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

[LukeSchmid]

What is Tondo doing? He is in the second group of the break. Is he waiting for Sastre?

 

[rgmerk]

Does the fact that the stage doesn't finish at the summit of the Mortirolo take away some of it's relevance. Think Tourmalet TDF09.

Once the riders had summited the Tourmalet, it was downhill pretty much the entire way into the stage finish, the last 30 km or so was a dead-straight road descending at maybe 1%.

Looking at today's profile the climb to the finish starts immediately after the steep descent off the Mortirolo. No time for the peloton to reassemble.

The other thing to keep in mind is that the Mortirolo is a much steeper climb than the Tourmalet. You can't wheelsuck at all on the steep bits of the Mortirolo. You can on much of the Tourmalet, if you're a world-class climber riding with other world-class climbers.

 

[Zoncolan]

Gazzeta's feed is delayed by a few minutes. The Ruskies have it better:
http://www.fromsport.com/v-0/0/0/v-16.html

 

[Pantani_lives]

I hate eurosport.

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

Yes, tennis on Eurosport, and Tour of Belgium on Belgian television.
They always show 100 km of the flat stages, but when the mountains are there they don't.

 

[Pantani_lives]

Gazzeta's feed is delayed by a few minutes. The Ruskies have it better:
http://www.fromsport.com/v-0/0/0/v-16.html

Thanks for the link!

 

[Delicato]

Thanks for the link!

Yeah, "Russkies" have Eurosport 2

 

[BroDeal]

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.

Evans will go mad kangaroo and win his second stage.

 

[auscyclefan94]

from my predictions, the mortirolo should be 40mins away. Can't wait! Some have said that the mortirolo is the hardest climb in world cycling when the zoncolan is steeper. Why is that so?

 

[HL2037]

No, I do not want to see a post match interview with Venus Williams.

 

[issoisso]

from my predictions, the mortirolo should be 40mins away. Can't wait! Some have said that the mortirolo is the hardest climb in world cycling when the zoncolan is steeper. Why is that so?

Zoncolan, Mortirolo, Anglirú, you can argue a case for any of them.

We should just be thankful we get to watch them

 

[Archibald]

anyone chasing Garzelli?

 

[auscyclefan94]

Evans will go mad kangaroo and win his second stage.

He will go hopping mad! I am enjoying the love of evans from you Bro! Keep it up my favourite poster atm!

 

[TRDean]

He will go hopping mad! I am enjoying the love of evans from you Bro! Keep it up my favourite poster atm!

What about me ACF??? You don't like my posting??? Cadel FTW!

 

[iFev20]

http://www.justin.tv/yo2024

That link works for me. Sean keeps calling the mountain the "Motorola".

Is it sponsored by an electronics company?

 

[Archibald]

He will go hopping mad! I am enjoying the love of evans from you Bro! Keep it up my favourite poster atm!

would think that today isn't the day for him to go "as mad as a cut snake" so he's got something for tomorrow...
just keep Basso in check and try to take a bit of time out of him if the opportunity arises...

 

[DamonAlbarn]

Oi! Eurosport!

Enough of the fat bints, thanks in advance

 

[Zoncolan]

anyone chasing Garzelli?

No, just Liqui boys setting a hard pace.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Cadel on a 39x27 for today. Supposedly Jim Och has said they were doing 100km down from Aprica.

You too TRDean, but we do have our bad moments sometimes. I am feeling the love from Bro!

 

[Pantani_lives]

The big test for Arroyo is coming up. It would be an enormous stunt if he survived in pink today. I wonder how he must be feeling.

 

[Archibald]

No, just Liqui boys setting a hard pace.

looks to have burnt off the Caisse boys - arroyo all alone now

 

[issoisso]

The big test for Arroyo is coming up. It would be an enormous stunt if he survived in pink today. I wonder how he must be feeling.

He has a chance of surviving today. Not a huge chance, but some.

Tomorrow, no chance.

 

[Zoncolan]

Garzelli flies past Tondo!

 

[Francois the Postman]

Garzelli, what a ride!

 

[Fourier]

Computer crashed,
good thing I was watching the Giro, otherwise I would have lost a ton of work.

Go Garzelli!

 

[Archibald]

Garzelli flies past Tondo!

damn, wish i could see this - stuck at work with peeks at the CN update thingy...