Giro d'Italia Stage 6: Fidenza - Marina di Carrara (172km)

[issoisso]

Lloyd officially in green, likely for the next few days

 

[dgodave]

Lloyd has a bit of a gap on Bertogliati now.

That has to hurt after so much work.

 

[Highlander]

Will Lotto pick up their 2nd win of the year? If so, they are turning into a powerhouse that should be broken up.

 

[issoisso]

Pray for Lloyd. He has a history of crashing downhill

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Go Llyod .

 

[Cobblestones]

So he has a 1:20 gap on Petrov group, but he's by himself now. About 10 km.

 

[Francois the Postman]

Looks Petacchi went home indeed, dropped off the Gazzetta tracker too.

 

[therhodeo]

Could this make 2 days in a row where the break survived?

 

[Highlander]

The peloton is roughly 1:40 behind Lloyd, so it doesn't look very likely that they'll catch him as there is a downhill and flat left.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Go Llyod .

come on lloyd!!!!

 

[kjetilraknerud]

Looks dangerous with all that water.

 

[Jamsque]

Lloyd has a very good chance of winning this now. If Farrar has held on to the bunch over the last climb he'll take red at the finale.

 

[davis_123]

So he has a 1:20 gap on Petrov group, but he's by himself now. About 10 km.

So if its any less then 50 seconds with 5km to go chances are they will get him before the finish.

 

[Dr. Maserati]

So he has a 1:20 gap on Petrov group, but he's by himself now. About 10 km.

Ya, but its all downhill........ C'mon the hare!

 

[Francois the Postman]

Lloyd 30 secs ahead of Bertogliati, and just under a minute on the trio.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Lloyd has a very good chance of winning this now. If Farrar has held on to the bunch over the last climb he'll take red at the finale.

didn't look like a very big group

 

[auscyclefan94]

we won't see anything of this in aus because of stupid sbs.

 

[Cobblestones]

Ya, but its all downhill........ C'mon the hare!

The last 7 km are flat.

 

[issoisso]

Why isn't A&S working for the sprint for Garzelli? Petacchi is there but surely tired. Same with any other sprinters still there

 

[Sasquatch]

Could this make 2 days in a row where the break survived?

It will be three days tomorrow.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Come on lloyd!

 

[Francois the Postman]

we won't see anything of this in aus because of stupid sbs.

If you had bigger priorities throughout this race, why shouldn't they?

 

[zapata]

where did cataldo come from!?

 

[Sasquatch]

we won't see anything of this in aus because of stupid sbs.

SBS rely on Government money. It's a Government funded station.

They don't have the budget to do the Giro with every stage of the Tour live and PR. Hence why they opted for California instead. 30 minutes highlights at night for the Giro - nothing shabby about that. That's 30 minutes of cycling every night as well as California live.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

we won't see anything of this in aus because of stupid sbs.

Yup. Crucify the only channel in Australia (non-pay-per-view) who actually shows some cycling. Those devils !!!!!

Sbs do enough imo, the rights to these races can't be cheap, and in term's of cycling in Australia, sad to say LA riding the ToC will probably have more public interest then the Giro.