Giro d'Italia Stage 4: Savigliano - Cuneo (TTT) 32.5km

[The Sheep]

The Aussie-Dutch rivalty here cracks me up. It just seems so random.

I blame Tasman

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Nah, he only took back a third of his disadvantage

form overall maybe. But evans was beating sastre by 57 seconds before the stage. Sastre just took back 43 seconds (i think). 16 seconds between the two favorites (IMO of course... Maybe basso too). Close race.

ACF; thus i said basically

 

[ak-zaaf]

Garmin 5th at 36 seconds.

 

[powderpuff]

Already looking for excuses?

Stating the facts

 

[sportzchick]

The Aussie-Dutch rivalty here cracks me up. It just seems so random.

all we are trying to do is support our riders they are the ones who love to s-stirr

they love giving it to Australians just because we support our guys NOTHING MORE

 

[auscyclefan94]

Already looking for excuses?

How can a fact or a stat be an excuse?

Leaky behind Lotto so far.

only 19 secs ahead of bmc.

 

[trompe le monde]

Wow, Omega Lotto's time beat Garmin's final time.

 

[screaming fist]

No camera motobike with Saxo Bank? Way to go, picture direction.

 

[Cobblestones]

Garmin behind Lotto at the finish. Lotto looks pretty good in the TTT.

 

[The Sheep]

Stating the facts

do you have a source then?

 

[Fourier]

garmins ttt power might be a myth based on a fluke 2008 performance

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

all we are trying to do is support our riders they are the ones who love to s-stirr

they love giving it to Australians just because we support our guys NOTHING MORE

I think it's more of a dutch vs ACF thing

 

[powderpuff]

do you have a source then?

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Cuneo,Italy&wuSelect=WEATHER

 

[davis_123]

Cadel will lose about 45 seconds on leaky gas and 1-2mins on vino.

Once again his team both on stage 3 and 4 have cost him minutes on GC

 

[auscyclefan94]

was anyone expecting overly much from bmc? NO

yesterday, everyone was saying how bad evans' team was but they did put in a decent performance. get off their backs.

 

[kurtinsc]

Oh my, doesn't look too good for Cuddles when Sastre makes up time in a flat time trial.

Karpets in pink so far.

Wasn't that expected?

Would Cadel have been upset if he knew he'd have 14 seconds edge on Sastre after the TTT?

He has a weak team (and nobody to blame but himself for that)... but given their strength, they did pretty well for him today. We'll have to see as the other GC favorites come in, but being ahead of Sastre after the TTT is not a bad thing.

 

[Jamsque]

Katyusha gained enough time on Garmin for Karpets to leapfrog Millar, so his chances of leading are out the window. I think that will be between Columbia, Saxo and Astana now, unless Liquigas can pull a real surprise performance out of the bag.

Here come Columbia to the first time check, and they are... 36 seconds down.

 

[Rocksteady]

garmins ttt power might be a myth based on a fluke 2008 performance

No definitely missing VDV today. Nothing more.

 

[Cobblestones]

HTC doesn't factor in today.

 

[sportzchick]

I think it's more of a dutch vs ACF thing

then dont come here and tell us australians in general have no idea about racing IF its a AFC thing

 

[Tyke1968]

Columbia 34 secs down on SKY at time check.

 

[ak-zaaf]

was anyone expecting overly much from bmc? NO

yesterday, everyone was saying how bad evans' team was but they did put in a decent performance. get off their backs.

Everybody praised BMC for their solid performance today. It's just funny that they got beaten by Lotto.

 

[trompe le monde]

Columbia 34 seconds down at the first interval.

Omega Pharma's result, coupled with the unintentional Cuddles Schadenfreude, must be the hilight of the day so far.

 

[issoisso]

all we are trying to do is support our riders they are the ones who love to s-stirr

they love giving it to Australians just because we support our guys NOTHING MORE

You're missing the point. No one's ever going to rag on anyone in this forum for supporting someone, no matter who it is.

But making outlandish accusations and being completely blind to fact, relying solely on bias will get you flamed very quickly, very often

Me, I just find it hilarious that bias can disconnect people so far from reality

 

[auscyclefan94]

I think it's more of a dutch vs ACF thing

once again, you are wrong.


i think i have the support of sportschick and powderpuff.

good finish for rabo.