Giro d'Italia Stage 19: Brescia - Aprica (195km)

[LukeSchmid]

Arnold Jeannesson has retired. A blow for Arroyo

 

[auscyclefan94]

how long from mortirolo?

 

[Barrus]

He seems to be giving it a good dig. I don't know what the gap is though.

25 sec in front of the peleton

BTW is it just me or does Evans seem to be better defended in the peleton by his team, the further this Giro gets going?

 

[edwardhalliwell]

Is Tondo being in the break good news for Sastre? Means the other teams have to do the chasing? Or is it bad news because he can't go for it?

Maybe they'll get together on the Mortirolo and cream the rest!

 

[Zoncolan]

Karpets sits up.

 

[LukeSchmid]

25 sec in front of the peleton

BTW is it just me or does Evans seem to be better defended in the peleton by his team, the further this Giro gets going?

BMC have been noticablely better on the flat parts of the stages than they were in the first week. Still have noone who has any hope of climbing.

 

[issoisso]

Karpets sits up.

Karpets gets rolled in

 

[auscyclefan94]

Is Tondo being in the break good news for Sastre? Means the other teams have to do the chasing? Or is it bad news because he can't go for it?

Maybe they'll get together on the Mortirolo and cream the rest!

Carlos maybe hitting some form finally? He's not out of it.

 

[Barrus]

Gap to the front from the peleton is already dropped to less than 5 minutes, Liqui is not taking it easy thus far

 

[issoisso]

Carlos maybe hitting some form finally? He's not out of it.

He is. You don't improve that immensely in two days.

 

[auscyclefan94]

He is. You don't improve that immensely in two days.

I meant mathematically he isn't. How long to the mortirolo. Because it is such a descisive stage, is it really the deciding stage of the giro as such big gaps could open either way? You will want to be having a good one today.

 

[saganftw]

what is karpets doin,80km to the finish alone,he will lose top 20 this way

 

[issoisso]

what is karpets doin,80km to the finish alone,he will lose top 20 this way

It's not like he cares about a top 20

How long to the mortirolo

 

[Mellow Velo]

Froome, DNF I reckon.
Right, time for the first ramp.
Leaky turn up the gas, just in time for Eurotrash to go for an ad break......

 

[Hugo Koblet]

I'll take my Nabili prediction back and go for Evans instead.

I guess Nibali is just there as a help for Basso today. Anything else wouldn't really make a lot of sense.

 

[edwardhalliwell]

How long to the mortirolo. Because it is such a descisive stage, is it really the deciding stage of the giro as such big gaps could open either way? You will want to be having a good one today.

Bottom of Mortirolo at 150km, so about half an hour?

 

[auscyclefan94]

thanks isso, now off to twitter land to see the pearls of wisdom that come up there!

 

[Zoncolan]

Leaky are gonna blow a lot of guys out the back riding the way they are.
And the Mortirolo is yet to come!
Vai Garzelli!

 

[issoisso]

thanks isso, now off to twitter land to see the pearls of wisdom that come up there!

Whose twitter?

 

[Barrus]

Garzelli attacks, even prior to the Mortirolo, doesnt seem like anyone is following him

 

[auscyclefan94]

Whose twitter?

the common ones, gwatson thinks that the climb up to aprica is not that easy and has some hard bits in it.

 

[Zoncolan]

Garzelli has over 30 seconds over the Maglia Rosa group

 

[auscyclefan94]

Garzelli attacks, even prior to the Mortirolo, doesnt seem like anyone is following him

WTF? Is he doing suicide?

 

[Mellow Velo]

Garzelli attacks, takes 45 minutes on the GC and the maglia rosa.
Be a while until the MR.
First 7kms of this are almost as bad as the MR........

 

[issoisso]

I hate eurosport.

Still showing some meaningless tennis game when the Giro's at its climax. Bah.