Giro d'Italia 2011 Stage 20: Verbania - Sestriere 242km

[Ferminal]

Gadret should have attacked earlier when he saw the faux-pace Liquigas were setting.

 

[Flamin]

Szmyd facepalming himself at the moment.

 

[Spare Tyre]

Hang in there Nibs! Go man.

 

[Publicus]

Where is Scarponi?

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Purito is drilling it.

 

[dlwssonic]

dont discount out nibali he is a diesel

 

[Parrulo]

lets see if nibali can put his diesel to work again.

also this might make for some interesting viewing in the descent

 

[Bala Verde]

And Kruijswijk and Menchov go - so Kruijswijk wasn't as close to implosion as first thought.

He has been in 3-4 position for a while. Not that it means too much, because when he followed contador earlier this week he blew the engine as well..

Nonethelesss, he looks very comfortable, and appeared conerned with the peloton's pace...

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Rujano has to slow down around the corners. For a second, I had a Roberto Heras flashback.

 

[boomcie]

Have Roman and Steven joined forces, fusing into one rider or something?

Ha!

___________

 

[spalco]

Oh Baggio what happened to your ponytail (and your pants)?

 

[Moondance]

Rujano hasn't been gaining on Kiriyenka for ages now.

Vasil could be good.

 

[benpounder]

Rujano 3:45 back.

 

[Bala Verde]

Have Roman and Steven joined forces, fusing into one rider or something?

I my excitement I always misspell his name, with the many Is and Js, so I unilaterally changed his name...

/lazy

 

[jobiwan]

3:45 for Kiriyenka, surely he's got this now.

 

[icefire]

Nibali in diesel mode will chase in the descent. He'll be dropped again on the way up to Sestriere

 

[Parrulo]

scarponi and team gadret suffering

 

[killswitch]

Go Kiriyenka!

 

[YoRUsh]

Kiryjenka riding very strong..Losing very little time

 

[goggalor]

The K Man still looking good on J Rod's wheel.

Hope Nibali can catch up on the descent.

 

[thrawn]

Well this just shows how well Kiriyenka is riding today.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Nibbles can get back on the descent.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

1'35 between Rujano and Contador et al.

 

[luckyboy]

Rujano 1:35 ahead of maglia rosa. Nibali only 15secs back.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Kiryienka faster up the climb than the Contador group.
Says a lot.

I feel a Dekker Tifosi trumpeting session coming on!