2013 Giro d'Italia Stage 8: Gabicce Mare - Saltara 54,8 km ITT

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Man...what are the differences going to be between the GC men?

 

[jens_attacks]

rain starting now

 

[Cyivel]

1:18:27 for Sergent

 

[Pricey_sky]

Actuelly Wigins is Lucky. The rain should be worst about 5 pm (when Wiggo is done, but Nibali is still out there) according to the forecast

I don't trust weather forecasts however if true then Wiggo losing all that time yesterday could mean he gains a little bit more back today. It's hard to tell if its a mega hard TT from what we have seen until he goes out and stops the clock.

 

[Cimber]

This TT will create gaps that are really (way to) big.

 

[l.Harm]

I heard the time limit is 30%??

 

[jens_attacks]

Man...what are the differences going to be between the GC men?

di luca will lose around 10 minutes to wiggins

santambrogio 8 or so

nibali 5

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Gavazzi in serious danger there.

no


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[Bavarianrider]

Massive Gaps, that's what a TT should look like

 

[Popchu]

Can I somewhere see more than the top ten riders?

 

[gerundium]

Sergent's already done half the job. It will be very tight.

If the rain starts it could mean that Sergent becomes the winner due to riding dry roads!

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

still dry btw?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

reports are its starting to rian jkust now

Clement 3rd at first check 44 seconds down

 

[gerundium]

rain starting now

how do you know btw?

 

[JibberJim]

Presumably there's strong winds about too to make it so much slower than expected? If so that's likely to favour the more aero rider, so suit Wiggins even more?

 

[l.Harm]

Dowsett said his TT declined after he left Sky. So Wiggins beats him by.. 5 minutes?

 

[valentius borealis]

I think that the winning time would need to be 1:14:47 or faster for Gavazzi to be eliminated (assuming 25% cutoff)

 

[The Hitch]

If that weather prediction holds Wiggins is going to be the winner of the giro today. Unless Nibali has improved his tt at froome levels then he is going to lose 5 minutes. Hejsedal I don't think was that good ever either. It's one thing being the good gt tter vs Joaquim Rodriguez. Another vs Wiggins.

 

[roundabout]

I heard the time limit is 30%??

time schedule on the giro page says 25%

 

[jens_attacks]

how do you know btw?

twitter..............

 

[jens_attacks]

wow dowsett! brutal

 

[Poursuivant]

If its raining now though, it could be a game changer.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Cataldo finishes pretty close to Sergent, so obviously back in decent shape now.

Also a good clue to remember, that Sky tend to pace themselves to come home well. Cataldo lost nearly all the time in the first section and matched Sergent on the rest, and Sergent has destroyed Belkov on the rest.

 

[gerundium]

wow dowsett! brutal

WOW putting 2+ minutes into Sergent at the bottom of the climb!

 

[l.Harm]

Omg Dowsett!!!