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2012 Giro d'Italia
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Re: 2012 Giro d'Italia
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Re: 2012 Giro d'Italia
Postby jules21 » Fri May 11, 2012 11:47 am
vander wrote:Greenedge said it after Gossy won and its so true the only way to beat Cav is to start the sprint infront of him. Gossy started behind him and so he lost, if he started infront it may have been different.
he probably knows that but apparently he lost a wheel and went backwards
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Re: 2012 Giro d'Italia
Postby ft_critical » Fri May 11, 2012 12:49 pm
jules21 wrote:why were leakygas on the front?
Crash protection for Basso. Lampre were doing the same for Michele. It is pretty dangerous out there.
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Re: 2012 Giro d'Italia
Postby MichaelB » Fri May 11, 2012 3:05 pm
Stage 6 profile ;

No real big climbs, but plenty of bits that are 15%, and one of the climbs has 4km of gravel

It will be interesting to see who is there at the end, given that quite a few people got dropped during Stage 5 (Hushovd, Farrar) that probably should have been there. Looking fwd to a lte night

Stage 7 profile ;

This is one where some of the GC guys that are behind may have to come out an play their cards, or roll over and give up.
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Re: 2012 Giro d'Italia
Postby snark » Fri May 11, 2012 7:04 pm
MichaelB wrote:Stage 6 profile ;
I know it should be obvious, but what does the "TV" symbol indicate? Coverage on Eurosport seems to start earlier than that - yesterday's "TV" symbol is at about 45km from the end of the stage, but I'm sure the coverage started with 80-something km to go.
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Re: 2012 Giro d'Italia
Postby ft_critical » Fri May 11, 2012 9:19 pm
MichaelB wrote:Hmmmmm,
Stage 6 profile ;
No real big climbs, but plenty of bits that are 15%, and one of the climbs has 4km of gravel![]()
It will be interesting to see who is there at the end, given that quite a few people got dropped during Stage 5 (Hushovd, Farrar) that probably should have been there. Looking fwd to a lte night![]()
You would think a break would run clear on this, especially given how lazy the peleton has been. How straight was that road through Modena?
But, I think, Orica might try to roll this one for Matt Goss. It is a bit harder and you would think that Cav has got to be a bit tired. It would secure the red, a jersey that would mean a huge amount to a first year team. Not being partisan, it just makes sense I think.
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Postby Chuck » Fri May 11, 2012 9:59 pm
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Re: 2012 Giro d'Italia
Postby ft_critical » Fri May 11, 2012 10:47 pm
There is a bit of, Goss is the best of the rest to Cav. But, he came round Sasha Modolo of Colnago and got to Cav’s shoulder before Cav ground away that extra half bike length. I reckon they are close to equal. I think if Cav is two behind and Goss goes, Cav would struggle. Mark Renshaw’s comment about HTC backs this up. If everyone is trying to work off your train it is a big advantage. That is, the team controlling the sprint has the advantage. Sometimes it doesn’t matter, but when you have two pretty well matched sprinters, as I think Goss and Cav are, it is everything.
The Adriatic Coast is beautiful! Stunning.
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Re: 2012 Giro d'Italia
Postby drubie » Fri May 11, 2012 11:21 pm
ft_critical wrote:The Adriatic Coast is beautiful! Stunning.
It's as beautiful as Robbie Hunters jersey is ugly. At least he's easy to spot

but really, that's rubbish. We get none of it because the choices are illusory.
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Re: 2012 Giro d'Italia
Postby ft_critical » Sat May 12, 2012 12:13 pm
Nikolai wrote:
World Champion clip stack?
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Re: 2012 Giro d'Italia
Postby Fresh » Sat May 12, 2012 1:16 pm
TimW wrote:Thor is out with fatigue
Dunno why, he hasn't done much so far. Things haven't turned out too well for him or BMC this season.
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Re: 2012 Giro d'Italia
Postby vander » Sat May 12, 2012 1:39 pm
Fresh wrote:TimW wrote:Thor is out with fatigue
Dunno why, he hasn't done much so far. Things haven't turned out too well for him or BMC this season.
Phinney (who his Thors Roommate) said he has been battling sickness all year.
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Postby ft_critical » Sat May 12, 2012 5:21 pm
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Re: 2012 Giro d'Italia
Postby ldrcycles » Sat May 12, 2012 10:58 pm
Fresh wrote:TimW wrote:Thor is out with fatigue
Dunno why, he hasn't done much so far. Things haven't turned out too well for him or BMC this season.
World Champion's curse.
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Re: 2012 Giro d'Italia
Postby jules21 » Sun May 13, 2012 11:52 am
ldrcycles wrote:World Champion's curse.
that's a long incubation period
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Re: 2012 Giro d'Italia
Postby Chuck » Sun May 13, 2012 1:17 pm
jules21 wrote:ldrcycles wrote:World Champion's curse.
that's a long incubation period
Cav seems to be dealing with it just fine

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