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Re: Giro
Postby toolonglegs » Sun May 23, 2010 12:08 am
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Re: Giro
Postby jasimon » Sun May 23, 2010 6:48 am
Anyone who actually knows what is going on care to comment?
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Re: Giro
Postby AUbicycles » Sun May 23, 2010 6:51 am
Unfortunately had to missed the last 80km - my right to TV time was rejected... family first
Jasimon, Cadel will have it tough - seems hard for him to escape very far without being trailed.
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Re: Giro
Postby philip » Sun May 23, 2010 11:09 am
Well he did make up over a minute on Vino and more than that on other GC contenders in the last stage and there's still a lot of mountains to come, so I wouldn't discount him at all yetAUbicycles wrote:Jasimon, Cadel will have it tough - seems hard for him to escape very far without being trailed.
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Re: Giro
Postby toolonglegs » Sun May 23, 2010 3:27 pm
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Re: Giro
Postby nickobec » Sun May 23, 2010 8:43 pm
Then they get a day off ;-)Chuck wrote: Everything I've read suggests that this is a very tough climb. There's 10k averaging 11.5%
Before a 12.8km ITT, however, it does go up 1080m and the last half is dirt ;-)
the Giro is tough
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Re: Giro
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Re: Giro
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Re: Giro
Postby AUbicycles » Mon May 24, 2010 7:30 am
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Re: Giro
Postby Pain Train » Mon May 24, 2010 11:29 am
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Re: Giro
Postby toolonglegs » Mon May 24, 2010 2:59 pm
Richie Porte really was impressive...he beat a lot of big names up Zonco yesterday!.
Looking forward to the TT .
And the crowds at the top were amazing!!!.
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Re: Giro
Postby MichaelB » Mon May 24, 2010 3:48 pm
I guess the key stage is now the ITT, even though there are some big mountains still to come as taht way the Leakygas guys can't gang up on Cadel.
It seems as though it will be between Basso & Cadel. I don't think any of the others have really shown much to talk about.
If only that huge split didn't happen........ then again, we wouldn't see that racing that we are now !!!
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Re: Giro
Postby Strawburger » Mon May 24, 2010 4:43 pm
Just got back from Italy, the land where cyclists go to carboload before the upcoming winter road season (or so i hope). I convinced the missus that standing in the pouring rain for 3 hrs to see the Giro come through on stage 7 was a great idea. We were standing on the climb of Bibbiano (15%) just after the course came off the first dirt road section. The sound the bikes were making up that climb put a kmart clunker to shame. The riders were understandably unhappy, one guy did turn and smile at our camera, but it looked more like a grimmace. We also were shown on a close up in the evening's highlights!
Anyway, here are some photos.
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Re: Giro
Postby Chuck » Mon May 24, 2010 9:19 pm
Basso makes it look easy, well easier than it should look.
Spinner vs Grinder, chalk another one up to the spinner.
Great pics Strawburger
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Re: Giro
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