2014 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11: Collecchio - Savona (249 km)

[Rollthedice]

Basso is in top 10. As some fana here would say, it's just the beginning!

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Solo victories on medium difficult stages is the most boring it gets. Especially when you can see 15km before the finish that the field won't catch him.

I strongly disagree. But it's just matter of opinion of course.

 

[Simply The Best]

It's the Aussie Giro. Bookmakers should be taking bets. Who will be the next Aussie to win a stage ?

Hansen....

 

[Butterhead]

Solo victories on medium difficult stages is the most boring it gets. Especially when you can see 15km before the finish that the field won't catch him.

Sounds like you missed todays race, pity, it was a great one. Racing were on from km zero.

 

[Butterhead]

It's the Aussie Giro. Bookmakers should be taking bets. Who will be the next Aussie to win a stage ?

Ewans.... any bets anyone?

 

[Netserk]

Solo victories on medium difficult stages is the most boring it gets. Especially when you can see 15km before the finish that the field won't catch him.

Like Sestri Levante '12?

 

[Gloin22]

Sounds like you missed todays race, pity, it was a great one. Racing were on from km zero.

Everyone missed it...

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

It's the Aussie Giro. Bookmakers should be taking bets. Who will be the next Aussie to win a stage ?

I see 2,75 Australian stage wins here so far, while France has full 3 of them. So it's more a Frenchie Giro.

 

[kingjr]

Like Sestri Levante '12?

That was a bit different, cause there was one rider in the break that I cared about with Sandy Casar.

 

[mr. tibbs]

58 ULISSI DiegoLampre-Merida4:31

Rest of the stage is.. no history

Ah hell. Saving fuel for stage wins later? Did he just soft-pedal the climb? I was hoping he'd make a dark horse run at the top five, but I guess that's just me being silly.

 

[SafeBet]

Ah hell. Saving fuel for stage wins later? Did he just soft-pedal the climb? I was hoping he'd make a dark horse run at the top five, but I guess that's just me being silly.

He's not a GC rider + he crashed early in the stage.
Much better if he focuses on stage hunting.

 

[roundabout]

Everyone missed it...

I did manage to see the last 3.4 km

 

[Butterhead]

Everyone missed it...

You doesnt make sense? So every post in this thread is?

 

[movingtarget]

I see 2,75 Australian stage wins here so far, while France has full 3 of them. So it's more a Frenchie Giro.

Okay I'm cheating I'm including the TTT and the honorary Aussie Weening plus the days in Pink by the Aussies.

 

[Gloin22]

You doesnt make sense? So every post in this thread is?

Could you see the racing live on TV ?

 

[Gloin22]

*********Ulissi crashed today people..********

 

[roundabout]

He's not a GC rider + he crashed early in the stage.
Much better if he focuses on stage hunting.

With a better team in the future he should really be trying to contest stages like today regardless of the GC place.

 

[movingtarget]

Hansen....

That would be good. If he gets in a break he has a chance.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Why bust a gut with the ITT coming up tomorrow. BMC were probably concerned with not conceding bonus seconds to GC contenders, and wouldn't care who got the stage if it did not disadvantage them.

That is very much at odds with what we just saw

Others could have come past them and taken over the chase when/if BMC slowed things down but did not, or could not.

They did come around. And the BMC boys kept accelerating to go past, then freewheeled when they got to the front. Over and over.

 

[movingtarget]

*********Ulissi crashed today people..********

He looked in pain on the climb.

 

[movingtarget]

That is very much at odds with what we just saw




They did come around. And the BMC boys kept accelerating to go past, then freewheeled when they got to the front. Over and over.

I thought BMC worked harder than they needed to. The only danger was Rolland on the climb and once he was caught they could have sat back. Evans always wants to be near the front especially on the descents. Bit strange the day before a ITT

 

[Popchu]

Sebastian Henao is a good rider. Would like to see him in a breakaway.

 

[pastronef]

Geschke must be mad

Geschke to Italian RAI tv after the line

"Schade" Ich war zweite, "groesseres Schade" Rogers war vorne (or something like that)

a pity I was second, an even bigger pity Rogers was in front...

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Tinkov: "We gonna drink champagne. Get couple magnum bottles.

30 seconds later: "We now gonna buy couple Dom Perignon bottles"

 

[DominicDecoco]

Well that was by far the most boring stage so far.

What a strange post.