Giro d'Italia Stage 9: Messina - Etna, 169km (let the race begin!)

[hfer07]

In all fairness to Nibali-at least he was smart enough to avoid following that massive attack of Conta- Scarponi just thought he was somehow equal to conti and got blown off. the way I see it so far- Nibali and Kreuziger are the other podium steps

 

[dlwssonic]

wooooow that was booooring. After all the hype this giro is not living up to its expectations. Bertie didnt even look like he was trying and took 50 seconds from the others. At least in mende, arcarlis and verbier he looked like he was putting in a lot of energy. Now I think the only worthy opponent of bertie is andy and he is not in this race. Everyone else is few levels below contador. The only way for the others to win now if something unfortunate happens to bertie. Like a crash or if he cracks on the steep climb.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Contador has the lead ! ! ! !

Whoo Hooo. Since he will probably keep the leaders jersey the rest of the race, I now have free time on my hands instead of keeping up with the Giro.

I used to be a fan till he won TDF in 2009. I never heard him thanking his team. He won the Tour de France ALL BY HIMSELF.

Not been a fan since ! !

****** off Lance.

 

[whittashau]

Great ending to the stage. Bertie is clearly in a class of his own. Nibali and kreuziger seemingly the best of the other contenders. A few so called contenders probably out of contention already after this stage. Hopefully this giro doesn't become a contador procession...

 

[auscyclefan94]

You really would make a bad figure with that. They just had 4 days of pink and white and a stagewin.

Go search the first BMC rider

IM pretty sure tschopp came in before Kruiswijk. I was having a joke with you man. Calm the **** down and stop being so sensitive about everything.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Contador has the lead ! ! ! !

Whoo Hooo. Since he will probably keep the leaders jersey the rest of the race, I now have free time on my hands instead of keeping up with the Giro.

I used to be a fan till he won TDF in 2009. I never heard him thanking his team. He won the Tour de France ALL BY HIMSELF.

Not been a fan since ! !

2009 he pretty much did lol.

@hitch, I lied rujano more before ryo came here.
But to be fair -dutch mafia = more gesink fans probably

 

[luckyboy]

Contador has the lead ! ! ! !

Whoo Hooo. Since he will probably keep the leaders jersey the rest of the race, I now have free time on my hands instead of keeping up with the Giro.

I used to be a fan till he won TDF in 2009. I never heard him thanking his team. He won the Tour de France ALL BY HIMSELF.

Not been a fan since ! !

trolling ..,.

 

[rxgqgxnyfz]

Contador has the lead ! ! ! !

Whoo Hooo. Since he will probably keep the leaders jersey the rest of the race, I now have free time on my hands instead of keeping up with the Giro.

I used to be a fan till he won TDF in 2009. I never heard him thanking his team. He won the Tour de France ALL BY HIMSELF.

Not been a fan since ! !

Is it July already?

 

[MD FACG FACP]

Giro blows up today but it wasn't Mt. Etna, that caused it. Alberto Like no other, Andy better work on his shifting.

 

[mr. tibbs]

Stop quoting him.

EDIT: @MD,FACG,ETC: That's classic.

 

[al_pacino]

In all fairness to Nibali-at least he was smart enough to avoid following that massive attack of Conta- Scarponi just thought he was somehow equal to conti and got blown off. the way I see it so far- Nibali and Kreuziger are the other podium steps

That was lesson learned from the Vuelta from when he followed Mosquera and Anton came back to win the stage.

 

[Bala Verde]

http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2011/classifiche/it/t_09_class.shtml?lang=it

CONTADOR Alberto ESP SBS 4:54:09 0:00 20"
2 RUJANO GUILLEN Jose' VEN AND 4:54:12 0:03 12"
3 GARZELLI Stefano ITA ASA 4:54:59 0:50 8"
4 NIBALI Vincenzo ITA LIQ 4:54:59 0:50
5 KREUZIGER Roman CZE AST 4:54:59 0:50
6 ARROYO DURAN David ESP MOV 4:54:59 0:50
7 SIVTSOV Kanstantsin BLR THR 4:54:59 0:50
8 ANTON Igor ESP EUS 4:55:08 0:59
9 GADRET John FRA ALM 4:55:16 1:07
10 DUPONT Hubert FRA ALM 4:55:16 1:07


