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

[vcampbell]

ES just turned on...
and oh my f*cking f*ck. Those pictures are just

 

[DominicDecoco]

Hesjedal dseserve this giro if none of the italians goes for it on the Mortirolo...

How did you come of with a conclusion like that? That's rubbish. And, just to prepare you for it, there's little chance of any drama - attacking wise - on Mortirolo. And to be fair, that's quite reasonable considering the monster they are about to climb.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

-93km gap 5 mins
Garmin on the front pulling the group

Break includes Roman K & Serpa

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

How did you come of with a conclusion like that? That's rubbish. And, just to prepare you for it, there's little chance of any drama - attacking wise - on Mortirolo. And to be fair, that's quite reasonable considering the monster they are about to climb.

It is not about what is necessarily the smartest thing they could do i agree. But how it has been raced so far it is the only way they can get some honor back and actually deserve the victory...

 

[hatcher]

Katusha must have done less riding on the front than any GT leading team in living memory. Yet they've still managed to provide very little in the way of mountain support for Rodriguez.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Guardini retires - now talking to RAI Giro Anteprima
excluded due to following the teamcar!
Same goes for (spelling?)

Valasco
Role
Hunter

 

[SafeBet]

Apparently Guardini didn't abandon. He was disqualified. I'm trying to understand why.

 

[will10]

It is not about what is necessarily the smartest thing they could do i agree. But how it has been raced so far it is the only way they can get some honor back and actually deserve the victory...

That's BS. Anyone who wins this Giro on Stevio will deserve it.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Apparently Guardini didn't abandon. He was disqualified. I'm trying to understand why.

following the teamcar too much -see my edit above

 

[will10]

Guardini retires - now talking to RAI Giro Anteprima
excluded due to following the teamcar!
Same goes for (spelling?)

Valasco
Role
Hunter

Rollin?


chars

 

[wirral]

Apparently Guardini didn't abandon. He was disqualified. I'm trying to understand why.

Probably had tow ropes on the team car. 4 of them!

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

That's BS. Anyone who wins this Giro on Stevio will deserve it.

Belive me i have been cheering for Basso all giro, but that if you look at it, only yesterday there was some half serious attacking from others than Hesjedal, and that was from Scarponi. Noone has dared to really go for it. They have been sitting still letting Basso and his team keep a not to hard tempo up every ****ing mountain and hill for almost 3 weeks now... No fighting spirit from anyone

 

[hatcher]

Rollin?


chars

Yep.

mychars.

 

[SafeBet]

following the teamcar too much -see my edit above

Rollin, Velasco and Robert Hunter are the other three.

That happened during the Tonale's descent.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Pozzovivo pulling now up the incline

 

[Pantani_lives]

Belive me i have been cheering for Basso all giro, but that if you look at it, only yesterday there was some half serious attacking from others than Hesjedal, and that was from Scarponi. Noone has dared to really go for it. They have been sitting still letting Basso and his team keep a not to hard tempo up every ****ing mountain and hill for almost 3 weeks now... No fighting spirit from anyone

I don't think Basso lacks fighting spirit. He just hasn't got the legs.

 

[Publicus]

Belive me i have been cheering for Basso all giro, but that if you look at it, only yesterday there was some half serious attacking from others than Hesjedal, and that was from Scarponi. Noone has dared to really go for it. They have been sitting still letting Basso and his team keep a not to hard tempo up every ****ing mountain and hill for almost 3 weeks now... No fighting spirit from anyone

The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

Matthew 26:41

 

[Fetisoff]

Does someone have an English stream working? Mine just died, all the eurosport ones on sports-livez seem to be German

 

[Trofinios]

Not far from Mortirolo now.

Let operation break Hesjedal begin.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Cavendish blows

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Haha half team net-app is gone

 

[User Guide]

Cavendish blows

Hes done well, the peleton isnt messing about today by the looks of it

 

[Eshnar]

Mortirolo started

 

[El Pistolero]

Wasn't Cav going to go into a break and win the intermediate sprint?