Giro d'Italia 2015: Stage 5: La Spezia – Abetone 152 kms MTF

[TheGreenMonkey]

Orica's three different riders having the leaders jersey is apparently the first time it has happen in a GT since 1982. If Chaves was to claim pink it would be the first time a team has had four different riders where the leaders jersey in a GT. Source SBS coverage.

 

[rhubroma]

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Working here. When do they hit the run in to the climb, around 4pm cet or so?

40k to go at 15:51, so not before 4:30 looks like.

 

[sir fly]

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Now, this is a classic GT stage.
You have time to cook a launch, answer the phone calls, even jump to the grocery store if you've forgotten something and still catch all the action.
Not like yesterday when you couldn't afford a blink to yourselves.

Listen to commentators talk about where they plan to dine tonight, what they plan to eat...

Yeah, local cuisine and stories like that..

 

[Taxus4a]

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Last climb isn't nearly had enough to create any major gaps. If you have a baaaaaad day you might lose half a minute over the last 2 km, but nothing major will happen today.

it is not going to be a 30 rider sprint for sure.

 

[Sasquatch]

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Last climb isn't nearly had enough to create any major gaps. If you have a baaaaaad day you might lose half a minute over the last 2 km, but nothing major will happen today.

it is not going to be a 30 rider sprint for sure.

Yeah, that's what it's looking like IMO.

 

[Noverca]

To me it's looking like the front 5 will battle for the win.

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Giro d'Italia 2015: Stage 5: La Spezia – Abetone 152 kms

Contador switching to the motobike

 

[TheGreenMonkey]

Come on Astana make today interesting.

 

[rick james]

Bertie fans boys heart rates just went up a bit

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Lol Team TS leave AC by himself a while.

 

[Rollthedice]

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Come on Astana make today interesting.

They are human after all.

 

[TheGreenMonkey]

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Come on Astana make today interesting.

They are human after all.

That maybe the only time that Aru is ahead of Contador on the road for the whole race.

 

[meat puppet]

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Working here. When do they hit the run in to the climb, around 4pm cet or so?

40k to go at 15:51, so not before 4:30 looks like.

thanks, gonna make it too. hope there's some action and timegaps too.

 

[Sasquatch]

Cunego's team coming to the front now.

 

[cineteq]

Re: Giro d'Italia 2015: Stage 5: La Spezia – Abetone 152 kms

Uran can't afford another bad day. Hope the cold went away.

 

[rhubroma]

Silvio Martinello thinks the break needs 8 mins. to have a chance!

 

[Sasquatch]

Katusha up there and now Lulu and another Astana have come up. Goodbye break.

 

[CatsNK]

I was wondering when they'd start the negative commentary about Astana. But of course.

 

[shalgo]

The problem of course is that if the race GPS is behaving at all like it was yesterday, then the current gap could be anywhere between 5 and 15 minutes.

 

[Asero831]

boring race

 

[rick james]

C'mon the goats

 

[markene2]

Woah, good climbing goats

 

[meat puppet]

thumbs up for the goats! __b

 

[Sasquatch]

The goats were the most exciting thing about the stage.

 

[Sasquatch]

A minute shaved off. Back to just over 8 now.