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

[roundabout]

Now that Sivtsov is back behind Nibali on GC on the road Leakys will probably try and keep the break at 5-6 minutes?

 

[TheRossSeaParty]

I've been watching this online on Universal Sports. For an hour or more before Universal Sports coverage starts, they show the feed from RAI with two english speaking commentators. Does anyone know who they are? They don't sound like the Eurosport guys.

 

[The Hitch]

Harmonn: Last time we were at Aprica Emanuelle Sella won.

How could anyone possibly forget last years Aprica stage, i dont understand.

 

[Frosty]

Now that Sivtsov is back behind Nibali on GC on the road Leakys will probably try and keep the break at 5-6 minutes?

Maybe. Could see other teams come to the front as he is affecting quite a few in the top 10. Or rather than a whole team come to the front you could see one man from a few teams just trying to keep the pace up.

 

[Moondance]

Harmonn: Last time we were at Aprica Emanuelle Sella won.

How could anyone possibly forget last years Aprica stage, i dont understand.

Sella-Scarponi... What's the difference? They're both Italian (former) dopers.

 

[wirral]

Why did Harmon say Kiserlovski is the highest placed rider in the break on the GC? It's Svitsov, isn't it? I don't get his point.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

Eurosport with Sean Kelly said someone had a mishap and is now out of the Giro. Anyone hear who it was?

I THOUGHT I heard MASCIARELLI, but not sure of that.

 

[roundabout]

Harmonn: Last time we were at Aprica Emanuelle Sella won.

How could anyone possibly forget last years Aprica stage, i dont understand.

Did he say Aprica? Sella won in Tirano where the finish is today.

 

[killswitch]

Maybe. Could see other teams come to the front as he is affecting quite a few in the top 10. Or rather than a whole team come to the front you could see one man from a few teams just trying to keep the pace up.

Rabo and Geox could help.

 

[Moncoutie]

Eurosport with Sean Kelly said someone had a mishap and is now out of the Giro. Anyone hear who it was?

I THOUGHT I heard MASCIARELLI, but not sure of that.

Yeah Masciarelli is out.

 

[roundabout]

Eurosport with Sean Kelly said someone had a mishap and is now out of the Giro. Anyone hear who it was?

I THOUGHT I heard MASCIARELLI, but not sure of that.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/masciarelli-forced-to-abandon-giro-ditalia

?

 

[Spare Tyre]

Eurosport with Sean Kelly said someone had a mishap and is now out of the Giro. Anyone hear who it was?

I THOUGHT I heard MASCIARELLI, but not sure of that.

Yeah, Masciarelli. IIRC someone opened a car door on him near the bus after a stage a few days ago. The story is on the front page of CN.

 

[The Hitch]

Sella-Scarponi... What's the difference? They're both Italian (former) dopers.

He said Sella won and had his victories taken away from him

Scarponi never had his Aprica win taken away from him.

Then again, im not sure if Sella had his taken away either.

 

[Dedelou]

Yeah, Masciarelli. IIRC someone opened a car door on him near the bus after a stage a few days ago. The story is on the front page of CN.

apparently door opening is theme today: Contador's mechanic was kicked out of the Giro for doing that to a fan

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

Yeah, Masciarelli. IIRC someone opened a car door on him near the bus after a stage a few days ago. The story is on the front page of CN.

He got car-doored? Wow, I missed that. Too bad for him.
thanks all for the information.

 

[The Hitch]

Did he say Aprica? Sella won in Tirano where the finish is today.

Yep. Rewinded it to make sure. "Last time the Giro was in Aprica, Emanuelle Sella won".

 

[boomcie]

apparently door opening is theme today: Contador's mechanic was kicked out of the Giro for doing that to a fan

Yeah, I thought that was rather confusing.

 

[Frosty]

Indeed, as Frosty points out, Kruijswijk would have never been allowed in the break by Kreuziger/Astana...

It's sad because he'll probably can forget about top 12 now. Unless Rabobank starts to work, because none of his teammates made the break as well

What do you reckon to his tt'ing? Finished high up in the Romandie TT (although i think the wind affected the later starters?) and finished 22nd in the final TT last year. Could maybe pick off Arroyo if he can get some 20 seconds back in the penultimate stage?

 

[Moondance]

He said Sella won and had his victories taken away from him

Scarponi never had his Aprica win taken away from him.

Then again, im not sure if Sella had his taken away either.

Sella didn't have his outrageous '08 Giro results stripped. I don't actually remember why.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

What do you reckon to his tt'ing? Finished high up in the Romandie TT (although i think the wind affected the later starters?) and finished 22nd in the final TT last year. Could maybe pick off Arroyo if he can get some 20 seconds back in the penultimate stage?

He can pass some notoriously bad ITT-ers in front. But it's these breakaway stages that are the hardest, because there's bound to be someone from the top 20 in that break gaining time.

Nieve already did it before.

 

[No_Balls]

Average speed has lowered a bit. 40 (something) km/hours now.

 

[Moondance]

What do you reckon to his tt'ing? Finished high up in the Romandie TT (although i think the wind affected the later starters?) and finished 22nd in the final TT last year. Could maybe pick off Arroyo if he can get some 20 seconds back in the penultimate stage?

Kruijswijk is definitely capable of gaining a minute (the current gap between the two) on Arroyo on a flat 26km TT.

Not because Kruijswijk is such a demigod of the TT bike, but because Arroyo is in the Purito-class of time trialists

 

[Dedelou]

eurosport coverage is blabbering about yesterday's TT saying Contador did not look like he was turning his pedals fast.. Funny. To me it looked like he was overspinning which is a rare sight in a TT where people often push the biggest grear they can move without loosing speed up the hill. So which was it..

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

apparently door opening is theme today: Contador's mechanic was kicked out of the Giro for doing that to a fan

did that on purpose? Must have to get the boot.

Man, beautiful countryside. Sure beats sagebrush and cheatgrass common to my area.

 

[No_Balls]

eurosport coverage is blabbering about yesterday's TT saying Contador did not look like he was turning his pedals fast.. Funny. To me it looked like he was overspinning which is a rare sight in a TT where people often push the biggest grear they can move without loosing speed up the hill. So which was it..

Harmon clearly smoked something inappropriate yesterday. He couldn´t even figure out that it wouldn´t take Contador less then a minute to ride 600 meter.