Tirreno-Adriatico 2011 Stage 5: Chieti - Castelraimondo - 240km

[The Sheep]

Gesink loses 17... That's damn poor.

All because of bad positioning looks like

 

[auscyclefan94]

Hopefully cadel is better tommorow and on tuesday or he is stuffed!

 

[stefrees]

Brilliant finish, chuffed Gilbert won after poels nearly took out the bunch on the descent near the finish

 

[ak-zaaf]

Gesink and leader jerseys are not a good combination.

 

[sublimit]

Philipe, Philipe Glbert - every one knows his name!
Kirby should be sacked for incompetence BTW.

 

[Andy99]

Good god I hate Carlton Kirby.

Fortunately we don't have to suffer it too often.

Still, in fairness to him he does seem to have to commentate on EVERY sport that Eurosport show

 

[Moondance]

If Cadel gets the same time as Gilbert & co. he should be the leader? No?

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

What a finish. Poels ran out of gas...

 

[Bala Verde]

gilbert, pouls, cunego, di luca, malacarne

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Great finish by Gilbert.

Pinotti climbing better than Gesink, hardly a good sign for the latter.

Yup, poor positioning is one thing, as he lost 20 positions 2 corners before the climb. But the climbing part didn't give any hope either. He'll have a lot of work for the ardennes.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Evans in the lead

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

lol @ di luca

 

[Cobblestoned]

Ah, there he is this Gilbert
Yeah !

That was great - and will deliver me many points in some games.

Sad for Gesink, good for others.

 

[ak-zaaf]

I'm so happy Di Luca is making a proper comeback.

 

[Michielveedeebee]

Great sprint from Gilbert, he came from way back.
Kuddos to Poels for catching the break and awesome job by malacarne and amador

 

[Spine Concept]

What is it with Gesink and positioning? Frustrating really. I'm glad he lost the leader's jersey. Doesn't deserve it if he's constantly gonna blame his positioning for the disappointing results. Good on Cadel though, he's looking strong.

 

[The Hitch]

No one else has said this yet but big Chapeau to Almadore. He was out for 230km and kept up a sprint with the best riders in the world who were all fresh.

 

[luckyboy]

Di Luca + Cunego did p.well

 

[auscyclefan94]

what's with gilbert's skin???

 

[ak-zaaf]

Dammit, all these towers are making me want to play Assassins Creed =/

 

[Christian]

wow impressed by gilbert's italian skills

 

[thirteen]

what's with gilbert's skin???

he needs a mud flap

 

[auscyclefan94]

can I please get rid of this avatar, dutch mafia?

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

What is it with Gesink and positioning? Frustrating really. I'm glad he lost the leader's jersey. Doesn't deserve it if he's constantly gonna blame his positioning for the disappointing results. Good on Cadel though, he's looking strong.

I agree with the positioning thing, it is very annoying.
He doesn't really blame anyone but himself though.
Surely by now he'd realize hitting a steep slope like that, positioning is crucial.

but he was very poor today.

 

[Michielveedeebee]

No one else has said this yet but big Chapeau to Almadore. He was out for 230km and kept up a sprint with the best riders in the world who were all fresh.

I did


And Gilbert once had a really really big load of acne so that messed up his skin