Giro d'Italia Stage 7: Carrara - Montalcino (222km)

[Ferminal]

Where is the Tour of California thread?

 

[Jamsque]

Hahaha, Farrar only just getting his points jersey now, since he came in more than twenty minutes down. Cuddles is only 2 points behind him now and could conceivably take it off him tomorrow. Does anyone know how many points are on offer at the mountain top?

 

[sportzchick]

let's for a day pretend they are on a level playing field, it was a great race.

that would be nice wouldnt it!

I acually was a Vino fan and he was one of my favorites but like all those who have bans because of doping and come back I dont trust him as far as I could throw him anymore.

Hahaha, Farrar only just getting his points jersey now, since he came in more than twenty minutes down. Cuddles is only 2 points behind him now and could conceivably take it off him tomorrow. Does anyone know how many points are on offer at the mountain top?

Not sure but it would make me chuckle

Im wondering if anyone has held both the GC and the sprints.........im sure its been done before

 

[Libertine Seguros]

One of the best things about the thread for this stage was there was no thrash talking; now it is over people come in and start BSing. Get a life, it was an epic stage in a race that has had everything; lets hope it keep getting better.

There are only about two GC contenders left to throw out the window now, so I don't see how it'll be getting better. This should be as easy as taking candy from a baby for Evans now. Let Vino keep pink as long as possible, then wait for him to blow up.

This would have been an absolutely killer one-week race though.

 

[asnicol]

brilliant stage - would hate to be the kit man though

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 24:09:42
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:01:12
3 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Transitions 0:01:29
4 Vladimir Karpets Russia Team Katusha 0:01:30
5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:01:33
6 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team HTC - Columbia 0:01:40
7 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 0:01:50
8 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:01:51

still open, will open this race up a lot. Liqui gotta use their two men wisely.
Karpets still doing well also.
WHo knows with Vino

 

[hfer07]

What a fantastic stage. The Gazzetta dello Sport video stream is amazing as well. Evans looked really strong, I agree that Vino might have dug a tad too deep today. Tomorrow's stage will be telling I think.

Indeed-Tomorrow someone is going to pay for today's effort....but who cares? this Giro is getting more exiting than ever

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Hahaha, Farrar only just getting his points jersey now, since he came in more than twenty minutes down. Cuddles is only 2 points behind him now and could conceivably take it off him tomorrow. Does anyone know how many points are on offer at the mountain top?

Points jersey, not GPM. The points are the same on every stage. 25, 20, 16, 14, 12 then 10 down to 1. It's only the Tour that biases things in favour of sprinters (35 for the winner in flat stages, 25 in intermediate stages, 20 in mountain stages and 15 in time trials)

 

[auscyclefan94]

I think the rainbow jersey has something to do with it too.

Will be interesting to see how long he can hold this form for.
I expect him to run away with the giro.

new team also.

 

[toontoon]

I think there is more than two contenders left in the Giro, the final week is just far too nasty to write anyone off yet.

 

[theyoungest]

Don't know exactly yet, but I think the commentary said he was now third in the youth classification. Obviously behind Porte, and probably Agnoli... Mean probably didn't lose much more than 6 minutes on Cadel... Else Bakelants would've overtaken him....

Not much comfort until we know the full results, but whatever.

Mollema finished together with Weening, surprisingly enough. Somewhere between 3 and 4 minutes back.

 

[zapata]

There are only about two GC contenders left to throw out the window now, so I don't see how it'll be getting better. This should be as easy as taking candy from a baby for Evans now. Let Vino keep pink as long as possible, then wait for him to blow up.

This would have been an absolutely killer one-week race though.

Nibali is still only seconds behind evans, though. Don't think he can win it, but certainly hope so.

 

[sportzchick]

new team also.

agreed - BMC arent as strong as say Lotto or other teams but they are the only ones that are willing to pour their hearts out to work with and for Cadel

 

[tgsgirl]

Hahaha, Farrar only just getting his points jersey now, since he came in more than twenty minutes down. Cuddles is only 2 points behind him now and could conceivably take it off him tomorrow. Does anyone know how many points are on offer at the mountain top?

Same as always. The Giro doesn't discriminate between flat or mountain stages.

 

[Moondance]

Mollema finished together with Weening, surprisingly enough. Somewhere between 3 and 4 minutes back.

Decent result given the circumstances.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

new team also.

well if you had checked what I quoted that was covered and implied. But thank you echo

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Mollema has a picked a pretty tough GT to debut in

 

[Jamsque]

Points jersey, not GPM. The points are the same on every stage. 25, 20, 16, 14, 12 then 10 down to 1. It's only the Tour that biases things in favour of sprinters (35 for the winner in flat stages, 25 in intermediate stages, 20 in mountain stages and 15 in time trials)

Ah, OK, I assumed the Giro had less points on mountain finishes too.

 

[sublimit]

One of the best things about the thread for this stage was there was no thrash talking; now it is over people come in and start BSing. Get a life, it was an epic stage in a race that has had everything; lets hope it keep getting better.

well i agree but TFF tried to pick a fight so i had to respond.. The sniveling person should be banned.

Everybody else is OK here [edited by mod] its a shame because it ruins it for everybody else.

 

[Bala Verde]

Mollema finished together with Weening, surprisingly enough. Somewhere between 3 and 4 minutes back.

From Buikje's website:

De zevende etappe in de Giro d’Italia is een prooi voor Cadel Evans. De coureur van BMC Racing was in de straten van Montalcino de snelste van een groepje van vijf. Damiano Cunego werd tweede, voor Alexandre Vinokoerov. De finale leverde heroïsche beelden op; de renners moesten over steile, onverharde wegen. Vinokoerov neemt de leiderstrui over van Vincenzo Nibali, die achterop raakte door een valpartij.

Bauke kwam samen met Pieter Weening samen over de meet op bijna vijf minuten achterstand van Cadel Evans.

 

[Archibald]

Good on Evans for that win. Great stage to watch.

Sastre's Giro over, or does anyone think he can come back from this?

 

[Cobblestones]

Everyone seems to be saying that nibali should hav left basso, but i saw basso on front enough to think they were evenly trading turns.

That was mostly toward the end. I guess Basso recovered somewhat. Early on it was Nibali towing Basso.

 

[theyoungest]

Decent result given the circumstances.

Yes, certainly given the fact that he was apparently behind the split in the peloton.

 

[Archibald]

well i agree but TFF tried to pick a fight so i had to respond..

Nah-fence, but no, you didn't...

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Ah, OK, I assumed the Giro had less points on mountain finishes too.

As far as I can tell the Tour is the only race that does that. The Giro and Vuelta use the 25-20-16 system, as do a lot of shorter stage races. Some go with a 15-12-10-8-6 system, others like the Tour of Britain or the Szlakiem Grodów Piastkowich, just put one point differences in. All of them do not differentiate between types of stages.

 

[Irish2009]

Only saw last k on tv(will watch last 1hr+ tonight). Very impressed by Marco Pinotti, but would still love to see Evans win the GC.