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

[Moondance]

Katusha has faith in Pozzato and are working hard... Doesn't look like Sorensen and Flens have a chance.

 

[auscyclefan94]

will the gc favs have a go today or will they save themselves for terminillo?

 

[Francois the Postman]

The rain should make the gravel segments even more interesting, especially the steep pitches.

I was wondering about that. Anyone got experience with it in the wet?

 

[Moondance]

will the gc favs have a go today or will they save themselves for terminillo?

Depends... If one GC fave goes everyone who can will obviously respond. Given that Катюша is giving Liquigas a free ride today, I imagine if someone like Garzelli attacks, Liquigas will swarm en masse and chase him down. I doubt Basso or Nibali will counter-attack himself.

 

[hfer07]

looks to me like today we're going to have some casualties-unless the teams agreed to control the race and just cruise to the finish...

 

[Publicus]

I assume it's the rain affecting the feed.

EDIT: Must be the rain, because I'm getting the same problem on another (Flemish) feed.

EDIT#2: GazzettaTV has the best live stream (very little break up/freezing)

http://videochat.gazzetta.it/index_giro.shtml

 

[python]

did you people hear what cipo predicted ?

he said vino will win today and will take the gc. why cipo is so generous ?

 

[Moondance]

did you people hear what cipo predicted ?

he said vino will win today and will take the gc. why cipo is so generous ?

Ummmm.... Generous? How is that being generous, saying who he think will win?

 

[auscyclefan94]

not a big bunch, is there a bunch that has gone off the back?

 

[Spine Concept]

Just tuned in and to my delight Rick Flens is in a breakaway, good on him - and Rabo of course. They needed a showing after failing to make it into the break yesterday.

 

[tgsgirl]

not a big bunch, is there a bunch that has gone off the back?

Yep, peloton has split in two reportedly.

 

[Publicus]

not a big bunch, is there a bunch that has gone off the back?

One could assume the split occurred on the first real climb of the day.

 

[python]

Ummmm.... Generous? How is that being generous, saying who he think will win?

generous b/c he gave him both the win and the gc.

 

[Bala Verde]

Yep, peloton has split in two reportedly.

28s according to sporza

Sastre in second peloton

 

[The Sheep]

Sastre in second group

 

[trompe le monde]

Sastre is in the second group....

a few beat me to it. Though according to my practically non-existent Italian, the second group is 15 seconds behind.

 

[Spine Concept]

Sastre in the 2nd group according to Sporza... 23 sec back.

 

[auscyclefan94]

harmon thinks its i bad for italian cycling that they have no italian stage winner yet.

but they have the maglia rosa.

harmon is also talking about ignatiev's russian chops!

 

[Publicus]

Is the peloton splitting again? Yes, yes it is. Sastre WTF?

 

[Moondance]

Yes Sastre in the 2nd group. I've seen the Cervelo boys hanging around the back of the peleton a couple of times now.... And now its costing them.

Said it before, this just isn't his Giro.

 

[Bala Verde]

Good to see we are all watching the same feed/channel

 

[theyoungest]

Yes Sastre in the 2nd group. I've seen the Cervelo boys hanging around the back of the peleton a couple of times now.... And now its costing them.

Said it before, this just isn't his Giro.

Weening is also in this group, Mollema as well, I think. Mollema is notoriously bad in this kind of weather.

 

[issoisso]

Yes Sastre in the 2nd group. I've seen the Cervelo boys hanging around the back of the peleton a couple of times now.... And now its costing them.

Said it before, this just isn't his Giro.

It isn't at all. I think he's losing the Giro today.

And why the heck are Katusha killing themselves to drop Sastre? It's not like he's an opponent of theirs

 

[Moondance]

Weening also in the second group I believe I heard. Quite a lot of Rabo in the 2nd peleton.

 

[Bala Verde]

Yes Sastre in the 2nd group. I've seen the Cervelo boys hanging around the back of the peleton a couple of times now.... And now its costing them.

Said it before, this just isn't his Giro.

It's the weather maybe? Who knows if it warms up, his diesel will reignite?