Giro d'Italia 2011: Stage 13 Spilimbergo to Grossglockner

[turtlesoup]

how bad would the weather have to get for them to neutralize the stage?

 

[nvpacchi]

Szmyds abilities seem to have gone to Niemiec this year in the same way that those aliens took the basketball stars skills in space jam.

I like this reference! Does this mean that Szmyd comes back in the end to stun us on Finistre?

 

[cineteq]

40km uphill remaining...

 

[spalco]

it's 14 degrees at finish

edit:L it's 9 now, was 14 this morning. this could be a problem for rujano

Hopefully he'll take it as motivation to go faster to get into his warm hotel room earlier.

 

[Ferminal]

Oooh, gap out to 3'45"

 

[spalco]

how bad would the weather have to get for them to neutralize the stage?

The road is pretty much perfect, so I'd say very, very, very, very bad.

 

[GoAndyGo]

Does anyone know who many abandoned this morning? Anyone an actual start number? I know we had 186 finish yesterday but alot of sprinters and lead out men abandoned this morning. Pettachi was a minor surprise to me. All they have been talking about is how Pettachi has been climbing and climbing to help Scarponi but then doesn't even attempt a serious mountain stage. Probably better off to start prep for TDF.

 

[insideout leadout]

40km uphill remaining...

But only 15km to be scared of.

 

[Publicus]

Does anyone know who many abandoned this morning? Anyone an actual start number? I know we had 186 finish yesterday but alot of sprinters and lead out men abandoned this morning. Pettachi was a minor surprise to me. All they have been talking about is how Pettachi has been climbing and climbing to help Scarponi but then doesn't even attempt a serious mountain stage. Probably better off to start prep for TDF.

180 started. Ale Jet, Hondo, Cavendish, Ventoso and couple of others I don't recall all bagged it last night. I'm sure the peloton will be below 170 on Tuesday.

 

[GoAndyGo]

180 started. Ale Jet, Hondo, Cavendish, Ventoso and couple of others I don't recall all bagged it last night. I'm sure the peloton will be below 170 on Tuesday.

Thanks I think Mark Renshaw left to from HTC.

 

[Tuarts]

Renshaw and Belletti are the other 2

 

[roundabout]

Renshaw and Belletti are the other 2

You can add Kohler and Appollonio to the list now

 

[Cobblestoned]

Appolonio just DNF

 

[The Hitch]

424th best movie I ever saw. Awesome.

Whats 423rd then?

I like this reference! Does this mean that Szmyd comes back in the end to stun us on Finistre?

Negative. He comes back for the queen stage of Dauphine, whatever climb that is this year.

 

[RedheadDane]

So... how many think the riders are gonna get drenched today?

 

[Tuarts]

Appolonio just DNF

Wasn't he racing till Milan?

 

[Cobblestoned]

Does anyone know who many abandoned this morning? Anyone an actual start number? I know we had 186 finish yesterday but alot of sprinters and lead out men abandoned this morning. Pettachi was a minor surprise to me. All they have been talking about is how Pettachi has been climbing and climbing to help Scarponi but then doesn't even attempt a serious mountain stage. Probably better off to start prep for TDF.

You can always find a good and fast overview here:

click on "Aufgaben"
http://ticker.live-radsport.ch/flashticker/index.php?race=21153&type=flash

 

[Anonymous]

how long before the start of the final climb for the peleton?

 

[Cobblestoned]

Euskaltel really riding their asses off all day. lol
Penalty work for missing the break

 

[roundabout]

Kiserlovski seems strong. Just a wrong group on a wrong day.

 

[spalco]

how long before the start of the final climb for the peleton?

Not long. It should start to get steeper pretty soon.

 

[Tuarts]

Wow these ads are really getting annoying...

 

[GoAndyGo]

Negative. He comes back for the queen stage of Dauphine, whatever climb that is this year.

Le Collet d'Allevard (HC) at the end of Stage 6 looks to be pretty nasty.

http://www.letour.fr/PHOTOS/CDD/2011/600/PROFIL.gif

 

[roundabout]

Here comes the rain.

 

[maltiv]

Will there even be a single breakaway victory this year?