2014 Tirreno Adriatico, Stage 5: Amatrice - Guardiagrele: 192 km

[wirral]

Froome - back
Porte - illness
Thomas - crash
EBH - sick
Wiggins - one foot on his salary contract, the other already in retirement

 

[Kokoso]

Purito FTW
... ooooops

For those who mentioned Kreuziger, it is not a secret he dislikes steep climbs. Ideally he will ride some strong tempo for Berti on the lower part of the climb.

He dislikes steep climbs, but on the other hand he isn't bad on them. Those are two different things.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Yes that Giro stage that Kreuziger won on Alpe di Pampeago shows that he can't be too bad on steep climbs. Hopefully Kreuzi and Alberto are as strong as yesterday but with some better tactics.

 

[murali]

Yes that Giro stage that Kreuziger won on Alpe di Pampeago shows that he can't be too bad on steep climbs. Hopefully Kreuzi and Alberto are as strong as yesterday but with some better tactics.

why did kreuzi wait for contador yesterday?

 

[jens_attacks]

kreuziger will ride lanciano on his sayar cadence, big ring all the way

looking at his form, i will be extraordinary disappointed if bjarne doesn't give him the green light for full storming of passo lanciano.

 

[ILovecycling]

why did kreuzi wait for contador yesterday?

He thought it was a good idea considering the small gap.

 

[jens_attacks]

Oleg Tinkov ‏@olegtinkov 1h
Are you ready for the show #OmegaPharma #Movistar #Tirreno ?
The show is about to come Big time


hehehe

 

[LaFlorecita]

Oleg Tinkov ‏@olegtinkov 1h
Are you ready for the show #OmegaPharma #Movistar #Tirreno ?
The show is about to come Big time


hehehe

I get the feeling we'll end up horribly disappointed

 

[infeXio]

I get the feeling we'll end up horribly disappointed

Though you have that feeling in just about every single race that Contador features in nowadays

 

[jens_attacks]

yes...just like yesterday...with kreuziger and contador the strongest...

 

[Miburo]

Though you have that feeling in just about every single race that Contador features in nowadays

Nowadays?

It's story of her life, just embrace it.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Nowadays?

It's story of her life, just embrace it.

It's the same story as last year loads of hype then nothing in the end

 

[LaFlorecita]

Though you have that feeling in just about every single race that Contador features in nowadays

I am just saying I wouldn't be surprised if nothing serious happens on Lanciano

 

[Dazed and Confused]

83km in, gap about 12 minutes:

37º KING Benjamin G USA GRS GARMIN SHARP a 5'55
39º GRIVKO Andriy UKR AST ASTANA PRO TEAM a 7'47
54º GESCHKE Simon GER GIA TEAM GIANT – SHIMANO a 11:43
62º BRANDLE Matthias G AUT IAM IAM CYCLING a 16'05
80º HANSEN Adam AUS LTB LOTTO BELISOL a 19'31
83º POPOVYCH Yaroslav UKR TFR TREK FACTORY RACING a 19'39
90º DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO Da G ESP TNE TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA a 20'43
94º PAOLINI Luca ITA KAT TEAM KATUSHA a 22'03

Avg speed over the last two hours: 41,9 km/h

Ticker: http://biciciclismo.com/cas/site/eventos_online-ficha.asp?id=495

 

[LaFlorecita]

yes...just like yesterday...with kreuziger and contador the strongest...

I just hope Saxo get their tactics right this time.

 

[dicanio_michael]

why did kreuzi wait for contador yesterday?

Contador wanted to get the time bonus

 

[Hugo Koblet]

I wouldn't expect anything to happen on Lanciano.

 

[BigMac]

edit: Nevermind been reported here already.

 

[murali]

It's the same story as last year loads of hype then nothing in the end

but this year is going to be different. saw only last 4 km of yesterday's race, but i am sure of one thing: Contador is back!

He was comfortably dancing on the pedals. Quintana's attack was countered effortlessly. Contador is going to win again today.

i just hop tht the stupid man stops tweeting BS and jinx poor Contador though.

 

[LaFlorecita]

but this year is going to be different. saw only last 4 km of yesterday's race, but i am sure of one thing: Contador is back!

He was comfortably dancing on the pedals. Quintana's attack was countered effortlessly. Contador is going to win again today.

i just hop tht the stupid man stops tweeting BS and jinx poor Contador though.

Haha well said he did look very good yesterday indeed

 

[jens_attacks]

just watched guardiagrele on google ...jezuz christ it really is exactly 600 meters at exactly 22% lol...will they go faster than 10 kmph? 3 minutes would be super fast i guess

 

[Hugo87]

I have some expectations for today's stage, specially with Pozzovivo and curious to see if Moser manage's to climb with the best again.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I wouldn't expect anything to happen on Lanciano.

quintana will 100% attack there

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I get the feeling we'll end up horribly disappointed

you always say that to act like you won't be diapointed when it actually happens

 

[Arredondo]

That Muro, and no Purito

I hate the 'i want to be super fresh in the Giro so i won't start in a nice rice like TA' approach.

So now i'm going for Moreno.