Giro d'Italia Stage 16, Limone sul Garda - Falzes/Pfalzen, 174km, 22/05/2012

[Froome19]

Stage win to be Frank vs Bak vs Boaro vs Clement

 

[karlboss]

Already out to 6 minutes

edit, and coming back down controllled by katusha

 

[dlwssonic]

not much faith in frank, his form has not been great.

 

[CraZyCaLL]

Stage win to be Frank vs Bak vs Boaro vs Clement

I think Izagirre is the main favorite in this group

 

[Pharazon]

i think the breaks going to win by 10+ minutes today

 

[Mellow Velo]

Sean Kelly: "Bonus second rest day".

On a side note, I see that Eurosport has virtually no coverage of the ITT. Roland Garros round 1 being so, so important and all.

 

[Froome19]

I think Izagirre is the main favorite in this group

Bak & Boaro have shown superb form so far this Giro and Clement also has been pretty impressive and was also impressive in Romandie.
Frank I am unsure about but he is strong rider and the ascent at the end should suit him more than the others, yet Izagirre was in good form previous to this Giro but he hasnt shown anything yet and he may struggle on the climb.

 

[Ney the Viking]

Bak is just amazing this Giro And Boaro seems to really want to prove something on home turf.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

9 minutes now, 67 km left. Are they going to win by more or less than 10 minutes?

 

[Frosty]

Gap will probably go out a bit in the next 10km or so but someone in the peloton may want to increase the pace ahead of and on the climb at 145km and they will also push it hard in the last 10/15km. Depends on whether people start taking it a bit easier in the break.

I will go for a 11.15 gap

 

[CraZyCaLL]

Bak & Boaro have shown superb form so far this Giro and Clement also has been pretty impressive and was also impressive in Romandie.
Frank I am unsure about but he is strong rider and the ascent at the end should suit him more than the others, yet Izagirre was in good form previous to this Giro but he hasnt shown anything yet and he may struggle on the climb.

So you think Boaro and Bak will ride final climb better than Izagirre? They will be drop there. Moreno, Izagirre and Frank best climbers in this group, Izagirre probably more suited to short climbs plus i think his finishing speed is better than his main rivals

 

[wirral]

Moreno?????

 

[CraZyCaLL]

Moreno?????

Sorry, i mean Herrada

 

[vcampbell]

So you think Boaro and Bak will ride final climb better than Izagirre? They will be drop there. Moreno, Izagirre and Frank best climbers in this group, Izagirre probably more suited to short climbs plus i think his finishing speed is better than his main rivals

In a breakaway I think it's not all about the strength. There is the now or never factor. Everyone want to win. So, there could be anything, and also the opposite too

 

[roundabout]

doubt the break will be together at the foot of the last climb

 

[will10]

So you think Boaro and Bak will ride final climb better than Izagirre? They will be drop there. Moreno, Izagirre and Frank best climbers in this group, Izagirre probably more suited to short climbs plus i think his finishing speed is better than his main rivals

There will be attacks before the climb, it's not as simple as who climbs better.

 

[Froome19]

Katusha barely bothering..... as was predicted.

 

[wirral]

Katusha on the front now but not really pushing any pace.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Weather forecast for sunday on top of the mountain, -1 celcius.

Poor Rujano and Pozzovivo

 

[spalco]

Weather forecast for sunday on top of the mountain, -1 celcius.

Poor Rujano and Pozzovivo

They'll just have to go extra hard to warm up.

 

[CraZyCaLL]

There will be attacks before the climb, it's not as simple as who climbs better.

I know, but Boaro or Bak can "die" in the climb after solo attack. They will need 30 seconds at least. Let's see what's gonna happen

 

[Mellow Velo]

Boy, is Gianni Savio laying into Jose Rujano: big time on Eurosport!
Congratulated all the rest team...excepted Jose. He's got to show, or else.
"We built the car around Rujano and he's got the keys."

 

[burning]

I love savio, he just says whatever he thinks about rujano

 

[spalco]

Boy, is Gianni Savio laying into Jose Rujano: big time on Eurosport!

What's he saying?

 

[burning]

What's he saying?

He basically says that he needs to do something before milano