was Modolo dropped?

yeah, he was one of the first sprinters to be dropped on the categorized climb

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Points Jersey competition:

1 (1) CAVENDISH Mark Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 108
2 (2) EVANS Cadel BMC Racing Team 73
3 (3) VIVIANI Elia Cannondale Pro Cycling Team 72
4 (12) NIZZOLO Giacomo RadioShack - Leopard 59
5 (4) BELKOV Maxim Katusha Team 55
6 (5) URAN Rigoberto Sky Procycling 53
7 (6) SANTAMBROGIO Mauro Vini Fantini 52
8 (8) BATTAGLIN Enrico Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox 45
9 (9) NIBALI Vincenzo Astana Pro Team 45
10 (10) BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos Alberto AG2R La Mondiale 43

Cav is still in the game.

 

[will10]

Can't see past Evans for the points jersey tbh.

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

Points Jersey competition:

1 (1) CAVENDISH Mark Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 108
2 (2) EVANS Cadel BMC Racing Team 73
3 (3) VIVIANI Elia Cannondale Pro Cycling Team 72
4 (12) NIZZOLO Giacomo RadioShack - Leopard 59
5 (4) BELKOV Maxim Katusha Team 55
6 (5) URAN Rigoberto Sky Procycling 53
7 (6) SANTAMBROGIO Mauro Vini Fantini 52
8 (8) BATTAGLIN Enrico Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox 45
9 (9) NIBALI Vincenzo Astana Pro Team 45
10 (10) BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos Alberto AG2R La Mondiale 43

Cav is still in the game.

Will probably come down to stage 17, one more win in the final stage is unlikely to be enough to hold off Evans.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Points Jersey competition:

1 (1) CAVENDISH Mark Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 108
2 (2) EVANS Cadel BMC Racing Team 73
3 (3) VIVIANI Elia Cannondale Pro Cycling Team 72
4 (12) NIZZOLO Giacomo RadioShack - Leopard 59
5 (4) BELKOV Maxim Katusha Team 55
6 (5) URAN Rigoberto Sky Procycling 53
7 (6) SANTAMBROGIO Mauro Vini Fantini 52
8 (8) BATTAGLIN Enrico Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox 45
9 (9) NIBALI Vincenzo Astana Pro Team 45
10 (10) BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos Alberto AG2R La Mondiale 43

Cav is still in the game.

Cav won four stages, Evans none. Evans only finished once in the top 4 of this Giro so far. But in the end he's going to win the jersey. Ridicilous.

 

[theyoungest]

Can't see past Evans for the points jersey tbh.

Indeed. Without putting in an effort he already almost has it.

 

[Flamin]

what a total legend Cav is.

 

[The Hitch]

+1

Third week is where it's at Hitch. If you don't like it, go on the internet and complain. oh wait...

I wasnt complaining just trying to liven up the discussion. But I don't think 3rd week was that bad. Finnestre was a mega stage and there was the macanuga mtf and the nevegal tt. Sure it didn't turn out great but that's cos Contador wasn't there not cos the stages were poor.

 

[postmanhat]

Cav looked pretty much done in during the presentation. Is there much point in him continuing?

OPQS really got their act together this Tour. Maybe just let the others have a pop at a couple stages next week?

 

[wwabbit]

Pretty impressive by Cavendish, didn't think he would survive the final climbs to compete in this sprint.

 

[qwerty16]

Will probably come down to stage 17, one more win in the final stage is unlikely to be enough to hold off Evans.

OPQS can even try to go for intermediate sprints in some stages (even the last stage) if he needs the points. It will probably compromise the leadout, but he seems to be keen on completing his GT-points jersey-set and they might need to take some risks for that.