GIRO stage 10: Penne – Gualdo Tadino 239 km

neris

Long drawn out today, way to restart a GT after a rest day. 239km of the usual lumpy bumpy Italian type, a day for the breakaway possibly???

Technical Overview:
The longest stage of the race comes after a race day, and it seems made with the breakaway in mind. It starts with a pretty serious climb right off the bat, Fonte della Creva (GPM2, 15.7 km at 5.8%), followed closely by another short climb, Bruzzolana (GPM3, 6.2 km at 5.7%). After this great start, however, the route relaxes quite a lot, going through small valleys without tackling any other serious climb. The only other difficulty of the day is the climb to Annifo (GPM4, 14 km at 2%), which is just a long false flat with one decent ramp at the very top. Considering it is at 30 km to go, it should be irrelevant.The finish is flat but very tricky, with two dangerous looking turns in the last km, so in case of a full peloton sprinting that would be the most serious issue.

Final KM

1 GBR YATES Simon Philip MITCHELTON - SCOTT
2 COL CHAVES Jhoan Esteban MITCHELTON - SCOTT
3 NED DUMOULIN Tom TEAM SUNWEB
4 FRA PINOT Thibaut GROUPAMA - FDJ
5 ITA POZZOVIVO Domenico BAHRAIN - MERIDA
6 ECU CARAPAZ Richard MOVISTAR TEA
7 NZL BENNETT George TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBo
8 AUS DENNIS Rohan BMC RACING TEAM
9 ESP BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA P. ASTANA PRO TEAM
10 CAN WOODS Michael EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC p/b CANNONDALE
11 GBR FROOME Chris TEAM SKY

bazermc

Oh I forgot the giro was still on.

Miklos

Definitely has the look of a breakaway day with all those KOM points on offer early on.

TheBlaaMan

Astana to launch a Banzai attack from the off.....

De Bhál

1 man break - Tony Martin, 150km to go. 1 minute gap

ED E

Descending at that pace on those wet bends that slope outwards, I'd have a feckin coronary.

Peterx

Chavez out the back according to the cyclingnews ticker, 2:30 back on the peleton

mr spuckler

it's a long way out to be going full gas!

Where is Sam? Viviani is in the Chaves group.

mr spuckler

Deleted User wrote: »

Where is Sam? Viviani is in the Chaves group.

he really must be in the lead group. this is far more interesting than I'd expected

edit: Quickstep have given up and the gap is over 3 mins :eek:

come on Sam!

Whyner

M Scott pulling now with Chaves even taking a turn, pretty exciting alright

neris

how far back are the peleton all im seeing is the chaves group at over 3 minutes back on the timer

neris

Whyner wrote: »

M Scott pulling now with Chaves even taking a turn, pretty exciting alright

just means yates will have another 5 riders pulling for him tomorrow. be interesting to see if chaves digs in for the team for the rest of the race

mr spuckler

neris wrote: »

how far back are the peleton all im seeing is the chaves group at over 3 minutes back on the timer

there's no breakaway left.

neris

mr spuckler wrote: »

there's no breakaway left.

oh....... right

De Bhál

Yates in some form there on that sprint

neris

yates just took more time bonuses ,another 3 seconds

mr spuckler

neris wrote: »

oh....... right

the peloton went full gas early doors after Chaves was distanced, it left the breakaway with no chance of survival.

Keeks

mr spuckler wrote: »

the peloton went full gas early doors after Chaves was distanced, it left the breakaway with no chance of survival.

Who was doing the driving at the front of the peloton to spit Chaves out?

neris

Keeks wrote: »

Who was doing the driving at the front of the peloton to spit Chaves out?

I'm in and out but think I heard them say sky put the heat on and flew of. Vivianni got dumped out aswell

Macy0161

neris wrote: »

I'm in and out but think I heard them say sky put the heat on and flew of. Vivianni got dumped out aswell

UAE mentioned early from what I saw, but pretty much every other GC team.

retalivity

6mins back now for chaves, thats the end of his gc aspirations

dastardly00

What an absolute disaster for Chaves

Peterx

Keeks wrote: »

Who was doing the driving at the front of the peloton to spit Chaves out?

Every other team with a GC man I presume

mr spuckler

Keeks wrote: »

Who was doing the driving at the front of the peloton to spit Chaves out?

Sky (including Froome at the front of the bunch), Lotto Jumbo, Bora and I think FDJ to some extent from what I saw.

Nearly 8 minutes now , Sunday bike ride stuff in the second bunch now. Gutted for Chaves he's a likeable fella.

Andy Magic

How did Chaves get dropped? I'm only tuning in now

neris

sam bennetts still up with the peleton, could be an interesting finish

mr spuckler

Andy Magic wrote: »

How did Chaves get dropped? I'm only tuning in now

apparently suffering from hay fever or similar.

neris

chaves getting dropped even further now

Macy0161

Andy Magic wrote: »

How did Chaves get dropped? I'm only tuning in now

Dropped on the early cat 2 climb - cyclingnews ticker said Matt White said allergies were the issue*.

*I think I read that Greg Lemond was allergic to a specific pollen only found in Italy in May, and that was the reason he never really performed at the Giro.

Whyner

Sam has to win this, Modolo back with Chavez also

mr spuckler

Whyner wrote: »

Sam has to win this, Modolo back with Chavez also

can't be counting chickens! weather is looking like it's about to get ugly so will have to be very careful, especially with 2 tight turns in the last km or so.

from the OP...

The finish is flat but very tricky, with two dangerous looking turns in the last km, so in case of a full peloton sprinting that would be the most serious issue.

Whyner

mr spuckler wrote: »

can't be counting chickens! weather is looking like it's about to get ugly so will have to be very careful, especially with 2 tight turns in the last km or so.

from the OP...

You're dead right - I was thinking out loud

ILIKEFOOD

marco frapporti has a load of KOMs still standing from his Giro visit to these shores, including the 'city quay sprint' in Dublin. I'm not trying to beat it I swear... it's 22 seconds.. just saying..

Wheres Nico?

Gallant_JJ

Any updates on Bennett lads?

neris

Deleted User wrote: »

Wheres Nico?

saw him a while back in the peleton. you cant miss him with that awful ****e on his arm

DKmac

Chaves to win on the Zoncolan Saturday. Nice margin now to be let loose.

mr spuckler

that chicane looks sketchy!

godtabh

Sam not looking good now.

mr spuckler

godtabh wrote: »

Sam not looking good now.

nope, that gap isn't closing at all really. Bora don't even seem to be chasing hard tbh.

Borderfox

Those 2 lads are steaming along

ED E

Really wish they'd cut the helicopter noise, we get it, yer flying.

Borderfox

Main bunch is tiny

neris

wonder how far back chaves is now

ED E

Good man Sam!

Borderfox

Never in doubt, much stronger all day

neris

3rd for sam

godtabh

Sam 3rd. If only the group chased

3rd for Sam and points for him.