Giro d'Italia Stage 14 – May 18th, Cervere - Bardonecchia 168km,**Unmasked Spoilers**

dastardly00

*The Route has changed, no Cat. 2 Sestriere*

From Giro d'Italia ‏@giroditalia

Due to the bad conditions of the weather, we won't face the Sestriere today. More news to come about the new stage route #giro

It's the first day of the Alps and the peloton have to tackle the Cat. 2 climb Sestriere and the Cat. 1 climb Jafferau (7km at 9%) with the last 500 metres at 11.6% gradient :eek:






GC standings after Stage 13:
1. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana 52:38:09
2. Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC @41"
3. Rigoberto Uran (Col) Sky @2'04"
4. Robert Gesink (Ned) Blanco @2'12"
5. Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida @2'13"
6. Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia @2'55"
7. Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida @3'35"
8. Benat Intxausti (Spa) Movistar @4'05"
9. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ag2R @4'17"
10. Rafal Majka (Pol) Saxo-Tinkoff @4'21"

Live TV coverage on Eurosport1 from 1.30pm. Highlights on Eurosport1 at midnight, Eurosport2 at 1am, and Sky Sports 4 at 10.30pm.
Live ticker will be here.

dastardly00

Giro d'Italia ‏@giroditalia

Stage 14 route has been modified: no Sestriere, we'll go through the Val di Susa. Confirmed the finish on the Jafferau. #giro

dastardly00

So the stage has been lengthened by 12km, with a summit finish still at Jafferau. The riders will go through the Val di Susa valley before the final climb to the finish.

There are four DNS' today: Daniele Bennati (TST), Karsten Kroon (TST) , Gert Steegmans (OPQ) and Jack Bobridge (BLA).

Oh, and it's raining.

IM0

todays new profile

Rastadoyle

looks like gailbier a doubt tomorow also. that would be disappointing

IM0

Rastadoyle wrote: »

looks like gailbier a doubt tomorow also. that would be disappointing

source?

Rastadoyle

cyclingnews.com said it

IM0

Rastadoyle wrote: »

cyclingnews.com said it

I see it now, and its only going to be a 50k stage if thats the case :eek:

also the finish will be lowered to la verneys, which is just above valloire. so they will come down the telegraph [5k] then up to le verney, which is another few steep km up from valloire.

Beasty

Can't see Cav being disappointed with these developments ...

ashleey

Must admit that watching them going at full tilt for 50k might be a spectacle

IM0

ashleey wrote: »

Must admit that watching them going at full tilt for 50k might be a spectacle

it will its going to make for better racing thats for sure, instead of what would have been the usual monotonous drag up the earlier mtns of the day, think of it like highlights

dastardly00

55km remaining and the gap to the breakaway is 9'44".
Sonny Colbrelli (Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox), Luca Paolini (Katusha), Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) and Daniele Pietropolli (Lampre-Merida)are the riders in the breakaway.

David Millar (Garmin-Sharp), Enrico Battaglin (Bardiani-CSF), and Alessandro Vanotti (Astana) have abandoned during the stage.

Rovi

The 2 big climbs tomorrow cancelled, according to the Eurosport lads

Rastadoyle

it would be disappointing for there to be no galibier tomorrow but the positive is it will be really tight in the top 10 going into final week

Rastadoyle

on cyclingnews live feed for todays stage its confirmed no galibier or Col du mont cenis. their trying to come up with new route ha

IM0

so this is what radio is like :pac:

Rovi

The people at the finish appear to be making the best of it anyway

At this stage, I suspect the only live action we'll see is them crossing the finish line!

IM0

and cut...

Rovi

Watts Zap. And an old one at that.

Ah well, at least the Euroleague Basketball cheerleaders feature in it a few times

dastardly00

22km to go and the gap is 5'30" between the breakaway and the peloton.

TheBlaaMan

I hope nobody set aside the chance for a nice spin on their bike this afternoon in expectation of some action in the Giro....

Worse, it sounds as if the stage to the Galibier tomorrow is under serious threat of re-routing too.

dastardly00

Rumours now that tomorrow's entire stage could be cancelled.

Katushacycling ‏@katushacycling

Meanwhile, someone is saying tomorrow's stage can be cancelled due to the bad weather.. Let's see what's going to happen! @giroditalia #Giro

Beasty

dastardly00 wrote: »

Rumours now that tomorrow's entire stage could be cancelled.

