Giro Stage 9: Benevento – S.Giorgio del Sannio 215 kms

[burning]

You gotta love Astana in this Giro, they are making this race.

 

[damian13ster]

Lol, wtf was Aru supposed to do? Let others grab time, not improve his position given an opportunity? Relax

 

[Jelantik]

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Aru is dumb. Waste of energy for 2"

lol.. yeah.. and loose minutes in ITT... what the hell Aru? So tirolongo didn't get the pink?

 

[meat puppet]

not quite the 1996 TDF stage to pamplona finale, but certainly a step in the right direction.

 

[No_Balls]

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Take notice lads. With fine preparation and a healthy diet you can still dominate stages at the ripe age of 38.

 

[The Hitch]

Great stage. We see breaks win a lot but rare for a breakaway rider to have 1 min 45 over the others and another break rider to take the stage.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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Tiralongo was always the strongest from that break.

He attacked what.. like 10 times?

And those attacks didn't tire him at all

Amazing such energy and spirit at old age. Where does he gets it from.

Clearly the fine tuscan wine. Speaking of red substances, it's a monday rest day next...

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

haha, I can smell the fear coming from the Saxo and Sky camp when they start mocking Aru for being fast

 

[red_flanders]

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Porte was kinda smart for not working. Still don't get why Contador was taking turns.

Because somehow Aru convinced him to work, for what is anyone's guess. Then he hosed Contador at the end and got some choice words at the end. Not terribly smart.

 

[Jelantik]

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Porte was kinda smart for not working. Still don't get why Contador was taking turns.

he is trying to put more time to Uran. Uran is better in ITT .. he won last year in ITT remember?

LOL.. aru only gains 1 second on Contador after that sprint?

 

[SeriousSam]

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Tiralongo was always the strongest from that break.

He attacked what.. like 10 times?

And those attacks didn't tire him at all

Amazing such energy and spirit at old age. Where does he gets it from.

Clearly the fine tuscan wine. Speaking of red substances, it's a monday rest day next...

lol


Aru wants the maglia rosa. And he's going to get it at some point.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

If it was so dumb and such a waste of energy for Aru to sprint, why did Contador give it everything chasing him ?

 

[Arredondo]

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Come on guys. The guy enjoys sprinting. And racing. Enjoy

this is 3 week race, tacticaly very demanding, this was extremely stupid

Then it's Aru's task to drop everyone on Mortirolo. Then he doesn't have to work with them anymore

 

[sultanofhyd]

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Tiralongo was always the strongest from that break.

He attacked what.. like 10 times?

And those attacks didn't tire him at all

Amazing such energy and spirit at old age. Where does he gets it from.

Clearly the fine tuscan wine. Speaking of red substances, it's a monday rest day next...

lol


Aru wants the maglia rosa. And he's going to get it at some point.

Next year, maybe.

 

[ILovecycling]

Who is going to be in procceso?

 

[Taxus4a]

Great stage, Astana did very well, they are crazy strong.

I am sad for the result, but cycling is what matters.

 

[sultanofhyd]

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If it was so dumb and such a waste of energy for Aru to sprint, why did Contador give it everything chasing him ?

Because he wants to keep the pink jersey?

 

[red_flanders]

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If it was so dumb and such a waste of energy for Aru to sprint, why did Contador give it everything chasing him ?

It wasn't dumb or a waste of anything to sprint. It was dumb to burn a bridge with Contador.

 

[Publicus]

Contador is looking good. I think he's going to crush the ITT (assuming he's aero position isn't compromised by shoulder)

 

[Matt92]

Well, I don't think Aru did anything terribly wrong. I mean, it's not like he forced Contador to do some work, they talked and apparently Contador agreed it made sense for them to work together.

Besides, Aru wasted energy sprinting, but Contador had to sprint too, so it's not like he spent more than others (except Landa, who is looking incredibly strong).

 

[Eyeballs Out]

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If it was so dumb and such a waste of energy for Aru to sprint, why did Contador give it everything chasing him ?

It wasn't dumb or a waste of anything to sprint. It was dumb to burn a bridge with Contador.

What bridge ? They are opponents (thankfully)

 

[ILovecycling]

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Come on guys. The guy enjoys sprinting. And racing. Enjoy

this is 3 week race, tacticaly very demanding, this was extremely stupid

Then it's Aru's task to drop everyone on Mortirolo. Then he doesn't have to work with them anymore

Contador will drop him easily in 3rd week :thumbsup:

 

[The_Cheech]

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If it was so dumb and such a waste of energy for Aru to sprint, why did Contador give it everything chasing him ?

It wasn't dumb or a waste of anything to sprint. It was dumb to burn a bridge with Contador.

I agree with you.

I think it was a really dumb move on the part of Fabio, and all he got in return was ONE second.

Aru has unofficially given Contador a free license to work with Porte to f-him over and under from now on.

 

[Rollthedice]

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If it was so dumb and such a waste of energy for Aru to sprint, why did Contador give it everything chasing him ?

It wasn't dumb or a waste of anything to sprint. It was dumb to burn a bridge with Contador.

How about Contador in so much shoulder pain yesterday that he takes seconds on unsuspicious young Aru in an intermediate sprint?

 

[Jelantik]

all in all.. TS has already left the door for other team to take pink. Even astana has thrown kitchen sink on the limping pink leader, and still Contador hold the lead. Aru can't even take 4 seconds back out of Contador!!! second week is going to be thrilling. Rest day comes just in time.