Giro d'Italia Stage 15: Mestre - Monte Zoncolan (222km)

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Haha, I read about Rabo yesterday and it was like - "No way they're in the Giro!!" And then I checked it and was like "WTF?!" So either am I not paying enough attention to the Giro (trying to watch some everyday) or thy have been VERY anonymous, take your pick!

Both you and Steampunk have paid **** poor attention then

Stamsnijder and Flens have been in many breakaways, Stamsnijder is leading the intermediate sprint classification and the Trofeo Fuga (most km in attack) classification. Flens is in the top 3 of that one.
They are 2nd in the Teams GC classification (!!!!) and Mollema is 18th in GC without being in the L'Aquila break

 

[hamperium]

liquigas is very busy
Nibali is the favourite of this day ?!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamperium_espana/4590936963/

 

[BroDeal]

I was hoping to see Simoni in the inevitable break. I have the feeling that Simoni will be invisible for the entire Giro.

 

[Grzdylu]

yes.

and one from east and one from west. Today they will climb from west - hardest climb in Pro Tour.

 

[Ferminal]

The Giro has only been up the Zoncolan twice before?! Did not realise that..

2003, 2007?

What stopped it being included before?

 

[issoisso]

Hi all. I'm new to the forum. Don't worry I'm not an Armstrong fan boy. Refer to my use of punctuation as evidence..[/QUOTE

Welcome!

How much time does everyone think Arroyo will lose? If any?

I'm thinking 1 1/2 minutes. He seems like the sensible sort who won't panic and will be happy to ride at his own pace if he has to.

I'd say that describes Arroyo to a tee. But I do think he'll lose a little bit more than that.

I was hoping to see Simoni in the inevitable break. I have the feeling that Simoni will be invisible for the entire Giro.

I'm pretty sure he's not going to achieve anything

 

[trompe le monde]

I was hoping to see Simoni in the inevitable break. I have the feeling that Simoni will be invisible for the entire Giro.

Might get some face time during the TT up the Kronplatz, other then that, no he hasn't had much face time.

 

[sublimit]

No Valverde, No Radioshack this year - what a surprise..

Valverde banned from Italy but what about Tandyshack? whats their excuse?

 

[Woody22]

Interesting that Evan's wife is sitting at the top of the Zoncolon. Last time she sat at the top of a climb to cheer him on was at the world championships.

 

[Cobblestones]

60 km to go and the gap is what? about 9'?

 

[Moondance]

Might get some face time during the TT up the Kronplatz, other then that, no he hasn't had much face time.

Not very likely. Simoni's above 100 in the GC... TV wont have started by then yet.

 

[Grzdylu]

60 km to go and the gap is what? about 9'?

yes. About 9 min.

 

[trompe le monde]

@Moondance

Ah yes, I forgot how far back Simoni is.

 

[theyoungest]

And we get the Mollema report ad nauseam

Not enough, apparently

 

[Steampunk]

Both you and Steampunk have paid **** poor attention then

Stamsnijder and Flens have been in many breakaways, Stamsnijder is leading the intermediate sprint classification and the Trofeo Fuga (most km in attack) classification. Flens is in the top 3 of that one.
They are 2nd in the Teams GC classification (!!!!) and Mollema is 18th in GC without being in the L'Aquila break

Probably. I'd forgotten about Freire. Too: so many breakaways have succeeded, just not those with Rabo riders. And my comment had to do with how relatively well they have been doing. But quietly. So much of the English media coverage has been about Team Sky and Liquigas have really impressed. Not surprisingly, I'm seeing an awful lot more of Caisse today. And I guess a lot of the drama has involved the GC and GC riders: lots of Vino, little Astana; lots of Evans, little BMC, etc.

 

[BroDeal]

yes. About 9 min.

They will need about a minute per kilometer on the Zoncolan.

 

[kuat2770]

2003, 2007?

What stopped it being included before?

probably the host town not having the money to afford a finish, the road not being too great (it was resurfaced recently), and its only quite recently that compact gears have come into play, doing the Zoncolan on a 39x25 would be insane.

 

[taiwan]

I am betting that Evans puts the hurt on people today.

Actually, if you had targetted this stage and saved something for it, the amount of time you could take would be huge:the difficulty, the fact that it's the twelfth straight day of active racing (pretty much).

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Probably. I'd forgotten about Freire. Too: so many breakaways have succeeded, just not those with Rabo riders. And my comment had to do with how relatively well they have been doing. But quietly. So much of the English media coverage has been about Team Sky and Liquigas have really impressed. Not surprisingly, I'm seeing an awful lot more of Caisse today. And I guess a lot of the drama has involved the GC and GC riders: lots of Vino, little Astana; lots of Evans, little BMC, etc.

The breakaway with Stamsnijder succeeded, that was just days ago, the breakaway with L'Aquila had Ardila and Kruijswijck in it, succeeded as well
And Mollema even attacked in the final KM's of the Terminillio stage. Can't say you payed much attention

 

[BroDeal]

No Valverde, No Radioshack this year - what a surprise..

Valverde banned from Italy but what about Tandyshack? whats their excuse?

The Giro organizers were afraid that Armstrong would organize a protest about the bianche strade stage and the Holland stages and the rain stages and the gravel climbs...well, pretty much the whole Giro

 

[dgodave]

How much longer will todays stage take? I need to go out for a short bit.... (but I want to catch the last hour for sure.)
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[Mellow Velo]

Eurosport say estimates of 1 million people on the Zoncolan, in 2007 and that it's the same today.
How's that California?

 

[bobs nob]

I think I can get my chain back on a LOT faster than what that looked like. Does video add 10 seconds the same way it adds 10 pounds?

 

[Potomac]

The breakaway with Stamsnijder succeeded, that was just days ago, the breakaway with L'Aquila had Ardila and Kruijswijck in it, succeeded as well
And Mollema even attacked in the final KM's of the Terminillio stage. Can't say you payed much attention

Your really just making his point as there is really nothing memorable in your citations.

 

[BroDeal]

How much longer will todays stage take? I need to go out for a short bit.... (but I want to catch the last hour for sure.)
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Probably a couple of hours. Maybe not quite that much.