Giro d'Italia Stage 11: Lucera - L'Aquila (262km)

[inputjoe]

Disaster for Vino, Evans too. Any further effort at the Giro is a waste. Time to pack it in and focus on the Tour.

 

[Fourier]

If I were Sastre, I would change clothes, put on loafers and wait for the MR group at the finish line zipping on a latte machiatto. Hello Vino, how was the weather out there? still raining?

 

[issoisso]

For those who have just joined us,

Evans and Vino have both lost a couple of teammates today too

Two each, actually. And Evans lost the only one who could slightly climb.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Disaster for Vino, Evans too. Any further effort at the Giro is a waste. Time to pack it in and focus on the Tour.

same could have been said for the likes of sastre yesterday

 

[jaylew]

But Kiserlovski will have about the same time as Arroyo, and Kiserlovski definitely has the better team. And Liquigas will also have the option of attacking the jersey with Agnoli for example.

But Arroyo is a proven top-10 GT guy. No way to know what to expect in week 3 from Kiserlovski and Agnoli.

 

[hfer07]

the attacks from the roulliers are going to help the front group to go faster....

 

[taiwan]

Pineau attacks, he wants a second stage!

Your feed must be quick.

Goss still there, BTW, but the actual finale's uphill isn't it.

 

[Eyjafjallajokull]

Poor old Evans though.

 

[tgsgirl]

If I were Sastre, I would change clothes, put on loafers and wait for the MR group at the finish line zipping on a latte machiatto. Hello Vino, how was the weather out there? still raining?

Pineau just about to be caught by TV Tommy.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

But Arroyo is a proven top-10 GT guy. No way to know what to expect in week 3 from Kiserlovski and Agnoli.

Agreed. Out of the men within touching distance of the pink, he is my favorite. And I don't think Caisse has a half bad team...

 

[jaylew]

For those who have just joined us,

Evans and Vino have both lost a couple of teammates today too

Crashes or abandons?

 

[Roland Rat]

If I were Sastre, I would change clothes, put on loafers and wait for the MR group at the finish line zipping on a latte machiatto. Hello Vino, how was the weather out there? still raining?

Or turn around, go to about 1k out, then sit at the side of the road with a cup of tea in hand cheering them on like a couple of gents at the cricket.

 

[Eyjafjallajokull]

Vino is doing his Jaws impression.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Front group attacking each other may cost them some time.

 

[BroDeal]

The real fun will start after the stage when the blame game begins.

 

[tgsgirl]

Your feed must be quick.

My feed is a real live TV, actually. Tell me if I'm spoiling things and I'll stop...

 

[trompe le monde]

12'06 now....

 

[mr. tibbs]

The Giro is so cool. What a race!

 

[hfer07]

Sastre is on front!! how iroinic

 

[auscyclefan94]

3"19 from sastre to evans

 

[issoisso]

Crashes or abandons?

Abandons. Santa, Louder, Gaspa and Iglinsky

 

[therhodeo]

3"19 from sastre to evans

Given how Sastre has looked so far thats not out of reach for Cadel.

 

[R.0.t.O]

Disaster for Vino, Evans too. Any further effort at the Giro is a waste. Time to pack it in and focus on the Tour.

We haven't hit any of the proper mountains yet. Look up Tour de France 1990 for a comparison, this race will be won by one of the big favourites still* - they just will have to work a lot harder for it and it will be a lot more interesting. For guys like Vino and Basso that won't be leaders at the Tour, they have to go full gun. Nibali maybe won't bother. Evans will look at his team and realise this may be as close as he's going to get this year so it's worth burying himself.


* or David Arroyo

 

[Eyjafjallajokull]

The real fun will start after the stage when the blame game begins.

Fun for you, you mean?

 

[kjetilraknerud]

But Arroyo is a proven top-10 GT guy. No way to know what to expect in week 3 from Kiserlovski and Agnoli.

Fair point, exciting times ahead!