Katushacycling ‏@katushacycling

Bring the cameras over here and let Declan and Kelly commentate on the Ras then....

dastardly00

14km to go, the gap is 5'10".

12km to go, the gap is 4'50".

TheBlaaMan

dastardly00 wrote: »

14km to go, the gap is 5'10".

12km to go, the gap is 4'50".

xKM to go and the gap in interest is growing by the second............fcukin' weather. I can understand that they cannot get helicopters in the air in these conditions, but surely its not beyond possibility to get some ground related images from moto's. (or do they relay the moto pics via the helos ?_

dastardly00

TheBlaaMan wrote: »

xKM to go and the gap in interest is growing by the second............fcukin' weather. I can understand that they cannot get helicopters in the air in these conditions, but surely its not beyond possibility to get some ground related images from moto's. (or do they relay the moto pics via the helos ?_

I think the moto feed is relayed via the helicopter.

Rastadoyle

still 4 min lead goin onto climb will that be enough? only 30-40 riders left in peloton

Rovi

To the best of my knowledge, all the feeds from the moving cameras is relayed upwards to aircraft/helicopters and bounced from there to the production people.
No aircraft in the air = no live feed from the moving cameras.

dastardly00

Rai Sport are at least showing live feed of the finish line.

IM0

dastardly00 wrote: »

Rai Sport are at least showing live feed of the finish line.

if you find a feed for paint drying let me know

IM0

hang on wouldnt they be able to get pics for the highlights show if they have enough time before then to do it!

*leaves thread*

dastardly00

Sergio Henao on the attack.

dastardly00

I hope the last 350m are good!

retalivity

nibali made a move according to race radio

JRant

Nibali appears from nowhere at the finish!!

retalivity

woop!!! backed santombrogio this morning to win!

JRant

retalivity wrote: »

woop!!! backed santombrogio this morning to win!

Nice little touch from Nibali towards the end. Gave Santo the nod with about 250 to go.
Must have been some final climb, Cadel 30+ seconds behind and riders scattered all over the place.

dastardly00

Gesink has lost over 4 minutes.

JRant

dastardly00 wrote: »

Gesink has lost over 4 minutes.

I can't for the life of me understand why he keeps being touted as a GC contender, or am i missing something?

retalivity

he always has one terrible stage in him, every grand tour.

Rastadoyle

the only stage race he has won is the tour of california..

boege

Have report direct from french Alps.

Snow line is as low as 1800m so rain failling as snow above this height.

Stelvio conditions
http://webcam.popso.it/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/28

As you go east conditions are better as weather is a bit warmer.

'Global warming'

JRant

retalivity wrote: »

he always has one terrible stage in him, every grand tour.

That's the thing I don't get. It's not like they're a one off occurance, happens all the time. To stand any chance you need to be consistency which he seems to lacking in spades.

wanderer 22

JRant wrote: »

That's the thing I don't get. It's not like they're a one off occurance, happens all the time. To stand any chance you need to be consistency which he seems to lacking in spades.

well he consistently has at least one bad stage

GetWithIt

It's not that he has one bad stage but he seems to be trying to fool himself on those stages. Invariably you see him on the attack one minute and then out the back the next.

boege

dastardly00 wrote: »

Rumours now that tomorrow's entire stage could be cancelled.

Katushacycling ‏@katushacycling

Quote from cycling news

"The prefecture of the Savoie region has ruled that the road over Mont-Cenis will be closed on Sunday due to the threat of avalanches" :eek:

Beasty

Now what did I do with the wimp list ....?

:pac:

TheBlaaMan

Some great pics of the finale on Cyclingfans facebook page, here https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151609023448399.1073741844.331012438398&type=1
The lads look fairly shook coming over the finish line............

Rastadoyle

why cant they change the rest day to tomorow. then see if galibier available monday. also gives them time to arrange another route if its not in use on monday!

Beasty

There's a whole process behind this. Changing things at the last minute affects TV schedules, road closures, local authority, police, safety support etc. Sometimes it's a matter of working round what you have got as best you can and keeping changes to a minimum

buffalo

Beasty wrote: »

There's a whole process behind this. Changing things at the last minute affects TV schedules, road closures, local authority, police, safety support etc. Sometimes it's a matter of working round what you have got as best you can and keeping changes to a minimum

I was thinking that today of all days to be without TV pictures - weekend, so lots more people planning watching it live. Hoping the highlights are decent.