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

[Ildabaoth]

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

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

Yes, he did that on purpose. Supposedly because the fan intended to punch Contador's face.

 

[Moncoutie]

Whats the gap now back to the peloton?

 

[killswitch]

Matt Wilson abandons.

Whats the gap now back to the peloton?

~6'30"

 

[Ildabaoth]

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.

To be fair, the final meters were misleading, even with the signs. Sometimes it was hard to know if a rider was 200 or 500 meters away from the finish line.

 

[boomcie]

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

W-W-What!? He isn't a demigod of the TT bike?
Major personal disillusion.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

6:30 - 65K to go.

 

[Moncoutie]

6:30 - 65K to go.

Thank you.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

W-W-What!? He isn't a demigod of the TT bike?
Major personal disillusion.

Hm, 22nd last year, should be top 15 in the final ITT this year.
Also 12th at the Worlds U23 ITT the last year as espoir when he was 21

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

5.20 now, according to the live ticker. 60K to go.

on edit, the stream now shows the gap, it was 6.10 on the top of the Cat. 2.

 

[boomcie]

Hm, 22nd last year, should be top 15 in the final ITT this year.
Also 12th at the Worlds U23 ITT the last year as espoir when he was 21

I was only demi-kidding D_T.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

gap 6-10 at the summit.

 

[wirral]

Lot of action on Visconti.

 

[superconfex]

Hitch did Harmon just disagree with you?

 

[Moncoutie]

Hitch did Harmon just disagree with you?

I thought he just babbled incoherently?!

 

[The Hitch]

Hitch did Harmon just disagree with you?

Yes but then he said "if im wrong i apologise" which he is

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Harmon and Kelly talking at some considerable length about the most important race of the day, the fourth stage of the An Post Ras!

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Kelly unsurprisingly sounding a bit smug about Bagdonas, the Lithuanian rider his team recruited from the Belgian domestic scene. He took his second Ras stage today and stretched his lead in the GC.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

What is the difference between the attackers and the peloton? I'm just switching in from the Tour of Belgium

 

[roundabout]

5.05

Don't really get why Leakys are busting their humps so much.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

5.05

Don't really get why Leakys are busting their humps so much.

Trying to keep the Giro's no wins for the breakaway streak going.

 

[wirral]

5.05

Don't really get why Leakys are busting their humps so much.

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

 

[boomcie]

Trying to keep the Giro's no wins for the breakaway streak going.

Nieve.
__________

 

[will10]

Trying to keep the Giro's no wins for the breakaway streak going.

Nieve ?

 

[Climbing]

5.05

Don't really get why Leakys are busting their humps so much.

Maybe Nibbles wanna really attack on the last descent.

 

[roundabout]

Trying to keep the Giro's no wins for the breakaway streak going.

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

Apart from Gianetti's bank account of course.