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

[Eyjafjallajokull]

Yesterday he said Greipel had won.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Evans looks devastated.

 

[issoisso]

It's 8, pretty sure. Not that it makes a great deal of difference.

You're right, actually.

 

[jaylew]

german Eurosport still believes Caruso won that stage...

UK Eurosport thought the same thing until a few seconds ago.

 

[superconfex]

They dusted him

(Dropped from the Maglia Rosa group during the chase


Scroll back a few pages for a few dozen *** puns involving his name )

Has Curtains for Karpets been done yet?

 

[TRDean]

Evans looks devastated.

He should be...but he is not alone in those feelings!!

 

[woodburn]

Still 5k for maglia rosa.

 

[Mellow Velo]

german Eurosport still believes Caruso won that stage...

So did UK Harmon. The crazy fools.
No man, no day is safe in this Giro. Not for the faint hearted or weak spirited.

Be interesting to see the "new" favourite's GC spread.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Well to be fair, I don't think we can blame the commentators for not knowing who wins the stages when not even the riders do.. (*cough* Hondo *cough*)

 

[Cobblestones]

Waiting begins...

 

[auscyclefan94]

Pozzato is a good sport.

 

[eljimberino]

Has Curtains for Karpets been done yet?

We were yet to roll that one out.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Evans looks devastated.

and you are smiling right now?
Bet your face is longer than that stage.

Get over it. Tomorrow is another day.

 

[BroDeal]

Evans and Vino. Crikey. They just let everything they gained in the first half of the race and then some go up in flames.

 

[hfer07]

so I guess we're about to see a brand new GT classification... the tables are turned & what looked to be a lost race by many is now a promising sign of glory-God- gotta love the Giro drama

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Unlucky for Bakelandts, he looked strong although to be fair so did Petrov

 

[Eratosthenes]

Hehe, google translates Gazetta feed of virtual pink jersey wearer Porte as Doors.

 

[sportzchick]

Pozzato is a good sport.

my coverage stuffed up - what happend?

 

[issoisso]

Evans looks devastated.

Cheer up. Think of how epic Evans' comeback is going to be.

I really don't care who wins the Giro as long as it's not Vino. But I still want to see one thing very strongly: Sastre in pink at some point.

 

[inputjoe]

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

Evans and Vino are practically without teammates and "we haven't hit any of the proper mountains yet" so they will certainly end up burying themselves if they continue ...and for nothing.

 

[*G*K*S*]

It's always nice to see a break away survive.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

tour eat your heart out

 

[RedheadDane]

You know... I'm beginning to feel really sorry for those Italians! Still haven't got a stage-win (cep' for the Liquigas TTT-win...)
In fact the Danish comentators thought it was some Italian Katusha-rider who'd taken the stage and I was actually thinking "Well, about time they got a win..." Then... OOh... it... wasn't that guy... it was Petrov...

 

[Fourier]

Hehe, google translates Gazetta feed of virtual pink jersey wearer Porte as Doors.

how about Vino?

 

[eljimberino]

I think the Karpet has been pulled out from under a lot of the favourites today.