Giro D´italia stage 11 - Tortoreto Lido - Castefidardo 144.0km

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Machado now also catches up

 

[Benotti69]

Le Mevel dooms this group?

why? Saxo is hardly gonna chase it as they are losing guys out the back of the peloton already. Lampre have a guy in the break. Liquigas have a guy in the break. LeMevel is not gonna win overall. Lot of teams represented.

 

[maltiv]

Go Lars Petter! But Le Mevel dooms the break...

 

[Spare Tyre]

Frisky racing or what?

Lovely way to put it.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

73km to go and the BOTD only just got away. Lovely

 

[maltiv]

Nordhaug will destroy them

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Nordhaug will destroy them

In a group with Le Mevel, Machado, Kruijswijk? Hardly

 

[Fourier]

Conti looks relaxed

 

[cineteq]

73km to go and the BOTD only just got away. Lovely

Loving the stage so far...
Peloton: let Saxo do all the work to catch LeMevel

 

[The Hitch]

Sean Kelly disapoints me. Ignores Contadors Giro and Vuelta and says Lance will always be better than Contador because Lance won more Tours (ergo only race that matters).

Surprising from someone who won pretty much everything but the Tour (and Giro and Worlds).

Harmonn saves it. Makes the point.

 

[Tuarts]

Christophe Le Mevel (Garmin)
Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Katusha)
Marco Marzano (Lampre)
Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas)
Carlos Betancur (A&S)
Fabio Taborre (A&S)
Simone Stortoni (Colnago)
Ignatas Konovalovas (Movistar)
Tiago Machado (RadioShack)
Lars Petter Nordhaug (Sky)
Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank)

So Le Mevel, Machado, Moreno are the climbers in that group - any others?

Nordhaug can climb a bit can't he?

 

[kjetilraknerud]

Contador doesn't care if Le Mevel takes pink by a couple of minutes, as he's going to put minutes into him on Zoncolan alone.

 

[No_Balls]

Sean Kelly disapoints me. Ignores Contadors Giro and Vuelta and says Lance will always be better than Contador because Lance won more Tours (ergo only race that matters).

Surprising from someone who won pretty much everything but the Tour (and Giro and Worlds).

Harmonn saves it. Makes the point.

Rather pathetic remarks from him really. I would expect that from Ligget and Sherwin but not from him.

It also sounded he (Contador) would´nt come close to Lances tally, totally ignoring the still young age of Contador.

Really bad there

And i am not sure Kelly catch Harmons remarks. Sounds like he has swallowed the Tour-myth.

 

[Spare Tyre]

Contador doesn't care if Le Mevel takes pink by a couple of minutes, as he's going to put minutes into him on Zoncolan alone.

My thoughts too. Probably a good move.

Love seeing those hill-top villages. Italy is so beautiful.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Christophe Le Mevel (Garmin)
Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Katusha)
Marco Marzano (Lampre)
Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas)
Carlos Betancur (A&S)
Fabio Taborre (A&S)
Simone Stortoni (Colnago)
Ignatas Konovalovas (Movistar)
Tiago Machado (RadioShack)
Lars Petter Nordhaug (Sky)

So Le Mevel, Machado, Moreno are the climbers in that group - any others?

Nordhaug can climb a bit can't he?

Kruijswijk is also part of the group, currenlty 16th in the GC and 18th in the GC last year.

 

[Parrulo]

Rather pathetic remarks from him really. I would expect that from Ligget and Sherwin but not from him.

It also sounded he (Contador) would´nt come close to Lances tally, totally ignoring the still young age of Contador.

Really bad there

wow wasn't expecting that from sean kelly.

like i expected machado in the break. i hope they gain a few minutes back so he can make up for the bad first week

 

[No_Balls]

Saxo Bank rather cruising in the front. Doing some decent work, but not too hard.

 

[maltiv]

In a group with Le Mevel, Machado, Kruijswijk? Hardly

Wasn't entirely serous but the hope is that Le Mevel and Kruijswijk use extra energy to improve their GC position instead of thinking so much about the stage itself.

 

[No_Balls]

wow wasn't expecting that from sean kelly.

like i expected machado in the break. i hope then gain a few minutes back so he can make up for the bad first week

Yep, i didn´t saw that coming. Have always liked Kelly but this was really disappointing.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Wasn't entirely serous but the hope is that Le Mevel and Kruijswijk use extra energy to improve their GC position instead of thinking so much about the stage itself.

Le Mevel maybe. Kruijswijk said before the Giro he isn't solely focussing on the GC and will try to go for a stage win where he can.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

My thoughts too. Probably a good move.

Love seeing those hill-top villages. Italy is so beautiful.

would be cool if they stayed away.
Machado getting some much needed time back.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Rather pathetic remarks from him really. I would expect that from Ligget and Sherwin but not from him.

It also sounded he (Contador) would´nt come close to Lances tally, totally ignoring the still young age of Contador.

Really bad there

And i am not sure Kelly catch Harmons remarks. Sounds like he has swallowed the Tour-myth.

I agree.
Why base an evaluation just on the TDF? Kelly ignores Giro, Vuelta results, plus all the one week races that Contador regularly wins.
Add them all together and Martinelli has a good point.

 

[The Hitch]

ES showing Cali replay during Giro.

I hope they start showing Osterreich Rundfahrt replays during the TDF.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

They aren't gaining more than 2 minutes.

Big chance they get caught in the final and one of the favoriites win. Scarponi probably

 

[Tuarts]

Kruijswijk is also part of the group, currenlty 16th in the GC and 18th in the GC last year.

Shh, you weren't meant to quote me. :nothingtoseehere:

It's an ownage break though. Hopefully some of those guys don't do a Popovych.