2014 Giro d'Italia Stage 6: Sassano – Montecassino | 257 km

[manafana]

miss finish with meetings but interested see who improves from yesterday that late crash held up a few who will get a chance now.

 

[JosephD]

Anyone think Enrico Gasperotto has a chance today? He has proved he can go the distance

 

[Butterhead]

Anyone think Enrico Gasperotto has a chance today? He has proved he can go the distance

He crashed twice yesterday, I doubt it.

 

[gossymat]

Will be a fun finish, Quintana will be right up there

 

[b3n3v3nt3]

Will be a fun finish, Quintana will be right up there

He should be there but I doubt he'll take the win. From what I've seen of the stage profile, the last meters aren't that steep. I bet on a faster rider.
But then again, they'll have more than 200km on their legs...

 

[FellOff]

Not much for Quintano to get his teeth into on this one, surely? I'd expect him to bide his time. In some ways the stage suits Ben Swift, but perhaps not after yesterdays effort.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Avg speed after a few hours: 37,6 km/h

Gap 8:40

Still ideal for Orica.

Anyway the last hill can't be ignored. Somebody will race it.

Ulissi FTW.

 

[gossymat]

Not much for Quintano to get his teeth into on this one, surely? I'd expect him to bide his time. In some ways the stage suits Ben Swift, but perhaps not after yesterdays effort.

I thought Ben was trying to win the intermediate sprint yesterday, he might make it up there though today. I still remember that stage he won in PV.

 

[Arredondo]

Not much for Quintano to get his teeth into on this one, surely? I'd expect him to bide his time. In some ways the stage suits Ben Swift, but perhaps not after yesterdays effort.

Winning a stage in PV when the finish is after a descent, is something else than on a climb of 9 k at 5%. This is just to difficult for him.

 

[Ferminal]

Even if the sprinters survive they wouldn't be in contention for the win.

 

[trevim]

If he wasn't too close on GC, I would bet on a Weening attack; this kind of grade is perfect for power climbers with heavy gears. I am seeing it already, 56x22 from 8km to go until the finish.
Anyway, and completely off topic: Elissonde should have been here.

 

[manafana]

lots of energy wasted and niether big man takes a pt

 

[Yingge]

All rather boring - even here with no post for an hour.

Lets hope the race gets lively too....soon.

 

[saneguy]

Quite a boring stage all over again. Doesnt seem like a 21 day race at all. First week couldnt have been more boring!

None of the big teams sent anyone in the breakway. They couldnt care less. I guess the huge distance of 257 km could have been a deterrent

 

[wirral]

That was obscene. Thanks Eurosport.

 

[fowlyetti]

That was obscene. Thanks Eurosport.

The banana?

 

[happytramp]

It's honestly like all the people moaning in here have never watched a grand tour before. Every time, every blood time, in every bloody tour people moan about the first week. It's part of the basic genetic makeup of GT's, deal with it. They tried a couple of years ago to make every stage with in uphill sprint in the Vuelta and guess what it was just the same... "uhhh, this is so boring they don't attack until the last kilometer"

It's a three week tour and these flat stages take their toll in the third week. That why it's considered a test of endurance not a series of tests of who can accelerate the most in the the last k's of an mountain.

 

[Pricey_sky]

This is what happens when you backlog the 2nd half of Gt's with crucial stages and don't give us a tricky stage or 2 in the first week. All GC teams seem to want to hold fire.

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

Lots of Bernie screen time, what is there to complain about?

 

[webbie146]

It's honestly like all the people moaning in here have never watched a grand tour before. Every time, every blood time, in every bloody tour people moan about the first week. It's part of the basic genetic makeup of GT's, deal with it. They tried a couple of years ago to make every stage with in uphill sprint in the Vuelta and guess what it was just the same... "uhhh, this is so boring they don't attack until the last kilometer"

It's a three week tour and these flat stages take their toll in the third week. That why it's considered a test of endurance not a series of tests of who can accelerate the most in the the last k's of an mountain.

I loveeeeed the Vuelta 12, that was awesome

 

[wirral]

The banana?

Yes, the banana.

 

[wirral]

Yes, the banana.

What's going on with all these beards?

 

[Yingge]

Whats with the blue tape all over Pozzovivo's left knee - he have a crash sometime over the last few days? Just saw it on TV.

 

[saneguy]

Whats with the blue tape all over Pozzovivo's left knee - he have a crash sometime over the last few days? Just saw it on TV.

I think he went down yesterday. Got back into the peleton but may have been hurt in the fall and so the tape

 

[Netserk]

It's honestly like all the people moaning in here have never watched a grand tour before. Every time, every blood time, in every bloody tour people moan about the first week. It's part of the basic genetic makeup of GT's, deal with it. They tried a couple of years ago to make every stage with in uphill sprint in the Vuelta and guess what it was just the same... "uhhh, this is so boring they don't attack until the last kilometer"

It's a three week tour and these flat stages take their toll in the third week. That why it's considered a test of endurance not a series of tests of who can accelerate the most in the the last k's of an mountain.

Giro =/= Tour

Or did everyone also moan about the first week last year?