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

[Moondance]

dont start moondance!

Hey... At least Brent Bookwalter will have a good teammate to help him up the mountains.

Either way. Aussie should still be happy. Porte will now be in a great position to have a spectacular first GT.

 

[Ibanez]

Did 1/2 the peloton have to wait for a train

Nope they probably stopped for an espresso on a patio somewhere.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Hey... At least Brent Bookwalter will have a good teammate to help him up the mountains.

Either way. Aussie should still be happy. Porte will now be in a great position to have a spectacular first GT.

What about Cadel?!

 

[TRDean]

Hey... At least Brent Bookwalter will have a good teammate to help him up the mountains.

Either way. Aussie should still be happy. Porte will now be in a great position to have a spectacular first GT.

Hey, Bookwalter is a climbing machine..I mean a real mountain goat!!

 

[sportzchick]

Hey... At least Brent Bookwalter will have a good teammate to help him up the mountains.

Either way. Aussie should still be happy. Porte will now be in a great position to have a spectacular first GT.

im staying dont start because all his comments are nothing more than to stir

For Richie im stoked! I hope he can hold on.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Hey... At least Brent Bookwalter will have a good teammate to help him up the mountains.

I lol'd.

Either way. Aussie should still be happy. Porte will now be in a great position to have a spectacular first GT.

Anybody reminded of another young Aussie who took the maglia rosa for a spell in his first Giro?

 

[Ibanez]

What about Cadel?!

The man will never win a GT. I think it is one of the laws of the universe.

 

[Moondance]

What about Cadel?!

Well he missed the boat. What can you say? His 'bad luck' continues.

Tondo is now the favorite IMO.

 

[sportzchick]

The man will never win a GT. I think it is one of the laws of the universe.

sadly your right I think

 

[maltiv]

How is the weather today? Raining?

 

[Jan the Man]

Brilliant move by Gaudin. Way to avoid finish bottom of the classement!

 

[davis_123]

If the Gap gets dropped to under 8-10mins the race isn't over, otherwise it is really Porte's to lose he will have 8mins+ on all the people we thought could win this race and 6 on Sastre.

 

[Moondance]

Anybody reminded of another young Aussie who took the maglia rosa for a spell in his first Giro?

Porte wont win. He'll have to defend about 4-5 mins on Tondo.... Which I think will be too difficult for him, a bit more to Sastre. But I think a Top 5 is defintely in the books now for the kid.

Either way the biggest losers are once again the Italians. No Nibali, Basso, Cunego, Garzelli or Scarponi

 

[TRDean]

Who ever put the song "Final Countdown" in my head can rot in a sack!!

 

[BroDeal]

Anybody reminded of another young Aussie who took the maglia rosa for a spell in his first Giro?

Yeah. He did not win anything of significance for more than seven years afterward. Maybe Porte will do better.

 

[sportzchick]

Who ever put the song "Final Countdown" in my head can rot in a sack!!

exaclty was I was thinking

 

[taiwan]

breakaway group with gaps in overall classification
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FFS. Impressive organisation.

The break's advantage down quite a bit. Video was saying about 8' on screen, the Radiocorsa ticker says 6'30".

[edit] Back up to 11' must have been tha climb.

 

[ttrider]

I think if this is a 6-8 minute advantage it really sets up the giro Sastre 2 off vino with his strong final week, basso nibali evans and vino will still be in contention no need to worry! Arroyo and Tondo could be wild cards
but lets stay positive unless the peloton really suffer in at anything more than 12 down it will really set the giro up beautifully by bringing the pack back together in terms of GC

 

[maltiv]

FFS. Impressive organisation.

The break's advantage down quite a bit. Video was saying about 8' on screen, the Radiocorsa ticker says 6'30".

Cyclingnews says 16:55

 

[I Watch Cycling In July]

but radiocorsa has been saying 6'30" on and off since the link was posted and nothing else seems to agree with it

 

[Moondance]

but radiocorsa has been saying 6'30" on and off since the link was posted and nothing else seems to agree with it

Okay... That would change everything.

But how could CN be SOOO wrong? Almost impossible

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Close and reopen radiocorsa. Mine is at the peak of the cat.1 climb and says 16'55".

 

[sportzchick]

Okay... That would change everything.

But how could CN be SOOO wrong? Almost impossible

could be a typo prehaps?

 

[Roland Rat]

but radiocorsa has been saying 6'30" on and off since the link was posted and nothing else seems to agree with it

Nah, there's something wrong with your link. When you refresh it always goes back to 6'30", but then works its way through the updates to the latest time. It's showing 16'55" for me at the moment.

 

[Moondance]

could be a typo prehaps?

A rather glaring typo that they've had an hour to notice and correct... I doubt it.