2013 Giro D'Italia, Stage:3 Sorrento - Marina Di Ascea 222 kms

[l.Harm]

A Blanco rider crashes => LOOL, Rabofail, Funny,

Someone else crashes => sand on the road, tried to avoid the Blanco rider, etc.

This is pathetic.

Glad you mention it.

 

[JibberJim]

the GC is now getting in shape- So Wiggo is 2nd already.... not good for Sky if he picks up the maglia rosa that soon within the next stages...

It's stage 3, he has to get it by stage 8 anyway or he's not that likely to win. Does it really make a lot of difference?

 

[maltiv]

Surprising that Nibali would be such a coward. Even when he and Hesjedal had a gap he refused to take a pull. He is the big loser today together with Scarponi...this was his opportunity to take seconds on Wiggins, and he didn't even try!

 

[jens_attacks]

chapeau to paolini

fuccin blanco man...i knew that it was coming


great finale. hesjedal is going nuts

 

[Dazed and Confused]

You sure , thought he was a lot further back that that.

about 1 minute.
Came in with another Lampre rider

 

[brilleaben]

And the first week was supposed to be boring?

 

[taiwan]

If Evans is actually in race-winning mode, he did a really good job of sandbagging beforehand. Surprised there was GC action on that stage.

 

[Angliru]

Nibali may attempt, but it will show only weakness. A GC man trying to take time on stage like this — pfffff....

Though as far as I remember Nibbs tried something similar in the Vuelta when Sagan won.

Maybe he should simply resign himself to his fate and just not put up any fight at all to a Wiggins win. Is resistance futile in your book?

 

[will10]

Scarponi crashed himself. Had nothing to do with whoever it was who crashed in front of him.

Scarponi has grabbed a load of brake as he sees the Blanco guy go down.

 

[jens_attacks]

was delfino in the front group after all?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Surprising that Nibali would be such a coward. Even when he and Hesjedal had a gap he refused to take a pull. He is the big loser today together with Scarponi...this was his opportunity to take seconds on Wiggins, and he didn't even try!

maybe Nibali wasn't feeling strong today.

 

[Gloin22]

Surprising that Nibali would be such a coward. Even when he and Hesjedal had a gap he refused to take a pull. He is the big loser today together with Scarponi...this was his opportunity to take seconds on Wiggins, and he didn't even try!

Yea, did nothing we kinda expected of him today, disappointing.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Maybe he crashed in his effort to avoid the riders that had crashed before him?

I don't think so. He was actually the second rider to crash so it would have to be "to avoid the rider that had crashed before him" and not "riders", and he crashed so quickly after the first rider that I simply think it had to do with the road conditions or something like that.

 

[hrotha]

A Blanco rider crashes => LOOL, Rabofail, Funny,

Someone else crashes => sand on the road, tried to avoid the Blanco rider, etc.

This is pathetic.

How can you fail to see the humour in the situation.

They didn't even have to pull. They presumably got to the front, as others have said, to avoid crashes. Then they crashed. Both of them. And they even took out Scarponi to top it off. And no one was hurt.

It's frickin' hilarious.

 

[movingtarget]

If Evans is actually in race-winning mode, he did a really good job of sandbagging beforehand. Surprised there was GC action on that stage.

Not really, along with Sanchez he was the best sprinter left in the chasing group.

 

[SafeBet]

Surprising that Nibali would be such a coward. Even when he and Hesjedal had a gap he refused to take a pull. He is the big loser today together with Scarponi...this was his opportunity to take seconds on Wiggins, and he didn't even try!

Kinda agree with that. And I don't buy he wasn't feeling good.

 

[jens_attacks]

paolini on the podium

what a smart rider!

 

[roundabout]

was delfino in the front group after all?

Negative. Came in in the group that came ahead of Scarponi.

 

[jaylew]

Katusha's Giro is saved now. Well done.

Yes, didn't take them long to justify their addition.

 

[SafeBet]

was delfino in the front group after all?

pretty sure I saw him 30 seconds back.

 

[ILovecycling]

whoaaa these podium girls

 

[Netserk]

Surprising that Nibali would be such a coward. Even when he and Hesjedal had a gap he refused to take a pull. He is the big loser today together with Scarponi...this was his opportunity to take seconds on Wiggins, and he didn't even try!

It was Agnoli, not Nibali.

 

[l.Harm]

Pellizotti @50 sec

 

[jens_attacks]

and no , scarponi DID crash because of blanco taking the turn at too much speed. he had to break a lot and lost the wheel
i think it was obvious

 

[roundabout]

pretty sure I saw him 30 seconds back.

31st at 50 seconds.

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