Giro Stage 10 Civitanova Marche - Forli 200km

[Rollthedice]

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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.

He was never going to win it. This is just bad luck combined with a surprising lack of attention to details from Sky.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

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Hmmmm....can anyone confirm it was a mechanical, or did Richie just crack? I can't seriously believe he was dropped from the peloton.

It has to be a mechanical. I mean, otherwise he is sick big time.

I agree. No way he was just dropped, unless, as you said, he's sick.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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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

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

No, Porte came in ~1'04 down. I think the peloton came in 18-19 seconds down.

If they somehow (why idk?) decide to create a gap inside the peloton, it may be more like 30seconds

 

[rune1107]

Porte looks like he had a horrible day! He could not even hold his teammates wheel..

 

[Stelvio]

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> No, Porte came in ~1'04 down. I think the peloton came in 18-19 seconds down.

Ah, my bad. Doesn't look good for Porte.

 

[Arredondo]

So Alberto says Richie's got a flat tire.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Contador said puncture for Richie...

 

[BigMac]

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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

Well, no one starts a lead out that far away from the line - what was it, 5 kilometers? Not to mention Trek only came in strong in the finishing straight. I'll have to rewatch it, but at the moment I don't think there's any excuse for the sprinters' teams brain fart here. So much for the fair play.

 

[Rollthedice]

Landa for the win!

 

[GuyIncognito]

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Landa for the win!

If Aru wasn't Martinelli's golden baby boy, that would be a distinct possibility.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

favorites lose 18 seconds and porte 1:05. this is an amazing day.

 

[gunara]

Was the mechanical shown on tv? Did anything else happen? I missed it. Last time I saw the break still looked manageable (around 1'40" at 15 K or something) then when I came back just around the time Marangoni went the peloton seemed to be broken down, Porte passed a lot of riders it seemed

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

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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.

Awesome Giro so far. Omg, even flat stages with all the drama.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Porte lost 47 seconds.

 

[No_Balls]

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Landa for the win!

Release the Landa!

 

[deValtos]

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Hopefully this mechanical wont decide the Giro.

Also apparently none of you understand quite how drafting cars work. Porte was fine.

We know how drafting cars works. We also saw people going around Porte easily to close the gap when he couldn't. And we also didn't see Porte taking a single pull when he's supposed to have the biggest engine on the team

It was just terrible drafting tactics. The best place to be is right behind the car, not 4th in the line. You see all the time leaders drafting right behind a car and domestiques who were comming back to help get immediately dropped because its impossible to keep pace if you're not within 1 or 2 wheels of the rear end of the vehichle. But Sky did it the wrong way around.

 

[PremierAndrew]

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favorites lose 18 seconds and porte 1:05. this is an amazing day.

Nice to see you celebrating your favourite cyclist's rivals' bad luck. Hope you're equally happy when Contador gets his piece of bad luck

 

[sultanofhyd]

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favorites lose 18 seconds and porte 1:05. this is an amazing day.

Nice to see you celebrating your favourite cyclist's rivals' bad luck. Hope you're equally happy when Contador gets his piece of bad luck

He already has.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

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Hopefully this mechanical wont decide the Giro.

Also apparently none of you understand quite how drafting cars work. Porte was fine.

At least he doesnt hold onto them like you do in the An Post Ras:
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news...leader-disqualified-after-taking-a-tow-172331


I do hope this wont decide the Giro. I may not want him to win, but he cannot lose time in the TT now.

 

[Arredondo]

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And there are still stage wins for Pirazzi, Colbrelli and Battaglin to come!

 

[Asero831]

why instead of changing the tires, one teammate offers his bike. No way they can comeback from a 25 secs down inside 5k

 

[GuyIncognito]

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Hopefully this mechanical wont decide the Giro.

Also apparently none of you understand quite how drafting cars work. Porte was fine.

We know how drafting cars works. We also saw people going around Porte easily to close the gap when he couldn't. And we also didn't see Porte taking a single pull when he's supposed to have the biggest engine on the team

It was just terrible drafting tactics. The best place to be is right behind the car, not 4th in the line. You see all the time leaders drafting right behind a car and domestiques who were comming back to help get immediately dropped because its impossible to keep pace if you're not within 1 or 2 wheels of the rear end of the vehichle. But Sky did it the wrong way around.

Then answer these two questions:
- Why didn't Porte take a single pull before they got to the cars
- How could that Orica guy go around Porte - easily - when Porte lost the wheel?

 

[ILovecycling]

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

No confirmation yet. Sky will say it's a mechanical whether it was or not, so we'll have to await others sources.
Whatever the case, when his team dropped back to pace him they were dropping him again and he had to signal them to slow down.

I dont understand that , he has been dropped or what?

No, he had a mechanical.

Thanks

 

[the sceptic]

dont' worry skyfans, this won't decide the giro. Porte will lose 15 minutes on the next MTF anyway.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

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favorites lose 18 seconds and porte 1:05. this is an amazing day.

Nice to see you celebrating your favourite cyclist's rivals' bad luck. Hope you're equally happy when Contador gets his piece of bad luck

no. I have nothing against contador, or aru for instance