Stage 16: Pinzolo – Aprica 177 kms:Where legends are made

[Ataraxus]

I doubt Contador has spent more energy in the superhard 2011 Giro than in this one

 

[BigMac]

Well, that was... uh.... exquisite.

 

[Irondan]

Contador can coast for the rest of the race, unless he try's for a stage win. I hope he can see the bigger picture with the Tour on the horizon.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Re: Stage 16: Pinzolo – Aprica 177 kms:Where legends are mad

If Landa had been the leader since the beginning, Contador probably would have problems to win this giro

Not really. Contador put 4 minutes into Landa in the ITT.

 

[indianfanboy]

Re: Stage 16: Pinzolo – Aprica 177 kms:Where legends are mad

If Landa had been the leader since the beginning, Contador probably would have problems to win this giro

Why that? He would still get those 4+ minutes he took in the ITT.

Landa has won all these stages as Contador has been more concerned about Aru

 

[Velolover2]

From now on, Contador should just sit on Landa's wheel. Then he is going to win the Giro.

 

[etymology]

Re: Stage 16: Pinzolo – Aprica 177 kms:Where legends are mad

Strongest man win again.Brave ride for Landa but big fail for Astana today,they should have let him go on Mortirolo.

but astana did not let him go on mortirolo - so no one will ever know.

if, if, if, if, if...if frogs had wings, they wouldn't bump their asses when they hopped!

 

[Mozart92]

Re:

I doubt Contador has spent more energy in the superhard 2011 Giro than in this one

Still 3 big stages to do

 

[Vino's Mum]

Re: Re:

So what does the top 5 look like?

1. Contador
2. Landa
3. Aru
4. Amador
5. Trofimov

I meant time wise

1 Contador 2 Landa+4.02 3 Aru+4.52 4 Amador+5.48 5 Trofimov+8.27

 

[therhodeo]

What does Tinkov look like for support from here out? Any of them got anything in the tank?

 

[sunnyIce]

Kinda classless by Landa as expected. He basically wheelsucked from about 35 Kms out and not pulling even once. In fact the 2'51" he has on Aru is all due to the efforts of Kruisj and AC.

Kudos to Kruis on a great ride, and AC for a beast of a performance on the Mortirolo. After being left behind by Astana at the descent of the Tinolo when he had a mechanical.

 

[Arredondo]

Re: Re:

So what does the top 5 look like?

1. Contador
2. Landa
3. Aru
4. Amador
5. Trofimov

I meant time wise

That's too much of a task at this moment

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Sardinia weeps.

 

[Gigs_98]

Re: Stage 16: Pinzolo – Aprica 177 kms:Where legends are mad

If Landa had been the leader since the beginning, Contador probably would have problems to win this giro

Why that? He would still get those 4+ minutes he took in the ITT.

Landa would have gotten more time out of this stage if he had been the leader. More over we don't know how strong he really was in the time aru was able to fight against contador.

 

[ggusta]

Re:

Contador can coast for the rest of the race, unless he try's for a stage win. I hope he can see the bigger picture with the Tour on the horizon.

+ 1

 

[TheGreenMonkey]

I hope Kruijswijk gets to third. It will be tough but not impossible if we see more real racing like today. I have a new favorite rider.

 

[bala v]

Re:

Aru can forget that trip to Spain in August . . .

He could go, as a domestique..

 

[etymology]

Re:

So what does the top 5 look like?

looks like contador has more time on closest rival than he did this morning.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Landa looks fine . ..

 

[IamIronMan]

LOL Landa looks like he just went out for an easy 1 hour spin.

 

[Miburo]

I can't wait to see the excuses astana will come up to justify them riding. Teams always deny doing it

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Re: Stage 16: Pinzolo – Aprica 177 kms:Where legends are mad

If Landa had been the leader since the beginning, Contador probably would have problems to win this giro

Why that? He would still get those 4+ minutes he took in the ITT.

Landa would have gotten more time out of this stage if he had been the leader. More over we don't know how strong he really was in the time aru was able to fight against contador.

I don't think so. He got 38 seconds on AC today because he wheelsucked 174 kilometres. The stage would have played out totally different had Landa been the leader.

 

[JRanton]

Reminds me of Froome-Cobo in the 2011 Vuelta. Poor Landa.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Re: Re:

Aru can forget that trip to Spain in August . . .

He could go, as a domestique..

he he he

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Re:

I can't wait to see the excuses astana will come up to justify them riding. Teams always deny doing it

Well, Landa just said "We collaborated with Katusha".