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

[jaylew]

This is insane. I was worried the last week would be a bit of a letdown given the first week's excitement but we're pretty much guaranteed great action in any stage that isn't pancake flat now.

 

[auscyclefan94]

tondo would have to collapse for evans to have a chance in this. other than sastre then, i think the others will collapse.

 

[issoisso]

Look up Tour de France 1990 for a comparison

Although Chiapucci won 15 minutes on a stage like today's, it should be noted that if he hadn't lost half his lead by being behind on another such stage, he'd have won that Tour.

 

[zapata]

Cataldo attack. First italian stage win? Probably not,

 

[Roland Rat]

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

Not sure about the 1990 comparison. Chiappucci was an unknown and although he climbed well he wasn't at his best, not in the same league as Sastre is relatively now.

 

[Eyjafjallajokull]

So where will this put Wiggins?

 

[Cobblestones]

I love the Giro.

 

[eljimberino]

Most dudes buy man's best friend from the pound, the rider with the mullet from Katousha whips his out of the car.

 

[The Sheep]

Someone is going to crash on that bend

 

[tgsgirl]

Come on Jan, come on. Get us another win will you?

 

[trompe le monde]

Bakelandts, ouch.

 

[Eyjafjallajokull]

Someone is going to crash on that bend

You were right!

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

ouch... nasty turn

 

[tgsgirl]

Come on Jan, come on. Get us another win will you?

Damnit!

(stupid limit!)

 

[auscyclefan94]

lotto falls over when it comes to the crunch! deja vu!

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Come on Jan, come on. Get us another win will you?

jinxed him i think

 

[Fourier]

Go Hillary S****!

 

[ak-zaaf]

What happened to/with Karpets today?

 

[issoisso]

How I would love it if Voeckler managed to win this.

He tried and tried and tried last year and came close a few times. This year's looking similar.

Also, it would shut up those people who think the quality of a team = the quality of its best GC guy and won't shut up about how Bouygues are the worst team ever and don't deserve to ever be in any GT

 

[taiwan]

I called Gerdemann. That is all.

AAAGH 1k to go, he's to early.

 

[trompe le monde]

lotto falls over when it comes to the crunch! deja vu!

Ha ha, and Evans was part of that deja vu faltering as well.

 

[tgsgirl]

lotto falls over when it comes to the crunch! deja vu!

You're mocking Lotto? Today? Seriously?

 

[auscyclefan94]

What happened to/with Karpets today?

you've missed a lot!

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

You're mocking Lotto? Today? Seriously?

indeed.
His post is kinda ironic

 

[Eyjafjallajokull]

The Katusha boy will take it.