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

[Irondan]

Too bad Ryder had such a bad first week.

 

[Jspear]

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Nice gesture by Kangert to let Contador ride across solo.

Ya thought that was pretty nice.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Kangert all class.

Contador was superb in salvaging the Giro. What a stage.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

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Astana and Aru lost a lot of fans in this Giro.

No doubt. I am a hater now. As someone said: Landa was used liker a cheap street slut. What a disgrace. Martinelli and Aru: A big big Pfuck you!

 

[Sasquatch]

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Taxus is going to be crushed, LOL! Dude, Astana running a train on him like a f***in whoooooooooooore!!!!! LOL OMFG such disrepect!!!! HAHAHHAHAHAHA

It's going to be good to see Taxus's tears

 

[bassano]

what a epic giro, congratulation to Alberto Contador and Fabio Aru

 

[Nartali43]

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Bertie straggling in, Giro salvaged, immense courage. Tinkov sure sucks as a Bjarne replacement.

Agreed!

 

[Andro]

Pellizotti 8th. Wow.

 

[Irondan]

Great stage today!

 

[Hugo Koblet]

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.

 

[Brullnux]

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

7. Rules apply to AC too.

 

[webvan]

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

 

[sulgpallur]

9th GT, Vamos

 

[SafeBet]

Chapeau to Alberto Contador, the great one!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

odds for TdF changing as I write

 

[Asero831]

That just goes to show how useless KOM jersey is. They have it in the bag with landa

 

[Amsterhammer]

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Kangert all class.

Contador was superb in salvaging the Giro. What a stage.

Indeed it was. The Giro has is without doubt the most entertaining of the grand tours.

 

[Walkman]

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Too bad Ryder had such a bad first week.

Indeed! A real shame! Hope he skips the Tour and focuses on the Vuelta!

 

[trevim]

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Landa and Aru the first men to win back to back Giro MTFs since Sella in 2008

Now that's some statistics
I'm super happy Alberto held to lead, really hard day for him but he kept his cool.
Astana really has to step up tactically: they should have given freedom to Landa. If he was caught Aru would be there to finish it off. To make him stop for Aru is just disrespectful.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

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

 

[damian13ster]

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

 

[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

 

[goggalor]

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

Contador is a mythical character to his fanboys and girls. If he ever displays weakness it has some mystical explanation.

He is a true champion though, even if he's not actually magical being.

 

[Asero831]

Astana screw Landa for an Italian Visconti to win the KOM

 

[whittashau]

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