Giro d'Italia stage 20, Stage 20: Alba – Sestriere 190 km

[Rollthedice]

Nibali about to reach TDF 2014 numbers on Bilbao's wheel.

 

[Bolder]

Hindley waiting for Kelderman to get back or what is the excuse today?

I think a combination of DQS pulling and Dennis not wanting to blow Hart out the back.

 

[SafeBet]

Attila Valter is there with the best. Nice!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

It's still a drop for both nations. I know different era but in early to mid 2000, you had Heras, Beloki, Sastre, Mancebo, Sevilla, and then Basso, Simoni, Garzelli, Savoldelli for Italy.

Both nations now are a lot worse at the top GC level

There are more players at the top level too. Puerto gutted a lot of the Spanish scene but they then had people to pick up from that, and now that generation that sustained them through the post-Puerto era is to all intents and purposes over (there are a few hangers-on like Valverde, Luísle and Navarro) they're bringing through the next, but the economic crisis killing off a very strong ProConti scene in both countries is the bigger issue really.

 

[richwallone]

Hindley needs to go, Dennis is slowing down...

 

[Stelvio]

Half an hour later and I still absolutely do not get why QS is doing any work here.

Almeida has a small chance for podium?

 

[virenque216]

The CCC rider is Atilla Valter not Kamil Malecki as the caption says, what diabolical error, you can see number 68, not 66

 

[savornin]

So my compatriot Dutchman is not going to win. I can live with that as he's definitely not the strongest. He can do better than this but has been fading the last days, which of course often happens to riders at the end of a GT.

Hey they just clawed back half a minute!

 

[Gigs_98]

Holy sh*t are the quicksteppers seriously gonna save Kelderman's ass here?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Knox dropping Nibali...

 

[topcat]

Philippe O'Ganna has already been stolen by those damn Irish?

We'll take him once he leaves Ineos

 

[afpm90]

James Knox pace drops Nibali.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Holy sh*t are the quicksteppers seriously gonna save Kelderman's ass here?

James "van Huffel" Knox

 

[Gigs_98]

Almeida has a small chance for podium?

Yeah, by dropping Kelderman, not towing him up the climb.

 

[Simurgh]

Kelderman getting back slowly - 1'08 now. Too close to #FreeJai, but still too far that waiting is the necessarily the right choice.

 

[Zoophonic]

Sunweb are past having to choose, Hindley absolutely needs to attack.

He will. Patience. He will put a minute into TGH

 

[afpm90]

What are you waiting for, Hindley?

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Hindley, wake up. It's time.

 

[Salvarani]

They are closing the gap from behind

 

[trevim]

Almeida has a small chance for podium?

I think Almeida was a bit too eager there. When Kelderman was dropped he should have stayed on wheels all time, let him do all the work and they throw everything on the last climb. I think that was his (very) outside chance of podium

 

[Billie]

James "van Huffel" Knox

Ardila just got droppped from the front group

 

[afpm90]

João Almeida goes!

 

[killswitch]

Almeida attacks!

 

[fuiers]

Almeida making an effort once more.

 

[Hayabusa]

There goes Keldermans help..