Giro Stage 10 Civitanova Marche - Forli 200km

[Velolover2]

Then it's true that Porte always has a bad day.

 

[PremierAndrew]

46s lost for Porte. The day that Contador wrapped up the Giro I guess

 

[Pippo_San]

Holy crap what a finish. That's the Giro for you!

 

[Miburo]

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Who would have thought this being such a crazy stage in the end?

Every giro stage is crazy. Even the flat stages.

Contador's shoulder, now this.

 

[BigMac]

A big at the sprinters' team. They knew they weren't going to catch the break yet kept drilling at the front. I very much doutbt they didn't know about Porte.

edit: wasn't it a mechanical for Porte?

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Amazing that Porte could not hold the wheels.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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I count 48 seconds for Porte.

46. It's the time for the lead guy in the group, not for Richie
And a gap ahead of Contador may be given

 

[sir fly]

Hats off to the breakaway!

Richie will ride the tt just to make up what he's already lost.

 

[Arredondo]

Porte downfall has started.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

So this is the most decisive stage stage GC wise so far

 

[Mozart92]

The sprinters went very close in the end. I doubt that Greipel's team could care something about Porte. Same for Lampre.

 

[fauniera]

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Eisel and co almost dropped Porte. Wtf?

Did Porte even have a mechanical? He looked very weak.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

whahaha porte. looked terrible. this is a great day in cycling!

 

[Eagle]

How did the sprinters teams manage that, another good stage this giro

 

[goggalor]

3 very sad and one very very happy Italians in Forli. Very emotional finale. I counted Porte in 43" behind Nizzolo.

 

[jaylew]

Sucks for Porte. Don't like to see anyone lose time like that.

Edit: Assuming it was a mechanical.

 

[sultanofhyd]

Re: Re:

I count 48 seconds for Porte.

46. It's the time for the lead guy in the group, not for Richie
And a gap ahead of Contador may be given

Maybe. It was just a rough estimate from the times I saw on the screen.

 

[No_Balls]

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Porte didnt look good loosing wheels.

 

[ILovecycling]

ahh...I came a little late...just seen Porte away from bunch, what happened?

 

[Stelvio]

Re: Re:

I count 48 seconds for Porte.

46. It's the time for the lead guy in the group, not for Richie
And a gap ahead of Contador may be given

The peloton came in ~15 seconds down, so about half a minute for Porte.

 

[Jagartrott]

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Not like this...

Serves Sky right for not doing anything this Giro.

 

[rainman]

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Amazing that Porte could not hold the wheels.

Really, not just a bad day for Porte, no way will he win this Giro.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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A big at the sprinters' team. They knew they weren't going to catch the break yet kept drilling at the front. I very much doutbt they didn't know about Porte.

edit: wasn't it a mechanical for Porte?

Don't forget that teams like Trek has nothing else to do than secure the points jersey (For Nizzolo) in this Giro. They had an incentive to make a leadout for him. Bad luck for Porte but you cannot blame the peloton for keeping the pace high. Atleast it wasn't Astana or Tinkoff-Saxo that went on the front

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Porte looked bad. Was really struggling to stay on his teammates wheels.

Check out Contador warming down. LOL.

 

[burning]

Berto warming down.