Giro d'Italia Stage 10: Termoli-Teramo, 159km

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

was to easy, used petacchi brilliantly.

 

[Jamsque]

Lead-out trains? Who needs 'em. 4% slope? Who cares. Interview in Italian? No problem.

 

[spalco]

Lead-out trains? Who needs 'em. 4% slope? Who cares. Interview in Italian? No problem.

Breathing is a different challenge though. Can't they let the guy rest for a minute?

 

[goggalor]

Cav struggling a bit with the Italian...

 

[hfer07]

Cav is going to cry & come up with that silly drama act on the podium

 

[Moondance]

Kristoff 10th at best

A man who has not a professional win to his name fails to win.

I cannot understand why this would surprise or irritate you.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Well done Cav.

TOAK 7th or 8th. What a shame/suprise/shock/etc.

He was positioned quite well going into the sprint.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

cav won. I eat my words.

Don't worry, we'll all feel silly when he wins on Zocolan.

 

[Tuarts]

Damn, Ventoso had the perfect lead out then I guess Pettachi on the outside stopped him from spring out the slipstream. Cav followed the right wheel. Easy win in the end.

Wow, Gazzetta interview the winner first! Normally its the first Italian across the line.

 

[Jamsque]

Boy it is painful to watch Cav struggle through an interview in Italian when he can hardly breathe.

Cavendish
Ventoso
Petacchi
Ferrari
Appollonio

Appollonio has been putting in top 10s in every sprint without much in the way of team support, I'd like to see Sky try to put together a bit of a train for him some time. It's not like they have anything else to do at this Giro.

 

[Jeriko]

Cav's Italian is more brutal than any of this year's climbs.

 

[luckyboy]

Why do people always bang on about Kristoff anyway?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

cav is doing his worst year so far so I don't see him standing a chance on this final course. it's a real powersprint final

3 bikelengths come on bultje, you could've seen this one coming.
Cavendish isn't that bad

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Fischer was going well but had to pull up or get put into the barriers by a slowing Movistar rider.

Cavendish is just too good for the rest.

 

[auscyclefan94]

A man who has not a professional win to his name fails to win.

I cannot understand why this would surprise or irritate you.

Because he can do better.

btw, AK 9th.

 

[veganrob]

Yeah Cav. Picked him.

 

[Wanabanko]

Cav won easy. He just used Patacchi.

 

[goggalor]

I'm looking forward to the Tour already. :yawn:

 

[roundabout]

Because he can do better.

btw, AK 9th.

That's it, TG no longer.

 

[therhodeo]

Makes for an easier sprint when you have a perfect leadout from the 2nd best sprinter in the race. Cav needs to thank Ale for that.

 

[spalco]

I've never seen a racer leader act this way.

I'm guessing he wanted to make 100% not to get involved in anything at that bottleneck.

 

[roundabout]

Because he can do better.

btw, AK 9th.

What, just AK now?

 

[djconnel]

It looks like Petacchi just lost second place because he did his usual "I'm not going to win so I may as well coast across the finish line" crap.

I hate this attitude: winning is everything, so it's not even worth trying to get second place. It's bad for bike racing.

This arrogance is the main reason I'm never happy to see Petacchi win a race.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Because he can do better.

btw, AK 9th.

meh.
Guys like Ale Jet and Cav are clearly better.
Ventoso also, on a finish like this no doubt.
I'd rate ferrari higher too. A few others here too.

 

[Moondance]

Because he can do better.

btw, AK 9th.

Awww... So cute. If you're going to have blind, unquestioning belief in something, with no rational basis for doing so, join the Catholic Church.