2013 Giro d'Italia, Stage 20: Silandro Schlanders-Tre Cime Di Lavaredo (210 km)

[Dazed and Confused]

so Puffy Cheeks FTW?

Wouldn't be surprised.

 

[Roderick]

No De Greef option?

 

[Afrank]

You actually thought he was clean? He is an abomination.

A rider testing positive always puts a damper on a race, no matter what you thought of the rider before.

 

[luckyboy]

let's wait first to see if it's happening

sadly, a yellow 1-2 like in 2007 is no longer possible i guess.
scarponi to win it

Garzelli and Santambrogio to attack on that lump 100km out and solo to the win obviously

 

[Roderick]

Garzelli and Santambrogio to attack on that lump 100km out and solo to the win obviously

Such a shame the killer isn't there anymore to do a 1-2-3

 

[auscyclefan94]

Fanboy post: Evans will win!

 

[movingtarget]

Fanboy post: Evans will win!

That would be nice but if he hangs on I will be happy. He will be attacked from all sides and like Sean says "well, he has to make the calculation."

 

[cineteq]

Betancur will seal his white jersey!

 

[contessador]

voted for Samuel Sanchez!

guessing the experienced Samu will sneak away somehow and take the stage win it will be great, too.

 

[ThirdWorld]

Betancur will seal his white jersey!

hi, what the best stage of this giro so far.. I will try to watch now... can you tell to me?

 

[Ferminal]

Snowing and -2 near the top. I think they will push through it, only 20 minutes.

 

[Jelantik]

I was really enjoying this Giro up until this mornings news. Now I feel totally deflated, even though I totally agree with cancelling stages rather than putting riders at risk. The Di Luca news I think has killed it for me more than anything.

Anyway, if this stage goes ahead with this profile then you have to say it's Pozzovivo's chance to show if he really is the man for when it goes to the the steep stuff.

i thought when I saw his name, great. At least he'll do some damage for sky. well, turned out, he did do damage all right. Not to sky, but to cycling in general!

 

[stetre76]

this one: http://www.yr.no/place/Italy/Veneto/Tre_Cime_di_Lavaredo/
seems to be the correct one for the finish line - doesn't look too good
and what makes me a bit worried - yr.no is normally very accurrate on their predictions...

for the Passo Tre Croci it looks better
http://www.yr.no/sted/Italia/Trentino_og_Syd-Tirol/Passo_Tre_Croci/

snow predicted all day, but at least not that cold - around 0°C

so my guess, they alter the route once again and maybe finish at Tre Croci (if they want a MTF)

 

[movingtarget]

voted for Samuel Sanchez!

guessing the experienced Samu will sneak away somehow and take the stage win it will be great, too.

He has been riding well in the third week. I think he has a good chance for the stage.

 

[webvan]

It's going to be carnage today if they go ahead...hope there are no accidents/illnesses as a result.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Betancur will go crazy today. If they ride.

 

[SafeBet]

Dont want to jinx sanchez, but with the form he showed in the mtt then so long as Nibali doesnt care that much about the stage win he should be the favourite. 9 minutes down on gc, once they are on that final climb then if the pace is slowish he can catapult out of there and no one will care.

He has a good shot, I agree.

This will be Fabio Duarte's great moment.

Fabio, you looked so impressive on the Galibier, now please find the right moment to burn all your excess energy!

This.

 

[LaFlorecita]

I think Betancur will win but I hope Rafał! or Samu!

 

[Red Rick]

I think that a lot of today's outcome depends on how much Nibali cares for the stage win. I also don't think the break will get too far, as Cav will want to take the intermediates

 

[Ferminal]

Astana will chase anyway, today will be about honouring Pink. Expect Nibali to go for the win.

 

[Orbit501]

You actually thought he was clean? He is an abomination.

No, it's just that any rider being booted off a race is always a kick in the teeth for us fans. In this case it feels like a particularly hard kick because it beggars belief that a) he could be so stupid, and b) that it was allowed to get to that point in the first place.
Anyway, enough about that abomination, I've wasted too many words on him already. Any further discussion belongs in the clinic and not clogging up a decent race thread. I apologise.

 

[Sasquatch]

I'm being sentimental.

Garzelli for the win.

 

[Red Rick]

When does the coverage start?

 

[wirral]

Eurosport claiming 12:30 CET for a 5-hour show. If you are in Italy, probably earlier.

 

[Winnen]

I expect Betancur, Majka, Samu to go for the stage. Scarponi will attack but Nibbles is far to strong.

I hope for a strong ride by Kelderman and Weening! Can't see the whole stage since I have to do some cycling of my own. Enjoy!