Giro d'Italia 2011: Stage 13 Spilimbergo to Grossglockner

[Anonymous]

They were tired of seeing how worthless the chase group was and didn't want to be a part of it anymore.

seriously... they could have work together

 

[will10]

Yawn...

Of course, I wasn't expecting much from todays stage.

Unless CAS interceeds, it looks like the boring (GT) days of Indurain and Armstrong are on us again.

In the interests of good racing I'm hoping he is found guilty.

 

[Jamsque]

What can other teams do to put contador under pressure and possibly beat him ...other than putting banned substance in his food/drink lolzzz

They could try attacking him one by one on the Crostis and hope the repeated accelerations eventually wear him out, but no-one would want to be the first to attack and Nibbles, Scarponi et al would almost certainly run out of gas before Bertie even broke a sweat.

Barring a disaster, Contador has this Giro in the bag. He had it in the bag the moment he took the start.

 

[turtlesoup]

In the interests of good racing I'm hoping he is found guilty.

it might make for good racing but it wouldnt be good for racing

 

[thrawn]

What can other teams do to put contador under pressure and possibly beat him ...other than putting banned substance in his food/drink lolzzz

Collude and have Scarponi, Nibali, Kreuziger & co + a couple from each of their teams take off on the first climb of stage 15?

 

[theyoungest]

Kruijswijk on par with Rodriguez so far this Giro (except for those 1.5 minutes he lost by going on the attack two days ago). Didn't expect that.

 

[hfer07]

At this point- Rujano is going to leap frog to second place by sunday- and don't forget that after that we have 2 MTF left....

so Podium looks like Conta & Rujano

 

[franciep10]

It wasn't even an attack he just lifted the pace and rode away dropped scarponi and then rujano accelerated and got onto his wheel

 

[Lanark]

Yawn...

Of course, I wasn't expecting much from todays stage.

Unless CAS interceeds, it looks like the boring (GT) days of Indurain and Armstrong are on us again.

Let's not rule out Schleck yet, he was pretty much Contador's equal last year, and although Contador's showing here is very impressive, with a guy like Gadret finishing 3rd, you have to take in account the strength of the competition.

 

[patrick767]

It wasn't deliberate. He crashed/mechanical on the strade bianche

Ah... thanks. I was trying to find a post about what happened or news somewhere. My ignorance bites me again.

Major kudos to him for today's ride and for making things interesting now despite that big time loss early on. It would have been easy to back off a bit and think, well, I've got no chance now.

 

[theswordsman]

Contador gave Rujano the stage win as a reward for helping him gain time on his rivals, and because he didn't need the glory or the additional bonus seconds.

 

[Cobblestoned]

1 RUJANO GUILLEN Jose' VEN AND 4:45:54 0:00
2 CONTADOR Alberto ESP SBS 4:45:54 0:00
3 GADRET John FRA ALM 4:47:21 1:27
4 DUPONT Hubert FRA ALM 4:47:23 1:29
5 ANTON Igor ESP EUS 4:47:23 1:29
6 KREUZIGER Roman CZE AST 4:47:30 1:36
7 SCARPONI Michele ITA LAM 4:47:30 1:36
8 NIBALI Vincenzo ITA LIQ 4:47:30 1:36
9 KIRYIENKA Vasili BLR MOV 4:47:30 1:36
10 MENCHOV Denis RUS GEO 4:47:30 1:36
11 ARROYO DURAN David ESP MOV 4:47:30 1:36
12 RODRIGUEZ Joaquin ESP KAT 4:47:46 1:52
13 KRUIJSWIJK Steven NED RAB 4:47:46 1:52
14 CARRARA Matteo ITA VCD 4:47:56 2:02
15 MASCIARELLI Francesco ITA AST 4:48:08 2:14
16 NIEVE ITURALDE Mikel ESP EUS 4:48:22 2:28
17 SIVTSOV Kanstantsin BLR THR 4:48:36 2:42
18 NIEMIEC Przemyslaw POL LAM 4:48:36 2:42
19 TSCHOPP Johann SUI BMC 4:48:36 2:42
20 CATALDO Dario ITA QST 4:48:36 2:42
21 SELLA Emanuele ITA AND 4:49:07 3:13
22 MORENO Daniel ESP KAT 4:49:07 3:13
23 TIRALONGO Paolo ITA AST 4:49:07 3:13
24 MACHADO Tiago POR RSH 4:49:07 3:13
25 STETINA Peter USA GRM 4:49:43 3:49
26 LE MEVEL Christophe FRA GRM 4:49:43 3:49
27 ROVNY Ivan RUS RSH 4:49:43 3:49
28 CIONI Dario David ITA SKY 4:49:43 3:49
29 LOVKVIST Thomas SWE SKY 4:49:43 3:49
30 GARZELLI Stefano ITA ASA 4:49:43 3:49
31 PINOTTI Marco ITA THR 4:49:43 3:49
32 PARDILLA BELLON Sergio ESP MOV 4:49:43 3:49
33 HERNANDEZ Jesus ESP SBS 4:49:43 3:49
34 CAPECCHI Eros ITA LIQ 4:49:43 3:49
35 SARMIENTO Cayetano COL ASA 4:49:43 3:49

 

[dlwssonic]

****ty coverage ****ty racing from the others behind.

 

[nvpacchi]

Nieve only finishing 2:42 down after pulling the entire group up a major chunk of the climb

 

[Archibald]

What can other teams do to put contador under pressure and possibly beat him ...other than putting banned substance in his food/drink lolzzz

stop working on the front for a start - eusklatel and aqua/scapone gave him a good ride today...

 

[Benotti69]

what was the point of Euskatel riding on the front for so long...apart from working for Contador. Are the Spaniards forming an alliance in revenge for Valverde?????

Giro was over since Etna.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

where did pozzo come?

I expected more from him..

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

it might make for good racing but it wouldnt be good for racing

It would be much worse for the sport to have a major star test positive and get away with it, thereby sending entirely the wrong message to every rider. But this is a conversation better had in the clinic.

 

[Lanark]

Contador gave Rujano the stage win as a reward for helping him gain time on his rivals, and because he didn't need the glory or the additional bonus seconds.

And probably some help from Androni in the next week. Those couple of meters Rujano worked could hardly have gained Alberto any time, not enough to give away a stage for.

 

[dlwssonic]

really dissapointing seeing the others look around at each other racing for second.

 

[YoRUsh]

Loved how Rujano looked back 3 times in the last 50 meters, not really believing that Conti would give him the stage, even with his hands raised he looked worried

 

[GoAndyGo]

Barring a disaster, Contador has this Giro in the bag. He had it in the bag the moment he took the start.

Yup and Scarponi and Nibali letting AC have 17 seconds on a flat stage just drove the nail even deeper. I am still puzzled at how you let one of the best climbers in the world take 17 seconds on a flat stage. Seems to me they have always been racing for 2nd.

 

[benpounder]

Barring a disaster, Contador has this Giro in the bag. He had it in the bag the moment he took the start.

He is, head and shoulders, above all others.

I'm hoping for a mechanical early on one of the big climbs to come, just to see what he really has under his hood. Otherwise, the rest of the Giro is a forgone conclusion.

 

[Ferminal]

Sastre over 7 minutes down. Respect for trying, but is it time to give it up?

 

[dlwssonic]

These are the times where I really miss andy