Giro d'Italia Stage 15: Conegliano - Gardeccia-Val di Fassa 229km

[Climbing]

rain again on the passo di giau. Favor the break??

Rain 9°C and 11 km/h wind
67% um.

 

[dlwssonic]

I've not watched Eurosport the entire Giro, really digging these Turkish Airlines commercials.

the kobe one was good

 

[dlwssonic]

tschopp for the win and cima coppi. can the cima coppi be put into your palmares.

 

[Squire]

Sella took 15, Garzelli none on the first climb.

Second climb: Garzelli 9, Sella 5

Which means Sella has 20pts and is 4th in the KoM classification.
Garzelli has 17, since he had 8pts from before.

If Sella gets Cima Coppi + Fedaia, places well in the MTT and takes the 1st cat in the middle of stage 19, he has a chance of repeating his Maglia Verde win.

 

[Mellow Velo]

tschopp for the win and cima coppi. can the cima coppi be put into your palmares.

I don't think so. Too strong a group.

 

[dlwssonic]

I don't think so. Too strong a group.

there are better climbers out there. But he has been climbing well too with his 20th GC. Not saying he will win just rooting for him.

 

[valentius borealis]

tschopp for the win and cima coppi. can the cima coppi be put into your palmares.

I wonder what kind of reception he'd get if he is the first up the Passo Giau, after he attacked Simoni to be first on the Cima Coppi last year.

 

[thrawn]

Well I wouldn't expect the ambulance to return him to where he crashed to get him back into the race.

I suppose I had that coming lol.

 

[Galic Ho]

Anyone got a Livestream link?

 

[dlwssonic]

I wonder what kind of reception he'd get if he is the first up the Passo Giau, after he attacked Simoni to be first on the Cima Coppi last year.

yup i still remember that kinda mean.

 

[dlwssonic]

Oh no harmon going on about deignan.

 

[Climbing]

I wonder what kind of reception he'd get if he is the first up the Passo Giau, after he attacked Simoni to be first on the Cima Coppi last year.

And GIBO is on phone on RAI!

 

[Sasquatch]

Thanks for the Kom updates.

 

[Galic Ho]

Don't worry, I found one. Italian, better than the SBS crap I've listened to recently Down Under.

 

[dlwssonic]

wow the passo di giau is sure intimidating

 

[The Hitch]

Roberto Amadio admits Nibali is fighting for podium (aka June 6th GC)

Hey, isnt that the guy who went full *** and said something like that Giro should be shortened for Cali?

 

[theswordsman]

Anyone got a Livestream link?

http://www.fromsportcom.com/v-2/6/82/v-268364.html

http://videochat.gazzetta.it/index_giro.shtml

http://www.raisport.rai.it/dl/raisport/multimedia/diretta.html?cid=ContentItem-18b9bd8c-1ab9-44e8-a6

 

[dlwssonic]

Im hoping contador will crack like in paris nice 2009. Anyone got a video of that.

 

[Publicus]

Smart move to let Nieve into the break.

 

[Publicus]

Im hoping contador will crack like in paris nice 2009. Anyone got a video of that.

I'm sure it's on youtube. You realize it was a hunger knock right? He just didn't eat. And since then that's happened exactly . . . never again. So I wouldn't get your hopes up too high.


EDIT: OT, Italy is freaking beautiful. I really have to make it over there soon.

 

[dlwssonic]

I'm sure it's on youtube. You realize it was a hunger knock right? He just didn't eat. And since then that's happened exactly . . . never again. So I wouldn't get your hopes up too high.

It was a once in a lifetime moment.

 

[zapata]

I don't think contador will crack, but i remember someone saying, probably on this forum, that his one weakness was his stamina? That in long stages with multiple long climbs, and hard racing, he can get tired and become vulnerable for attacks? I don't remember who said it, or what it was based on, but if it's correct, today is surely the day to test the theory.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I'm sure it's on youtube. You realize it was a hunger knock right? He just didn't eat. And since then that's happened exactly . . . never again. So I wouldn't get your hopes up too high.


EDIT: OT, Italy is freaking beautiful. I really have to make it over there soon.

You just wait til Fedaia.

Anyway, Contador was done over by Antón, Mosquera and Soler last April, it can be done without him having the hunger knock.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

If it starts raining and the weather turns cold - with this 10min advantage could we get an Aquila moment - with Sastre back in contention?

 

[Publicus]

I don't think contador will crack, but i remember someone saying, probably on this forum, that his one weakness was his stamina? That in long stages with multiple long climbs, and hard racing, he can get tired and become vulnerable for attacks? I don't remember who said it, or what it was based on, but if it's correct, today is surely the day to test the theory.

I forget the forum members name (Issosso?), but he seemed fairly knowledgeable. I know Saxo Bank put that theory to the test in Tour in 2009 and 2010.