Giro d'Italia 2015: Stage 4: Chiavari – La Spezia 150 kms

[phil-i-am]

Re: Giro d'Italia 2015: Stage 4: Chiavari – La Spezia 150 km

There is for sure a Katusha rider in the peloton, saw someone said it was Zakarin but no confirmation on eurosport. Can anyone confirm it's 100% him ?

Seems like that's Trofimov. Paolini dropped back to help Zakarin.

 

[Netserk]

Astana group 6'20'' after, I think.

 

[Wallenquist]

It's Trofimov from Katusha and RUben Fernandez from Movistar. No Inxtausti and Zakarin in the peleton.

 

[Publicus]

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Basso should retire after the Giro.

If not during. Real disappointment.

 

[CatsNK]

Day 4 and it's already a real race. I love the Giro!

 

[damian13ster]

Live ticker says split in the chasing group? Who is in the front one and who is in the back?

 

[meat puppet]

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Whatever happens it seems that Kreuziger will have about 5 minutes on the favorites. Can't understand why Sky and Astana let the margin grow so much. Sure they had guys in the break, but not someone as strong as Kreuziger.

maybe they wanted to check if olga will command his troops to chase. they should have, and tinkoff did ride.

but it beats me how kreuziger was let go to begin with. peloton now at 5min30. is that a reliable gap? it was 7 and a half just a moment ago.

 

[rick james]

are the using a Iphone to film that?

 

[Kwibus]

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Sounds even better than the York-Sheffield stage last year.

When they decide to race these medium mountain stages, they can be very dramatic and selective.

It's better then york-sheffield last year. These huge breaks are always great.

 

[Carstenbf]

Gogo, Astana! Totally odd stage. Quite entertaining though.

This a cat 3?!! Gotta love Il Giro.

 

[The Barb]

Have the first two groups on the road merged? (hard to keep up with so much going on!)

Edit: It would seem so. The GPS time gaps are really poor.

 

[Arredondo]

You know it's a good stage when you don't have the time to breathe properly.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

LOL @ Tinkoff buying Sagan and Basso.

 

[sultanofhyd]

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Have the first two groups on the road merged? (hard to keep up with so much going on!)

Yes.

 

[Kwibus]

At this rate Astana will close the gap to the break.

 

[johnymax]

Re: Giro d'Italia 2015: Stage 4: Chiavari – La Spezia 150 km

Is this Strade bianche?

 

[Vino's Mum]

Re: Giro d'Italia 2015: Stage 4: Chiavari – La Spezia 150 km

Astana with two up front, and just the five heading what's left of the peloton. Vino sending the other two a letter tonight.

 

[Sasquatch]

It looks like the front group got back together?

 

[Cance > TheRest]

How tough is the last climb be4 the finish? Anyone with a profile?

 

[LosBrolin]

Who's that other SKY rider in Astana group? König?

 

[phil-i-am]

Furious pace by Astana. Love that stage!

 

[Netserk]

Hmm, I think some riders will be lapped. Will be interesting with the descent.

 

[rainman]

Astana still absolutely drilling it. That descent, wow!

 

[gregrowlerson]

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Nice to see the standard Giro mountain categorization. If you can breathe going up, it's not a classified climb.

This stage would have been the queen stage of the 2012 Tour

 

[Mozart92]

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Basso should retire after the Giro.

If not during. Real disappointment.

It's probably his last one. Let him enjoy it and fetch the water for AC