2014 Giro d'Italia Stage 5: Taranto – Viggiano (203km)

[johnymax]

Great finish by Ulissi. It looked all too easy for him. Well at least the last kms were kinda nice.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Too bad he was involved in the crash!!!

Duarte lost most of his chances by being too far when the downhill started.

 

[Escarabajo]

3 Colombians in top 10, good.

They better be. Two of them cannot afford to loose any time.

 

[Afrank]

Pfffrt Duarte loses nearly a minute.

That's too bad.

But part of me says he'll be better off focusing on winning stages anyways.

 

[Hugo87]

Nice effort by Matthews.
Guess he's grown too fond of that jersey to hand it over.

Very good indeed.

Top-10 GC already looks more real.

Uran, Evans, Quintana, Purito, Majka, Scarponi, Aru.

Basso should be there too, but this wasn't his climb by any means.

 

[Lupi33]

nice stage
7/10

Bling earned it today and well done Ulissi
didnt he win a stage somewhere earlier in the year?

 

[miketrout27]

Why did Viaviani and Swift go on the attack?

 

[Afrank]

Pretty boring stage overall. Please Nairito, give us some action when the mountains start.

 

[Netserk]

Purito will nail this for sure.

Katusha and BMC are going to race tomorrow, so it will be too difficult for guys like Matthews and Swift.

Katusha raced it hard, yet ended empty handed

Matthews really strong. Climb *not* too difficult for him.

 

[Fzotrlool]

An easy category 4 climb is unfamiliar territory for the Katusha train, but at least they tried. But it's just not tough enough as expected.

They created gaps which is good for the race.

 

[BigMac]

nice stage
7/10

Bling earned it today and well done Ulissi
didnt he win a stage somewhere earlier in the year?

Ulissi? Yes, he won a stage in T Down Under. Classy win that was.

 

[Jspear]

Katusha raced it hard, yet ended empty handed

Matthews really strong. Climb *not* too difficult for him.

Yep good ride by Matthews and tomorrow should suit him even more. Hoping he'll take it.

 

[Jspear]

GC

1 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica Greenedge 17:41:23
2 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica Greenedge 0:00:14
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:15
4 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 0:00:19
5 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:00:26
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Sky 0:00:35
7 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:00:37
8 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:41
9 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Team Sky 0:00:49
10 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:52

 

[Arredondo]

Katusha raced it hard, yet ended empty handed

Matthews really strong. Climb *not* too difficult for him.

He, that's part of predict a stage.

They raced to hard. And Paolini was really bad. They really missed him in the finale. But props to Ulissi. He's just better on these kind of finishes.

 

[alspacka]

Excellent from Matthews, I thought Moreno/Purito/EBH were gone at on point.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Giro_d_Italia_2014_Stage_5_Viggiano

Not in first group:
-Kiserlovski, Duarte, S. Sanchez, Rosa, Rogers, Zoidl

Seems Arredondo should already be Trek leader

 

[RedheadDane]

Why did Viaviani and Swift go on the attack?

Because why the hell not?

(Points for the red jersey)

 

[Lupi33]

Ulissi? Yes, he won a stage in T Down Under. Classy win that was.

yep remember it now
was a similar gradient climb, similar kind of stage

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Ulissi provides Italy with something to cheer about.
Viviani in points jersey too.
Nice after yesterday's debacle.

 

[SKSemtex]

I did not watch all race. What happened to Uran?

 

[roundabout]

http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Giro_d_Italia_2014_Stage_5_Viggiano

Not in first group:
-Kiserlovski, Duarte, S. Sanchez, Rosa, Rogers, Zoidl

Seems Arredondo should already be Trek leader

Mourey's GC assault begins now

Oh, and Kiserlovski had a flat

 

[Rollthedice]

Fourth finish.

 

[BigMac]

Cardoso 3.33 minutes down on stage.

Hope he gets rewarded later with a stage win from the break.

 

[BigMac]

I did not watch all race. What happened to Uran?

Nothing as far as I'm concerned. He finished fourth on the stage.

 

[SKSemtex]

Nothing as far as I'm concerned. He finished fourth on the stage.

LOL sorry I am blind and deaf probably.