Stage 20: Saturday May 26th, Caldes/Val di Sole - Passo dello Stelvio 219km

[dlwssonic]

they were in a group that tried to catch the cunego group, but they didn't get much time before the main peloton started riding and caught them up

ok thanks
wasted tschopp could have top 10 if he made it
well I guess 13th is not too bad for him after all.

 

[richwagmn]

I think de Gendt was the only rider who knew the Giro ends tomorrow, the heads of the state were waiting to attack on the 24th stage

Our maybe they couldn't attack...

 

[will10]

cav in at 46.00

 

[dlwssonic]

seems like the big TTers are safe for the showdown tomorrow

 

[dlwssonic]

What Jrod beat Cav by 1 point!!
Muahahahaha Cav lol!!

 

[Pharazon]

What Jrod beat Cav by 1 point!!
Muahahahaha Cav lol!!

yeah, we knew this half an hour ago..

get over it

 

[dlwssonic]

yeah, we knew this half an hour ago..

get over it

lol I just found out it was a single point.
Get over what, I was just kidding.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Our maybe they couldn't attack...

They attacked just fine with 800m to go.

 

[will10]

What Jrod beat Cav by 1 point!!
Muahahahaha Cav lol!!

Phinney not in yet, in danger of time limit
Muahahahaha Taylor?

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

More like the worst.
Its soooo bad compared to 2010 and even 2011.

It can be worse then pre-2009 tho... No Bmc

 

[dlwssonic]

Phinney not in yet, in danger of time limit
Muahahahaha Taylor?

PHINNEY TaylorUSABMC 7:40:41 46:00

hmmmmm
Maybe you should actually try to get your research done before your failure trolling attempts lol.

 

[will10]

PHINNEY TaylorUSABMC 7:40:41 46:00

hmmmmm
Maybe you should actually try to get your research done before your failure trolling attempts lol.

lol I deleted that almost immediately, were you frantically refreshing or something

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

i really hope purito loses it tomorrow.... just what he deserves for doing nothing but in the last 500m.... wheelsucker

Exactly what one would expect of the Red Jersey winner...

 

[Danilot]

i really hope purito loses it tomorrow.... just what he deserves for doing nothing but in the last 500m.... wheelsucker

A rider of his characteristics cannot possibly attack from 10 km from the finish and hope not to lose time at the finish.

Rodríguez isn't a diesel and you shouldn't expect him to do what diesels can do.

 

[Gloin22]

A rider of his characteristics cannot possibly attack from 10 km from the finish and hope not to lose time at the finish.

Rodríguez isn't a diesel and you shouldn't expect him to do what diesels can do.

Your point is implying that disel riders attack but Disel riders never attack They just keep high pace and one by one drop everyone.

But I agree with you about Purito.

 

[SafeBet]

Fans want riders to crack themselves by doing what they clearly are not built for.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Pantani would rollover in his grave for the pathetic 'attacks' of Scarponi and Rodriguez.

He would however applaud De Gendt

 

[hrotha]

Fans want riders to crack themselves by doing what they clearly are not built for.

De Gendt must be a superman then!

 

[Danilot]

Pantani would rollover in his grave for the pathetic 'attacks' of Scarponi and Rodriguez.

You miss the obvious point that Scarponi and Rodríguez are *not* Pantani, so there's no point in asking them to do what Il Pirata did.

 

[burning]

You miss the obvious point that Scarponi and Rodríguez are *not* Pantani, so there's no point in asking them to do what Il Pirata did.

They had to do something If they didnt want to lose the Giro

Instead they did nothing and Scarponi definitely lost everything and Purito will probably lose too

 

[jens_attacks]

worst giro of the last 10 years.still the winner and the guys from the podium will be totally worthy.

de gendt,hesjedal and purito really deserve to be there.i hope hesjedal takes it because overall he was the strongest rider out there.

now let's move to belgium,bavaria,france or whatever.

next year the giro won't have any of this monster climbing stages i feel

 

[Danilot]

They had to do something If they didnt want to lose the Giro

What makes you think they could?

Do you really think that, if they had had the legs to attack from 10 km out, they would have thought: "Nah, the Giro isn't a race worth winning"?

 

[burning]

What makes you think they could?

Do you really think that, if they had had the legs to attack from 10 km out, they would have thought: "Nah, the Giro isn't a race worth winning"?

Let your guys work at the front, push the pace or something, Hesjedal was suffering madly all way up to Stelvio, they could have tried something

Edit:They almost lost everything to De Gendt because they did nothing at all between Mortirolo and Stelvio aswell

 

[Mellow Velo]

Pantani would rollover in his grave for the pathetic 'attacks' of Scarponi and Rodriguez.

He would however applaud De Gendt

He would indeed.
Hopefully, Thomas the Tank Engine 2 (or 1 depending where you are from) can pull one of his specials out of the bag, tomorrow.
Ryder may have excelled and Purito been consistent, over the 3 weeks, but he's the only guy that's really gone out on a limb and taken the big gamble.
OK, he had less to lose, but for sheer entertainment and spectacle......

It's a shame we had to wait 3 weeks for a couple of hours worth.

 

[Danilot]

Edit:They almost lost everything to De Gendt because they did nothing at all between Mortirolo and Stelvio aswell

If they had done something between the Mortirolo and the Stelvio, when De Ghendt was in front, then people would have panned them for "doing Hesjedal's dirty work".