Giro Stage 13, Spilimbergo - Grossglockner (167km)

Inquitus

The first of 3 consecutive, Dolomite mountaintop, finishes. These 3 stages will go a long way to deciding who gets second place behind Contadoper.

at1withmyself

Day off and house sitting so Tour of California and Giro highlights all morning till this in the afternoon so looking forward to this stage later today as I've not seen any of the race yet.

Chips Lovell

Bring it on. I'm trying to think if I've ever seen three more savage back to back stages.

Chips Lovell

Cavendish, Petacchi, Renshaw, Hondo and Ventoso have all bailed. Wonder why that is?;)

Hail 2 Da Thief

12 stages down at the Giro and things are heating up!


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el tonto wrote: »

Cavendish, Petacchi, Renshaw, Hondo and Ventoso have all bailed. Wonder why that is?;)

Cipo must've really hurt his feeling when he called him fat!

antogz1979

Will the master Contador attack today. I doubt it, he will wait till tomorrow surely to destroy the field. Either Rujano or Sella win this from a break. Or a small group of Contador, Rujano, Nibali, Garzelli and Kreuziger will contest a sprint. If Contador decides not to contest it, Nibali or Garzelli for me.

Inquitus

antogz1979 wrote: »

Will the master Contador attack today. I doubt it, he will wait till tomorrow surely to destroy the field. Either Rujano or Sella win this from a break. Or a small group of Contador, Rujano, Nibali, Garzelli and Kreuziger will contest a sprint. If Contador decides not to contest it, Nibali or Garzelli for me.

Who cares about Contadoper, if he wins it will be struck from the records when CAS bans him.

antogz1979

Inquitus wrote: »

Who cares about Contadoper, if he wins it will be struck from the records when CAS bans him.

When we will have to see about that. Legend in the making, sit back and enjoy the next few days and watch him decimate the field. Why are you even following this, when you know Contadaorrrrrrrrrrrr is going to win the tour fairly comfortably.

Inquitus

antogz1979 wrote: »

When we will have to see about that. Legend in the making, sit back and enjoy the next few days and watch him decimate the field. Why are you even following this, when you know Contadaorrrrrrrrrrrr is going to win the tour fairly comfortably.

Chips Lovell

Oooooh. Smack talk.

antogz1979

Lads I have my opinion on Contador, I think he is a brilliant cyclist, the best of his generation. I am looking forward to him destroying the field in the next few days. Some people don't like him fair enough I respect that, but it won't stop me supporting him. Sean Kelly failed drugs test as well, does he get the same grilling in here as well

RobFowl

antogz1979 wrote: »

Lads I have my opinion on Contador, I think he is a brilliant cyclist, the best of his generation. I am looking forward to him destroying the field in the next few days. Some people don't like him fair enough I respect that, but it won't stop me supporting him.

Support away ....

antogz1979 wrote: »

Sean Kelly failed drugs test as well, does he get the same grilling in here as well

Thats 'cos we're all hypocrite's
(That and the crap they took in the 80's was mickey mouse sh*t which didn't actually improve performance :rolleyes:)

Chips Lovell

RobFowl wrote: »

That and the crap they took in the 80's was mickey mouse sh*t which didn't actually improve performance :rolleyes:)

Amphetemines could certainly improve one's raving performance.

ednwireland

el tonto wrote: »

Cavendish, Petacchi, Renshaw, Hondo and Ventoso have all bailed. Wonder why that is?;)

lol, heard that last night, they should be allowed to hang onto team cars for these stages

Contador FTW !

sy

Italians not renowned for their quality of steaks..... but maybe ROK ON will enlighten us on that matter

Looking forward to the next 3 days of pain. Interesting to see ifNibali can get the better of Kreuizinger

drogdub

Scarponi had a good look at Contador a few minutes ago. Wonder if he is thinking about giving it a go today

antogz1979

Contador pushing on the pace. What a man

xz

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antogz1979

Great sportsmanship by Contador in gifting Rujano the stage. How much will he win the Giro by 10 minutes if he wants I'd say.

thebourke

contador is unreal, i can't see anyone beating him at this rate

Caroline_ie

I am off to have a raw steak now.

ednwireland

Caroline_ie wrote: »

I am off to have a raw steak now.

didnt know they imported them from spain in dublin

velo.2010

Contador is an outstanding climber(excepting all thats been said before) and watching him today ease up that gradient was fantastic. Cheered up my day somewhat after a night of vomiting thanks to picking up a bug, visiting a relative in hospital.

He'll have the points and mountains classifications sown up as well by the time they reach Milan (Who was the last to do that in a Grand Tour?). I think he's relatively cruising with the possibility of competing in the Tour in mind. Saying that, some of the others who appear to be underperforming may just be using this a warm up while hoping Bertie won't make the Tour line-up.

Anyway, FrAndy must be cacking it!

ednwireland

no crostis descent tomorrow

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=it&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gazzetta.it%2FSpeciali%2FGiroditalia%2Fit%2F20-05-2011%2Fgiro-salta-crostis-801275796434.shtml

case you wondering
http://observers.france24.com/fr/content/20110520-avant-premiere-descente-monte-crostis-dangereuse-giro-video-vtt-tour-italie

TheBlaaMan

ednwireland wrote: »

no crostis descent tomorrow

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=it&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gazzetta.it%2FSpeciali%2FGiroditalia%2Fit%2F20-05-2011%2Fgiro-salta-crostis-801275796434.shtml

case you wondering
http://observers.france24.com/fr/content/20110520-avant-premiere-descente-monte-crostis-dangereuse-giro-video-vtt-tour-italie

A pity - in some ways - but understandable to some extent.
It further plays into Contadors favour as the decent of the Crostis was a place that Nibali might have excelled and pulled a bit back on Contador before the mountaintop finish on Zoncolan.

Its that it for the Giro as a sporting competition? It looks impossible to gain 3 minutes on Contador.....