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

[benpounder]

How pathetic it would it be if Contador's Giro victory is given to Scarponi...

Menchov has "won" two podiums that way. Given that CAS has agreed to postpone the hearing until after the TdF starts, it suggests to me that Scarponi will not "win" this Giro that way.

 

[hfer07]

hands down to Kiryienka

 

[saganftw]

nice :d .......

after TT
contador
scarponi
nibali
menchov
kreuz
gadret
rodriguez
rujano
sivtsov
nieve

 

[luckyboy]

Would really be awful if Scarponi inherits this race.

 

[Publicus]

So does that make AC 6 for 6? (With an obvious stars on 4 and 5)

 

[Ildabaoth]

So after tomorrow it will be...

AC
Nibali
Scarponi
Gadret
Menchov
Kreuziger
Rujano
Rodriguez
Sivtsov
Nieve

That's exactly my guessing.

EDIT: Well, except because I don't think Nibali can get 2nd in GC.

 

[Climbing]

Nice Kiri!
Nibali faked on Finestre putting his teammates in the front and in the end was lucky to just lose some secs.
Well after this very tough Giro I suppose not many had much left in the tank, ofc apart AC!
Umh let's see 56 seconds, should be enough for Michele to keep second place, maybe close, don't know for sure.

 

[luckyboy]

after TT
contador
scarponi
nibali
menchov
kreuz
gadret
rodriguez
rujano
sivtsov
nieve

If Gadret is losing more than 3 minutes in 26km to Kreuziger and Menchov, then there is no way Rodriguez is going to stay ahead of Rujano.

 

[luckyboy]

Oh yeay Sharapova is on the tennis

 

[DenisMenchov]

So Denis has a good chance to jump as high as 4th tomorrow.

 

[Barrus]

This was wrong, if I am correct, especially seeing as the GC included people that had not yet crossed the finishline, at least the entire GC they showed

 

[ggusta]

Would really be awful if Scarponi inherits this race.

Can they 'sanction' AC or find guilty or whatever the eff, and still allow to keep the win? Sorry. Any more questions prolly belong elsewhere.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

sorry for offtopic here, but I dont understand why I never lose Gazzetta.tv live feed, but Europsort is so unreliable.

I can see I'm going to have to learn some Italiano and then after that some Spanish for starters.

anyone know any free online classes, etc? Really would appreciate any input.

 

[saganftw]

If Gadret is losing more than 3 minutes in 26km to Kreuziger and Menchov, then there is no way Rodriguez is going to stay ahead of Rujano.

rodriguez has minute on rujano,i think it should be enough

the question is how much time will gadret loose,because its city TT,technical course,it should suit him,we ll see,actually i d like to see gadret 4th overall

 

[Moondance]

rodriguez has minute on rujano,i think it should be enough

the question is how much time will gadret loose,because its city TT,technical course,it should suit him,we ll see,actually i d like to see gadret 4th overall

If experience is anything to go by, there's no such thing as "enough time" for Rodriguez in a TT.

 

[rzombie1988]

sorry for offtopic here, but I dont understand why I never lose Gazzetta.tv live feed, but Europsort is so unreliable.

I can see I'm going to have to learn some Italiano and then after that some Spanish for starters.

anyone know any free online classes, etc? Really would appreciate any input.

Just use the italian feed, put it on mute and listen to the audio of the eurosport feed off their audio player. There is a little bit of a delay, but atleast you can understand it. I have been doing this lately.

 

[ggusta]

sorry for offtopic here, but I dont understand why I never lose Gazzetta.tv live feed, but Europsort is so unreliable.

I can see I'm going to have to learn some Italiano and then after that some Spanish for starters.

anyone know any free online classes, etc? Really would appreciate any input.

mute the Italian audio and play the English eurosport audio feed link is on steephill, it's out of sync by like 10s

 

[ggusta]

Just use the italian feed, put it on mute and listen to the audio of the eurosport feed off their audio player. There is a little bit of a delay, but atleast you can understand it. I have been doing this lately.

yahtzee.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Kiryienka's interview was good. Right tone. Talked about the ride, talked about Tondó, real mixture of pride and pain, close to tears.

 

[Cobblestoned]

Oh yeay Sharapova is on the tennis

Ahhhhhh
Haaaaaah
Naaaaah
Uhhhhhh

Thats somehow erotic.
Now Giro over. Time for womens tennis.

Just few TT-km left tomorrow, and even shortened.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

mute the Italian audio and play the English eurosport audio feed link is on steephill, it's out of sync by like 10s

yahtzee.

thanks for that tip. that will get me by. I still really would like to learn some Italian & more Spanish too tho

 

[Connor Pass]

How good, bad or indifferent is Nieve at TTs?

He's got 33 seconds over Sivtsov to hold on to his top 10 placing.

Is he likely to do this? I'm guessing it will be close but thinking that Sivtsov might edge him.

 

[Sylvester]

Sivtsov will beat him.

 

[ggusta]

thanks for that tip. that will get me by. I still really would like to learn some Italian & more Spanish too tho

http://translate.google.com

It's far from perfect, paste a whole paragraph in there and proceed to lose your mind, but it works for a sentence or 2.

When the chat messages are going by on the video feed (to the right) I try to keep up a little. Nice to see what Italians are saying about their own race.

Google translate is also good for other mission critical uses, such as flirting with foreign women online.

 

[benpounder]

sorry for offtopic here, but I dont understand why I never lose Gazzetta.tv live feed, but Europsort is so unreliable.

I can see I'm going to have to learn some Italiano and then after that some Spanish for starters.

anyone know any free online classes, etc? Really would appreciate any input.

Watch Gazzetta.tv along with a live (your native language) ticker. It is surprising how understanding the context will enable you to pick up a language.

Of course, this is best backed up by spending a month (at least) in that country without the benefit of a translator.

Difficult? Yes! but the tangible side benefits are incaculable.