11
LE MEVEL Christophe
FRA
GRM
4:55:16
1:07
12
SCARPONI Michele
ITA
LAM
4:55:16
1:07
13
KIRYIENKA Vasili
BLR
MOV
4:55:16
1:07
14
CARRARA Matteo
ITA
VCD
4:55:16
1:07
15
SERPA PEREZ Jose Rodolfo
COL
AND
4:55:16
1:07
16
HERNANDEZ Jesus
ESP
SBS
4:55:22
1:13
17
MASCIARELLI Francesco
ITA
AST
4:55:31
1:22
18
CATALDO Dario
ITA
QST
4:55:39
1:30
19
NIEMIEC Przemyslaw
POL
LAM
4:55:54
1:45
20
SELLA Emanuele
ITA
AND
4:56:18
2:09
21
TIRALONGO Paolo
ITA
AST
4:56:18
2:09
22
BAKELANDTS Jan
BEL
OLO
4:56:25
2:16
2"
23
MENCHOV Denis
RUS
GEO
4:56:25
2:16
24
KISERLOVSKI Robert
CRO
AST
4:56:25
2:16
25
MORENO Daniel
ESP
KAT
4:56:30
2:21
26
RODRIGUEZ Joaquin
ESP
KAT
4:56:30
2:21
27
TSCHOPP Johann
SUI
BMC
4:56:30
2:21
28
NIEVE ITURALDE Mikel
ESP
EUS
4:56:30
2:21
29
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
NED
RAB
4:56:30
2:21
30
SASTRE Carlos
ESP
GEO
4:56:30
2:21

 

[La Pandera]

Hmm, you really think that Rujano doesn't care about the stage?

He was motioning for Rujano to pull through, which he chose not to.

 

[will10]

IM pretty sure tschopp came in before Kruiswijk. I was having a joke with you man. Calm the **** down and stop being so sensitive about everything.

 

[Sophistic]

Based on my assumptions Contis performance wasnt all that crazy, bout 390-400 Watts for the last 10k even when you factor in the wind.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

wooooow that was booooring. After all the hype this giro is not living up to its expectations. Bertie didnt even look like he was trying and took 50 seconds from the others. At least in mende, arcarlis and verbier he looked like he was putting in a lot of energy. Now I think the only worthy opponent of bertie is andy and he is not in this race. Everyone else is few levels below contador. The only way for the others to win now if something unfortunate happens to bertie. Like a crash or if he cracks on the steep climb.

dude the hype was for the final week (8-9 days). If yyou had massive expectations your fault. The climb didn't have that steep gradients. And we got some pretty amazing gaps considering the gradient. This race would be epic at the moment if bertie wasn't here (think this is why people are jumping to conclusions that giro will suck)

 

[Granville57]

From CN feed:

16:07:21 BST
A big result for Contador today but his biggest test is still to come and it's off the bike when he will have his CAS hearing.

Just couldn't savor today for even one moment?

 

[luckyboy]

What the hell was Siutsou doing up there?

Ooh yeay, Sharapova

 

[Elko66]

I find Contador a hard guy to like. he's Looking really good though.

Hopefully there's some racing to come, and as others have said its not a rerun of the 2009 tour.

 

[I Watch Cycling In July]

wooooow that was booooring. After all the hype this giro is not living up to its expectations. Bertie didnt even look like he was trying and took 50 seconds from the others. At least in mende, arcarlis and verbier he looked like he was putting in a lot of energy. Now I think the only worthy opponent of bertie is andy and he is not in this race. Everyone else is few levels below contador. The only way for the others to win now if something unfortunate happens to bertie. Like a crash or if he cracks on the steep climb.

he was trying

 

[Mellow Velo]

wooooow that was booooring. After all the hype this giro is not living up to its expectations. Bertie didnt even look like he was trying and took 50 seconds from the others. At least in mende, arcarlis and verbier he looked like he was putting in a lot of energy.

You must be joking.
That was actually better than I expected, given the second half of this race.
Arcalis was a total washout, bar a km or so.

 

[will10]

Pozzovivo @ 4.25
Pinotti @ 4.47

 

[auscyclefan94]

Don't read my twitter atm...it is for your own good.

 

[mulletCobra]

Contador has the lead ! ! ! !

Whoo Hooo. Since he will probably keep the leaders jersey the rest of the race, I now have free time on my hands instead of keeping up with the Giro.

I used to be a fan till he won TDF in 2009. I never heard him thanking his team. He won the Tour de France ALL BY HIMSELF.

Not been a fan since ! !

LOL! Good troll!! Seriously though.. You must not follow cycling.

 

[I Watch Cycling In July]

From CN feed:


Just couldn't savor today for even one moment?

Yeah but Benson's "10 out of 10" for making the break was gold.