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

[hfer07]

let me get this straight: 40K +- left-an enormous gap of 12 minutes between the maglia rosa group & the 46-riders-breakaway-which contains Sastre & Wiggins........
WOW-so they're back to contention for the Zoncolan stage!!!

 

[issoisso]

Are Lampre helping the chase at all?

Alright, didn't know that. I like him too, he's been having a good year so far.

I think the question isn't so much how good he can be, but more of what type of rider can he be? Right now he can do most things reasonably well, but sooner or later he'll have to specialized. Sooner rather than later.

 

[The Sheep]

They didn't win a lot on that climb

 

[Jamsque]

It doesn't look like the Maglia Rosa group has made back any time at all on this climb, the gap is 12'54" at the top with 45km to ride.

 

[auscyclefan94]

They didn't win a lot on that climb

true, may even lose

 

[tgsgirl]

Are Lampre helping the chase at all?

I think the question isn't so much how good he can be, but more of what type of rider can he be? Right now he can do most things reasonably well, but sooner or later he'll have to specialized. Sooner rather than later.

He's got a reasonable kick at the end, so he could be another Gilbert type, maybe with some one week Tours too. Somewhere between Gilbert and Vally perhaps.

 

[trompe le monde]

12'54 difference between the front and the Maglia Rosa group.

 

[Sum_of_Marc]

Are Lampre helping the chase at all?

On that climb, it was only 1 Androni rider chasing. No sign of the Astana domestiques

 

[BroDeal]

The MR group appears to be fcuked. Evans will have to ride aggressively in the mountains to win this. This will make the mountains very interesting.

Arroyo probably wins this.

 

[trompe le monde]

This stage is wonderfully crazy. 9kms separate the front group from the Maglia Rosa.

 

[therhodeo]

So I'm late to work because of a storm and when I get here the Maglia is probabaly going to Porte. What on earth happened?

 

[auscyclefan94]

liquigas wipping it up.

 

[Sum_of_Marc]

Climb over and some more riders helping to chase in the Maglia Rosa group. I spotted a couple from Liquigas, 1 from Lampre, then 1 or 2 from Acqua Sapone and I think Quick Step as well

 

[R.0.t.O]

It doesn't look like the Maglia Rosa group has made back any time at all on this climb, the gap is 12'54" at the top with 45km to ride.

No. All the climb did was break the MR group up. The leaders have still a big group riding together with Cd'E, Sky and Cervelo pushing hard; the MR group very thinned down. The main gap is not going to come down much at all, definitely not below 10. It is time for some panic on board now, the GC guys are really going to have to ride.

 

[issoisso]

So I'm late to work because of a storm and when I get here the Maglia is probabaly going to Porte. What on earth happened?

A storm.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I hate this stage already. All white jersey opponents of Mollema are ofcourse in the first group, and who does Rabo have there? Kruijswijk and Ardila, seriously, gtfo and just quit with your entire team then.
Epic fail by the top GC guys

 

[hfer07]

LOL-that's the magic of the Giro....

 

[trompe le monde]

12'55. No distance made up at all.

 

[Mellow Velo]

The implications for one, unspecified stage, further up the road, is now immense.
Vino won't take this lying down. Garzelli and Scarponi both have the attacking instinct
Liquioutagas are going to have to plot something. Even Lampre.

This Giro could eventually surpass all the recent greats.

I said Cadel wouldn't have much of his team left, come week 3, but it looks like it's even worse than I thought.

Porte will blow up in week 3. Arroyo and Sastre are the real headaches.

 

[BroDeal]

Jeebus! The break looks to be two times the size of the MR group.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Ah! The big boys final wake up..........

 

[taiwan]

The implications for one, unspecified stage, further up the road, is now immense.
Vino won't take this lying down. Garzelli and Scarponi both have the attacking instinct
Liquioutagas are going to have to plot something. Even Lampre.

This Giro could eventually surpass all the recent greats.

I said Cadel wouldn't have much of his team left, come week 3, but it looks like it's even worse than I thought.

Porte will blow up in week 3. Arroyo and Sastre are the real headaches.

Xavier Tondo?

 

[aarnold517]

the question is does cervelo work for sastre again now that he is back in the game, or do they work for tondo who is a few minutes better and judging by the first week in much better form?

 

[sportzchick]

im still shaking my head over it - what a balls up!

 

[thrawn]

vino, basso, evans etc. are now all doing work in the mr group