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

[Moondance]

Kruijswijk eating up Rujano in descent.

15 secs off already.

 

[Flamin]

Poor Rujano. Seems like he's still climbing.

 

[Cobblestoned]

wuaaaaah

Giro is over soon. So sad. Just little uphill left and TT.

 

[Parrulo]

nibali straight past?

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Nibbles returns.

 

[luckyboy]

Rujano riding into the top 5 if he can maintain this gap. 7th at absolute worst after today. And then Gadret will implode in the TT tomorrow, as will JRod.

 

[Publicus]

nibali straight past?

Might as well. He's going to lose time again as soon as the rode turns upwards.

 

[Bala Verde]

Stoman Kreuzwijk would be a terrific rider though. Would really challenge Bertie and Andy.

A deadcertain maglia bianca...

St(r)oman haha

 

[benpounder]

wuaaaaah

Giro is over soon. So sad. Just little uphill left and TT.

Come on, we still have the TdF to look forward to.

 

[Moondance]

Kruijswijk not pleased with Neebs' efforts.

HERO!!!

EDIT: And then he got schooled, lolz

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Vasil is a better descender than Rujano.

On Monte Pora in 2008 he won the stage by 4'36", and was 2nd to Sella on Pampeago after Manghen in bad weather too. I don't think he can match that, but I thought I'd point out that he has a lot of previous in the mountains (he also came 2nd in an intermediate stage of the Vuelta in 2008 after dragging Arroyo as a passenger all the way (Caisse were working for Valverde) and leaving everybody behind, being too strong to bring back).

We've just not seen him in his strong breakaway guise so much the last 2 years because he's been Valverde's personal minder. That ride in the Vuelta more or less single-handedly got him his contract with Unzué.

 

[goggalor]

YES! Shark attack!

 

[jobiwan]

Nibali goes!

 

[thirteen]

Vino's on air on russian Eurosport!

what's he saying?

 

[superconfex]

when did Carlos disappear?

 

[Ferminal]

Help him out please Carlos!

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Nibali attacks on the descent! At last.

 

[luckyboy]

Christ sake Harmon, Nibali is no threat to AC

 

[kjetilraknerud]

Super ride from Kruiswijk(sp). The future looks bright for Rabobank, how is his TT?

 

[Publicus]

AC is right there.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

when did Carlos disappear?

Two years ago.

 

[Ildabaoth]

Rujano lost more than 30 seconds descending.

 

[Moondance]

Betancourt throwing a life-line to Rujano.

Although one imagines Rujano's chances have long since disappeared for the stage win.

 

[killswitch]

Amazing scenery.

 

[superconfex]

Two years ago.

boom boom