Giro d'Italia Stage 8: Sapri-Tropea, 217km

[taiwan]

Any chance of wind?

Good question, but i can never be bummed to find/read the forecasts.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

J (what cyrillic is THAT?)
es Kanč (Serbian letter, the Russian would be ч) elara von tkhe Tour for Andy if Tsontador gets ban?

 

[taiwan]

Јес Канћелара вон тхе Тоур фор Анду иф Цонтадор гетс бан.

Cancellara isnt' riding the Tour if Contador gets banned, is it? Google didn't help much.

 

[DenisMenchov]

I was writing in English but I forgot to change the language bar. Serbian cyrillic

 

[killswitch]

Cancellara isnt' riding the Tour if Contador gets banned, is it? Google didn't help much.

No.
Yes, Cancellara won the tour for Andy if Contador is banned.

 

[greatking88]

here.... rai is giving a good stream, but in italian
alternative 1 for Eurposport is working, but keeps breaking up which is annoying

Thank you

 

[insideout leadout]

Јес Канћелара вон тхе Тоур фор Анду иф Цонтадор гетс бан.

Looks cool, is it art?

 

[roundabout]

Yes Cancellara won the Tour for Andy if Contador gets ban.

Something like that.

 

[insideout leadout]

QS has faith in Ciolek today.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

ذيس لوكس كولر يف يو اسك مي.

 

[insideout leadout]

ذيس لوكس كولر يف يو اسك مي.

Google translate:

This Way to the U Kohler Lux Lusk mi

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

這個階段是令人興奮的，因為打開一包黃油

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Google translate:

This Way to the U Kohler Lux Lusk mi

Like DenisMenchov's post above, where the typing was in English but with Serbian keyboard layout, I simply phonetically wrote English with Arabic script on. Any resemblance to genuine Arabic words is coincidental, certainly none of the Arabic I know fits the words I typed.

 

[killswitch]

這個階段是令人興奮的，因為打開一包黃油

但是风景很不错。

....

 

[joy118118]

這個階段是令人興奮的，因為打開一包黃油

this stage is exciting, because one has opened a bag of butter??

tranlate it myself

 

[wirral]

แควบ์จะชนะวันนี้แน่ๆ

 

[insideout leadout]

McEwen says it's the same finish as in 2005, is he wrong?

 

[superconfex]

Lol... Astana DS watching motorbike race on tv

 

[insideout leadout]

Lol... Astana DS watching motorbike race on tv

Sure it wasn't Cancellara?

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

McEwen says it's the same finish as in 2005, is he wrong?

Yes, he is. The flat after the final climb is 800m longer.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

this stage is exciting, because one has opened a bag of butter??

tranlate it myself

almost, this stage is exciting as opening a pack of butter

 

[Ferminal]

I was bored... so I decided to Google Earth today's finish and compare it with 2005. Both stages end in the same spot, but both climb into town on different roads.

The 2005 climb started with ~900m to go, and ended with ~5-600m to go.

It was an "S" then a long straight drag to the top where they turned left, then a wide hairpin with a 350-400m run to the finish.

This time the climb starts with 1950m to go, ending with 1300m to go. The final km is more or less straight.

2011 finish map from roadbook

2011 Climb

2011 Finish

 

[rxgqgxnyfz]

I love how Astana guy is casually watching Moto GP on his min TV in the car.

 

[Ferminal]

2005

 

[insideout leadout]

Thanks Ferminal, your boredom is productive unlike that Astana DS.