2018 Giro d'Italia - STAGE 10: Penne – Gualdo Tadino 239 km

[Robert5091]

A breakaway win? Nothing until that last crazy 1 km? A certain GC guy blows up on the first climb? Someone has this stage marked down for an attempt to win, but can n't put my finger on it. 1 of the Astana guys maybe .. the first hour will be very interesting - shame we can not see it!

 

[wirral]

Forget the sprinters, forget the GC guys. This is THE breakaway stage.

 

[Robert5091]

Weather forecast for today -
Considerable cloudiness with occasional rain showers. High 13C. Winds SSW at 15 to 30 km/h. Chance of rain 70%.

Wet and windy ...

 

[staubsauger]

Re:

Weather forecast for today -
Considerable cloudiness with occasional rain showers. High 13C. Winds SSW at 15 to 30 km/h. Chance of rain 70%.

Wet and windy ...

 

[Tim Booth]

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Chances of rain and cool weather are quite high.
Add the 239 km.

distance changed - stage is now 244 km

 

[ThePirate81]

Visconti-Mohoric vs LLS

 

[Laplaz]

Re: Re:

Weather forecast for today -
Considerable cloudiness with occasional rain showers. High 13C. Winds SSW at 15 to 30 km/h. Chance of rain 70%.

Wet and windy ...

 

[Salvarani]

Long stage and pretty hard for "flat stage". Would have be interesting to have seen first 1-2 hour and the first climb. Fight for the break or a team set the pace up on the first climb.

If weather is bad and it is gonna be windy it will be a long day in the saddle.

 

[Robert5091]

Who won all the one day classics so far? QS ... could be déjà vu all over again

 

[Netserk]

@Lotto_Soudal
1m1 minute ago

#Giro101 There were several breakaway attempts in the opening phase. For now, a group of thirteen riders managed to escape with four riders chasing them.

 

[wirral]

Conti, Hermans, Bouwman, Mohoric, King......Mosca, Ballerini, Ciccone.

 

[ThePirate81]

Ballerini, Sanchez, Mohoric, Hermans,Neilands, King, Scully, Martin, Bouwman, Pantano, Pedersen, Conti and Mosca in the front group.
Montaguti, Fernandez and Schmidt joined them a few minutes ago,Ciccone is bridging up as well.

 

[Netserk]

@quickstepteam
30s31 seconds ago

After 10 kilometers, 13 riders have gone clear: Ballerini, Bouwman, Conti, Hermans, King, Martin, Mohoric, Mosca, Neilands, Pantano, Pedersen, Sanchez, Scully.
#Giro101

 

[Netserk]

The bunch is more than 2 minutes back. Looks like we'll have a 17-man breakaway.

 

[SafeBet]

Strong group, but no fuga bidone alert.
Closest in GC should be Conti @ 10'50", right?

 

[Netserk]

Yes; it would have been more fun with Schachmann, Bilbao or Betancur there.

Anyway, it's not a done deal yet. No Lotto riders in the break, this stage should suit Wellens.

 

[Pantani_lives]

No one from Quick-Step or Bora. They might still have a reduced bunch sprint in mind. M-S would gladly give 10 minutes however.

 

[The Barb]

What a cracking group for the breakaway. Hard to imagine they get caught.

 

[wirral]

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No one from Quick-Step or Bora. They might still have a reduced bunch sprint in mind. M-S would gladly give 10 minutes however.

Viviani is being dropped. Perhaps QS's primary task will be to bring him back after the Cat 2 mountain.

 

[fauniera]

Re: 2018 Giro d'Italia - STAGE 10: Penne – Gualdo Tadino 239

Sprinters are having fun right now. Viviani and others got dropped from the peloton.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Not sure this is the final break. A few may only be there for the KOM points and others are probably going to get across on the descent

 

[Broccolidwarf]

That is a break of very strong riders indeed.

With big motors like Sanchez, Pedersen, Martin and Wurtz Schmidt (though he might just sit on wheels all day), the sprinter teams will have a hard time pulling them back

 

[Netserk]

Only 1'30'' now. Still a few km to the top.

edit:
@Lotto_Soudal
32s32 seconds ago

#Giro101 Due to the fast pace in the front group on the Fonte della Creta climb, Fernandez, Schmidt, Pedersen and Mosca have been dropped. Thirteen escapees remaining at the moment.

 

[Stella0596]

Would love to see what is currently happening live.

 

[Laplaz]

Poels pulling the peloton apparently.