Tirreno-Adriatico

[Halvor]

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[Merckx]

I think Gerdemann redeems himself and gets the overall. Will also be interesting to see where Basso is at.

 

[Papparrazzi]

Great to see those two guys hold the peloton at bay today A rare occurrence since radios appeared on the scene.

 

[Halvor]

Bruseghin was the big looser today... Lost about one minute to the peloton when it became splitted on the last hill there. And Cancellara seven minutes behind! Finished with Cav. Out of form after the crash? He have to be in good shape now! B-)

Great win by El Fares

 

[ak-zaaf]

Thomas Dekker will throw all his frustrations into this race and take it again

 

[smelcher]

Steep HIlls

Does the course this year go over that crazy steep hill it did last year, that saw so many guys get off and walk? That would be awesome to see

 

[ak-zaaf]

Montelupone!

Clear your schedule for next saturday

 

[byledobiec]

does the course this year go over that crazy steep hill it did last year, that saw so many guys get off and walk? That would be awesome to see

...;-)...

 

[Merckx]

Montelupone!

Clear your schedule for next saturday

I think they are doing their first go up the hill at the moment. Fun race so far!

 

[livestrong girl.]

i am so excited that petacchi has won one stage. hope he gets better and better in time. however, i miss the whole fassa bortolo 'train' of riders making him a way to attack..

 

[Jamsque]

Yikes.

 

[Merckx]

haha, disgusting.. I love it! 5k to go, I believe.

 

[Jamsque]

Andy Schleck and Ryder Hesjdal are both in the front group, I'd like to see one of them win it today.

 

[Merckx]

1k to go, here they go!

 

[Merckx]

haha just like last year

 

[Merckx]

Yes!!! What a day for Caisse!

 

[Jamsque]

Great attack. Andy was nowhere to be seen, surprisingly, but I saw Ryder up there in the group 25 seconds back. The GC is still very close at the top.

 

[Anonymous]

Great races today, man I love cyclingfans. Getting to watch these races live instead of an hour long special on VS listening to the worst team in cycling commentary mutilate coverage....priceless.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Too bad Gesink fell with 10km to go before the 1st passage at the Montelupone... really looked forward to that. But I suppose bad luck hits us Dutchies hard lately.

 

[BambinoDoro]

agree with you....Gesink could have done great on the Montelupone! what is the damage in time?

For those who have missed it, here is the finish video

 

[lookkg386]

Great race, Caisse d' Epargne getting the job done in France and Italy!, Also thought Basso wasn't too bad at all.

 

[lookkg386]

agree with you....Gesink could have done great on the Montelupone! what is the damage in time?

For those who have missed it, here is the finish video

Cheers for vid.

 

[Bala Verde]

agree with you....Gesink could have done great on the Montelupone! what is the damage in time?

For those who have missed it, here is the finish video

24 Andy Schleck (Lux) Saxo Bank 1.02

32 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 1.36

too much, but it's incredible that he still finished only 34s behind Schleck who was in the first group w/o any help in the chase...

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

24 Andy Schleck (Lux) Saxo Bank 1.02

32 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 1.36

too much, but it's incredible that he still finished only 34s behind Schleck who was in the first group w/o any help in the chase...

What's even more, Gesink had to chase alone, since he got no help at all from the second group, everyone was watching at Gesink.

He did an incredible climb, twice, on Montelupone, even catching the rear of the front group (Simoni and Van Avermaet only just finished in front of him). Incredible bad luck for Gesink. But oh well, Dutch cycling is used to bad luck recent years. Even though we have lot's of talents, they never seem to get any luck at all

 

[ingsve]

It seems to me like Thomas Lövkvist at 3rd place has set himself up to have a shot at the GC win with a good performance in tomorrows TT. Would be a great stepping stone for the guy.