Giro d'Italia Stage 10: Avellino - Bitonto (230km)

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

too eaasy.
well executed move by garmin.

 

[Kender]

perfect leadout by the kiwi for farrar. there was no doubt who was going to win with 200m to go

 

[The Sheep]

Dean could have won there

 

[Johnalex13]

another boring race. scenery was nice.

 

[karlboss]

perfect by garmin, great work by dean

 

[Moondance]

With the final 50km or so being largely flat or downhill, I can't really look past a sprint finish. Perhaps a large multi-team breakaway (like on stage 8) might have enough collective strength to have a go over the stage, because no team will have an incentive to chase early, but even then it's no guarantee. Certainly I don't think a 3-5 man group could survive an entire 230km stage on the attack...Potentially in bad weather too. I'll go with Farrar, just for kicks.

NAILED IT!

Got it pretty much spot on... I like it.

Amazing job by Dean btw. Nearly took it himself too.

 

[Jamsque]

Sutton was well placed but Hendy lost his wheel somewhere in there.

Great lead-out by Dean, and great sprint by Farrar. I predicted the result correctly for once!

 

[hamperium]

again farrar

farrar is by far the best
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamperium_espana/4590935061/

 

[therhodeo]

Nice sprint by the fastest sprinter in the race.

Great job of placing himself before the sprint as well.

 

[Johnalex13]

that ginger is really cleaning up.

 

[Jamsque]

Greipel is getting faster, he managed to beat his lead-out man today!

 

[Magnus]

Wow, that orange helmet's ugly with the red jersey

 

[therhodeo]

Yeah the orange, red, and blue aren't a great look.

 

[trompe le monde]

Slightly technical last few kilometers. Farrar won it easily.

Pretty dull stage. Tomorrow should prove to be a different state of affairs due to length and some hills.

 

[Kender]

dean popping that little gap allowed farrar to sprint twice for the win

 

[Anonymous]

Great job of placing himself before the sprint as well.

Yea, he rode well throughout as did the team. As everyone has noted, special recognition to Dean. That was one wicked burst of speed.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Slightly technical last few kilometers. Farrar won it easily.

Pretty dull stage. Tomorrow should prove to be a different state of affairs due to length and some hills.

someone will lose time tomorrow.

i didn't expect much of a stage today.

 

[Captain Serious]

Greipel is getting faster, he managed to beat his lead-out man today!

Ha! I was just gunna say: at least he beat his team-mates today

 

[VeloCity]

Pretty dull stage.

All the talk of making mountain stages shorter, but imo it should be the sprinting stages that are shorter - instead of a boring 250 km slog with all the action in the final 200m, make the flat stages short and sweet, like 100 km or so. Added bonus is that a shorter distance would probably increase the chances for successful breakaways, too.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Super fast finale. I finally pick a winner! Thank you Tyler.

 

[Ferminal]

I don't mind these narrow finishes with a few bends, seems to work against the HTC Train.

Farrar and Garmin too good, nice to see Bobridge taking some pulls.

 

[hamperium]

gorilla

whats wrong with the gorilla Greipel?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamperium_espana/3868715482/

 

[therhodeo]

I don't mind these narrow finishes with a few bends, seems to work against the HTC Train.

Farrar and Garmin too good, nice to see Bobridge taking some pulls.

Starting their leadout at 10k out is what works against HTC.

 

[Moondance]

For his win Farrar takes home 100 litres of locally produced olive oil apparantly... I'm sure that the Garmin boys will find some use for that.

 

[Jamsque]

Yesterday, Julian Dean got caught behind a crash, and Farrar came third (granted not a pure sprinter's finish). Today, Julian Dean reported present and correct, and Farrar won handily.

Farrar clearly has the measure of pretty much everyone at the race in speed terms, but the importance of a good pilot fish cannot be overstated. See: FredRod/McEwen, Renshaw/Cavendish. Interesting that Julian Dean and Mark Renshaw are both former Thor Hushovd lead-out men, he clearly knows how to teach 'em.