Giro d'Italia 2011 Stage 17: Feltre - Tirano 230km

[Flamin]

Bakelants in the break again? Damn. Animal.

 

[Climbing]

Peloton 4' 17".
Escape starting Aprica ascent.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Geox working now...

Menchov feels his 7th place or something is in trouble?

 

[Carl0880]

Looks like we now know where those millions from Geox sponsorship went.

Apart from Gianetti's bank account of course.

Did have a bit of a chuckle when they went up front

Harmon: Could Menchov be going for the stage win?

Kelly: There is a descent at the end, so no....

 

[Ildabaoth]

Geox protecting Menchov's place?

 

[roundabout]

Bakelants in the break again? Damn. Animal.

Too bad, they no longer have the jersey for the intermediate sprints (blue, I think it was).

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Nieve.
__________

How quickly we forget.

How quickly I forget anyway.

 

[The Hitch]

This could be an interesting peloton vs break for stage win.

Peloton 4' 17".
Escape starting Aprica ascent.

A bit generous calling it an ascent

 

[superconfex]

You forgot the best stage this Giro?

 

[The Hitch]

lol Liquigas domestiques drop the peloton, and have to look back and slow down.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

You forgot the best stage this Giro?

Just like a fat man, the last meal is forgotten and it's the next meal that counts.

 

[Moondance]

Gap is coming down quite hard.

The break (some of them anyway) might still just about make it, but I doubt they'll have much left at the end.

 

[roundabout]

Sivtsov is very strong.

lol at Geox, gone as soon as the fearsome Aprica climb started

 

[spalco]

Looks like it might be another futile effort for the breakaway if the peloton keeps this up, eh?

 

[Climbing]

Well, actually there are some though parts!
Of course for the most part it's flatty.
Gap coming down: 3' 30".

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Peloton is losing time now. I think they will make it.

 

[superconfex]

come on Dupont stick it to 'em

 

[superconfex]

Just like a fat man, the last meal is forgotten and it's the next meal that counts.

Lol, i'm going to use that sometime this week

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Peloton is definately giving up now.

Sivtsov is going to do nice in the GC and enter the top 10. Unless Menchov finds his helpers again

 

[Moondance]

Meh... Peloton isn't fully working yet.

Every time one of the break attacks the gap jumps up by 15 seconds. Liqui is playing control, not catch-up.

 

[Climbing]

lol
Sabatini with two hundreds bottles on his back!

 

[wirral]

If the break was 3 minutes further away, Nibali gets bumped off the podium. I suppose this is their concern.

Go Sean! Taking none of Harmon's inaccuracies (read: mistakes) today.

 

[Ildabaoth]

I don't get Sivtsov's tactics. Visconti seems to want the breakaway to work for a little longer, but Sivtsov is attacking all the way, even when he is the most interested one to get a big gap over the peloton.

 

[VeloMaster]

I don't get Sivtsov's tactics. Visconti seems to want the breakaway to work for a little longer, but Sivtsov is attacking all the way, even when he is the most interested one to get a big gap over the peloton.

His own DS, Piva, just told Universal Sports that his man is not a good descender and needs a gap before the crest in order to have a chance. That would explain it, no?

 

[Ferminal]

Just tuning in... looks like the break wins, thankfully.

Who is doing the least work in the break? Who looks the best?

(Got bets on Lastras and Visconti so hopefully one of them!)