Stage 10: Modena - Salsomaggiore Terme (173 Km)

[BigMac]

For *** sake...

Bouhanni...

 

[Pricey_sky]

Decent last 10k's there, yet again a crash.

 

[Amsterhammer]

Dear God. Have they all forgotten how to ride? No rain today, and still so much mayhem. What dafuq is going on?

 

[mikefisher918]

Swift should not be in the race, he doesn't want to sprint.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Farrar is such a noob

 

[Kazistuta]

Stupid Farrar...........

 

[BigMac]

Im starting to feel sorry for Nizzolo.

He now deserves a win more than any other rider. It will be quite unfortunate if he ends this Giro without a victory.

 

[Afrank]

"it was Farrar who went down"

I am shocked.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Knew it...

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

Swift should not be in the race, he doesn't want to sprint.

He had nothing left after sitting second wheel on the climb.

 

[shalgo]

Maybe the riders should neutralize the next stage if Farrar is allowed to start.

 

[Gloin22]

Swift should not be in the race, he doesn't want to sprint.

He merely missed the crash..cost him.

 

[BigMac]

Not surprised. Lampre is pro at ruining other cyclists' rides. Even teammates.

Silly crash. Pathetic team.

 

[ILovecycling]

Any rider out with injury?
Im not watching unfortunately.

 

[RedheadDane]

Have to admit I made a bit of an of course when they said it was Farrar who fell first.

 

[Flamin]

The tactic only works if you have men left to keep driving it on sadly, Swift was hardly going to go to the front was he.

Any tactic is better than wait and be beaten in the end anyway. They tried it, dropped Bouhanni, but it didn't work out eventually. At least they tried.

 

[mikefisher918]

I don't know about Swift, but it seems after the crash, he is out of shape and he doesn't want to sprint at all. The Sky tactics are just horrible, Eisel is nowhere to be seen.

 

[SafeBet]

Where the hell was Mezgec?

 

[Afrank]

Any rider out with injury?
Im not watching unfortunately.

Eijssen earlier in the stage.

 

[BigMac]

Ulala nice ride by Aru. Will get me some points.

 

[adamski101]

I don't know about Swift, but it seems after the crash, he is out of shape and he doesn't want to sprint at all. The Sky tactics are just horrible, Eisel is nowhere to be seen.

at least Sky tried something. Eisel was up the front setting the pace before Cataldo took over.

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

Any tactic is better than wait and be beaten in the end anyway. They tried it, dropped Bouhanni, but it didn't work out eventually. At least they tried.

The best tactic was to give him a good leadout. The only time in this race they tried that he beat all of the riders in today's stage. Leave him alone and his positioning is woeful.

 

[Roude Leiw]

Where the hell was Mezgec?

In the crash? They fell around 6-7 position and into the last km, there were still 3 Giant

 

[GuyIncognito]

Any tactic is better than wait and be beaten in the end anyway. They tried it, dropped Bouhanni

No, they didn't. Bouhanni is quite a good climber, he has top 10s in uphill finishes.
Not being an idiot, he was sitting about 20th wheel to save energy, while Swift was sitting at the front burning himself out and got swallowed up and spit out when the pace quickened even before the crash.

 

[ILovecycling]

Eijssen earlier in the stage.

He was already injured iirc,but still a blow for bmc.
He dnf-ed or what?