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

[The Hitch]

Sestrieres is just as long as Finestre but only 1/3 of the altitude gain.

practically flat.

lol. Menchov and Purito taking those 8,9,10 places seriously.

 

[jobiwan]

Kiriyenka's got 6 minutes to Contador, 5 to Rujano.

JRod goes.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

lol Rodriguez has developed a habbit of attacking on the flat!

 

[luckyboy]

lol Rodriguez desperately trying to drop people ahead of tomorrow.

 

[Anonymous]

colombians really only can do stuff when its uphill. they will never become GT champions if they do no work on their flat sections, descending and tt

Rujano is Venezuelan.. no??

 

[Ildabaoth]

colombians really only can do stuff when its uphill. they will never become GT champions if they do no work on their flat sections, descending and tt

Rujano is venezuelan. However, you are right. Fortunately, there is a bunch of young riders who are more complete than older ones.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

I doubt Contador will have any interest in this.

 

[dlwssonic]

oh damn sorry guys keep on mistaking him for a colombian

 

[Hugo Koblet]

colombians really only can do stuff when its uphill. they will never become GT champions if they do no work on their flat sections, descending and tt

How is that? And fwiw, Rujano is neither columbian nor that bad in ITT's.

 

[luckyboy]

Wonder how far back Nieve and Sivtsov are.

 

[killswitch]

How long till Conta gets bored and destroys the field?

 

[dlwssonic]

Rujano is venezuelan. However, you are right. Fortunately, there is a bunch of young riders who are more complete than older ones.

Leonardo duque??

 

[UpTheRoad]

nibali seems like he is not really going for it

Well, Menchov is still there, so that is as good an indicator as any that he is not pushing it down the hill.

 

[Parrulo]

obviously rujanito let bettancout get back onto his wheel so he can drop him on sestrieres and remember how back in the day he did that to a top guy

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Oh, wait, duh, the kilometers refer to the leader not the group behind. I was thinking the maglia rosa group was on the climb already.

 

[valentius borealis]

Purito attacks again.

 

[luckyboy]

Maglia rosa group shedding time to Rujano + Betancourt now with these attacks.

 

[Moondance]

Purito is off.

 

[Spare Tyre]

Kiryienka's got time to stop for coffee.

 

[Ildabaoth]

Leonardo duque??

You lost me. What about Duque?

 

[killswitch]

Purito has a gap...

 

[goggalor]

Kreuziger attacking Kruijswijk... Shouldn't it be the other way around?

 

[dlwssonic]

You lost me. What about Duque?

he is different from the other colombians

 

[Parrulo]

lol at rujano's aero position. one of the advantages of being small

it always makes me giggle

 

[Connor Pass]

Wonder how far back Nieve and Sivtsov are.

Wondering the same myself - if they managed to save a bit on the climb they could catch them like Kreuziger!

Pretty unlikely though - they both looked totally cooked.