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

[Moose McKnuckles]

Is that Nibali back on the front of the favourites group?

Favorites for 3rd place. Yep.

 

[balkou]

Contador he's 1,2 Kms behind Nieve...

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Nieve looks absolutely gone. I won't be surprised to see Contador win this. Not at all.

 

[Ramira]

Contador still 4 minutes behind Nieve he's going to jump into the top 5 I reckon.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

The Belgians report that Kreuziger and Nibali have rode away?

 

[vcampbell]

Nieve looks absolutely gone. I won't be surprised to see Contador win this. Not at all.

I would like to see, but it will never happen

 

[Siriuscat]

A year of "Vino Attack" has rubbed off on Contador

 

[Publicus]

I'll say this Nibali deserves a lot of credit for how he rode today. More than any other "contender" he took the fight to AC.

 

[zapata]

Nieve looks absolutely gone. I won't be surprised to see Contador win this. Not at all.

That would be awful. Nothing against contador, but come on. Where's sella now, by the way somewhere in between?

 

[Moviefan1203]

This is like the '06 Giro all over again. One rider leaps and bounds better than everyone else.

 

[The Hitch]

Harmonn says "Contadors advantage is such, that its almost laughable".

Just what are you inferring Dave

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Nieve looks absolutely gone. I won't be surprised to see Contador win this. Not at all.

Is this a situation where it's not surprising at all, but surprising this year?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Arroyo returns in the group Nibali!

 

[Galic Ho]

Contador doesn't need the time but what he is doing is smart. He's putting in the work now and forcing his opponents in a latter stage to share the work. Maybe if he gets 5 plus minutes, or even more, on everyone, they'll stop attacking like Nibali did earlier. Maybe they'll cruise to Milan?

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

The Belgians report that Kreuziger and Nibali have rode away?

nope.

Think rujano is between scarponi/gadret tho.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

The Belgians report that Kreuziger and Nibali have rode away?

Sadly, in the wrong direction.

 

[Bala Verde]

The Belgians report that Kreuziger and Nibali have rode away?

Not on my feed (yet)...

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Contador doesn't need the time but what he is doing is smart. He's putting in the work now and forcing his opponents in a latter stage to share the work. Maybe if he gets 5 plus minutes, or even more, on everyone, they'll stop attacking like Nibali did earlier. Maybe they'll cruise to Milan?

2nd place is still up for grabs.

 

[GroupDK]

the stage win is ofcourse not in motion for contador, that nieve ..

and likely that contador is only focusing on taking time, and for a good reason,,a stage win is what it is..

 

[thirteen]

A year of "Vino Attack" has rubbed off on Contador

yes, he does learn from those he rides with...

 

[zapata]

I'll say this Nibali deserves a lot of credit for how he rode today. More than any other "contender" he took the fight to AC.

Absolutely. He's just not as good, but he keeps trying.

 

[Bala Verde]

last k for nieve?

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Gadret trying to stay with Scarponi.

Contador is a machine. Mechanically perfect. A magnificent performance.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Aupa Mikeeeeeeeelllllllllllllll

This has been one of the rides of the season. Dropped with over 50km to go, and almost all of the way back solo, riding solo over Fedaia (dropped Bakelandts early), catching on descent and flat then crushing on the final climb. This DESERVES the win. Garzelli will have the Cima Coppi and the KOM jersey, and he deserves that. Both deserve to have something big out of today's efforts.

 

[The Hitch]

Love the screen split of the same image, one from above one from the side.