Giro d'Italia 2011: Stage 14 Lienz to Monte Zoncolan

[Bala Verde]

Jrod dropped from the group Anton/Contador/Scarponi

 

[Eshnar]

Rod is been dropped

 

[mr. tibbs]

I just saw the ghost of Ulle cheering on the climb!!

 

[thrawn]

Jrod cracks. It is down to Anton, Contador & Scarponi.

 

[Cobblestoned]

Denis....Deniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis

Where is Menchov ?

 

[GroupDK]

damn what a % climb, and no doubt that the favorite group will challenge about the stage win with only 1.09 to front and 5,6 km to go..

 

[cocteau_ireland]

Think Anton has a kick in him Maybe @ 3k

 

[Ramira]

Anton looks very good.

He's looking like he's near his form in last year's Vuelta, very impressive.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

I think Mechov has dropped rujano

 

[Bala Verde]

Bibali, closely followed by the sphinx

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Contador has zero reason to attack here, unless he wants the win.

 

[indurain666]

Kudos to Scarponi, he is really really trying...

On another note: last stage's live commentary by Daniel Benson was horrible, it was so obvious he did not like Contador and he called Rujano "little columbian".

Very unprofessional, he should learn a bit from Gazzeta boys, those guys are good

 

[Publicus]

AC doesn't look like he did the last week but he still didn't find it all that hard to close the gap to Anton. I don't think he's feeling as great as he was but my guess is he's still better than everyone around him.

I think it is more a function of the nature of Zoncolan than AC. If he were dancing up at a high rate of speed, the clinic would simply explode. This cimb is a grind.

 

[craig1985]

Anton attacks.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Nibali is catching jrod... wow he is handling this climb very welll.

ANTON! !!!!!

ac struggling

 

[goggalor]

Anton has holstered the pistol!!

Vai Scarponi! Vai vai!

 

[Ramira]

Interesting to see the 2nd and 3rd best climbers in the world can't follow Anton and Scarponi

 

[Jamsque]

Nibbles is catching up, and Contador is falling away from Anton!

 

[Aristarchus]

Anton goes away, Contador did not counter, and is following Scarponi.

 

[Bala Verde]

Anton rips it up and Contador makes Scarponi do the work

Contador not as good today?

 

[hoolaparara]

To quote Inspector Gadget .. wowsers. looks like contador is strulling.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Anton rips it up and Contador makes Scarponi do the work

Contador not as good today?

At what point does waiting become dropped? Very hard to read at the moment.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Nibali's cadence looks good. He's steady. Anton has dropped Contador. Looks like Hitch was right!

 

[Publicus]

Anton rips it up and Contador makes Scarponi do the work

Contador not as good today?

Does he have a reason to chase Anton?

 

[The Hitch]

Still a long way to go , but Anton looks good, Nibali coming back, playing it well.