Giro d'Italia 2015 Stage 20: Saint-Vincent – Sestriere 199km

[lenric]

Nice win by Contador, though Landa's the betst climber of this Giro.

 

[damian13ster]

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I'm shocked at the stupidity of people in this thread. Why would Astana ride for Landa if he is leaving?

I dont know.....to get a Giro win?

 

[Ramira]

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So basically Astana traded a certain Landa stage win and the KOM and a shot at the overall victory for like a 30% chance that Aru will win the stage. Makes sense.

Well Landa won't be on the team next year, they have to think of those CQ points!

 

[Irondan]

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Landa needs to take a massive crap in the Astana bus, shut the windows, then leave with another team.

lol

 

[Amsterhammer]

Kruijswijk up to 7th. Chapeau.

 

[Vino's Mum]

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Three years ago Dombrowski was dropping Aru on Gavia. Sigh.

Yup... and wasn't Zakarin winning until he bonked really badly that day? Whatever happened to him?

 

[Hugo Koblet]

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I'm shocked at the stupidity of people in this thread. Why would Astana ride for Landa if he is leaving?

Lol what kind of logic is this? Everyone leaves at some point.

 

[Ataraxus]

Once in 5 years the Giro delivers great spectacle. 2015, 2010, 2005 In that order

 

[webvan]

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Good thing he got that 1'13" bonus the other day, would have been really close if not !

Yep, would have been 49" too close for comfort.

 

[IamIronMan]

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So basically Astana traded a certain Landa stage win and the KOM and a shot at the overall victory for like a 30% chance that Aru will win the stage. Makes sense.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ quoted for truth. I think I *actually* feel bad for Landa now. Landa complaining about Contador trying to create fighting between him and Aru, well I think Astana did a fine job of that. Good lord that was hilarious!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[happytramp]

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9TH GT WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7. Rules apply to AC too.

Yeah and the rules say 9. Sorry kid, always will be 9 and may be 10 soon

No it's actually only 7. He was disqualified from 2 for doping. You know that surely.

 

[Rollthedice]

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Landa needs to take a massive crap in the Astana bus, shut the windows, then leave with another team.

Maybe in true Vino fashion he'll get a nice fat cheque.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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I'm shocked at the stupidity of people in this thread. Why would Astana ride for Landa if he is leaving?

I dont know.....to get a Giro win?

He could not have won the Giro. He was 5minutes behind. Get real
It was a stage win and a 2nd in the GC that Landa was forced to throw away

 

[SafeBet]

I can't cope with Beppe Conti for one minute more. Nonsense all over the place about Aru.

Landa was robbed.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

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I'm shocked at the stupidity of people in this thread. Why would Astana ride for Landa if he is leaving?

To win the Giro?

 

[Pricey_sky]

Congrats to Alberto, a great 3 weeks and played it perfectly. I appreciate why fans of his say it's 9 but official records only say 7 unfortunately, just like Armstrong now has 0, obviously don't wish to compare him directly to Alberto.

Anyway chapeau to him, it should be a great Tour.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

I don't think Landa took any interest in the KOM in this race. He's certainly made a lot of money in the last few weeks though

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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So basically Astana traded a certain Landa stage win and the KOM and a shot at the overall victory for like a 30% chance that Aru will win the stage. Makes sense.

Italian angle - Astana wanted an Italian in Giro di Italy to get monetization in our home market.

 

[IamIronMan]

Re: Giro d'Italia 2015 Stage 20: Saint-Vincent – Sestriere 1

Can I have a recap of the last couple of hours, please? How come Bert's behind?

Either he had a bit of a hunger knock or he rode very conservatively to save energy. Either way he was in no real danger of losing the Giro.

lol, got dropped by a group to ride alone and save energy....... the comedy by Contador's fanatics never stops

I'm about as far away as a person can get from being a Contador fanatic buddy. It's all this "OMG Contador failz" crap that's ridiculous. Not for a minute was he in danger of losing the Giro today and anyone who thinks otherwise seriously doesn't have a clue.

Well, he did fail today. he is clearly not the strongest climber in this Giro and if Landa wasn't held back this could have been different result since everytime he was allowed to go (Angrilu, Finestre) he completely cracked Contador. This is worse than TdF 2013 win. GT won because of TT, without winning a single stage, the only difference being that strongest climber was held up by other team, which adds to ridiculousness of the entire situation

With that logic, Wiggins 2012 was a fail. Makes sense. In fact, that was even worse because Wiggins TT was incredible and Froome waggling his finger at Wiggins on every climb.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

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I'm shocked at the stupidity of people in this thread. Why would Astana ride for Landa if he is leaving?

To win the Giro?

Landa may have had a chance if he had been allowed to ride for himself the last few stages. But, it's partly Landa's fault for dogging that TT so badly.

 

[ggusta]

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Landa needs to take a massive crap in the Astana bus, shut the windows, then leave with another team.

what meal shall precede the bowel movment?

Discuss.

 

[IamIronMan]

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I'm shocked at the stupidity of people in this thread. Why would Astana ride for Landa if he is leaving?

Right, why let the guy who is CURRENTLY on your team try to win the Giro, or at least another stage and the blue jersey. I'm shocked at the stupidity of people in this thread.

 

[Alcanelo]

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9TH GT WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7. Rules apply to AC too.

Yeah and the rules say 9. Sorry kid, always will be 9 and may be 10 soon

No it's actually only 7. He was disqualified from 2 for doping. You know that surely.

Na he won 9...it's 9.

 

[ILovecycling]

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9 GT's...the great one, peerless

quoted for truth