Giro d'Italia 2013, 4th-26th May - [Spoilers]

[rich p]

Wiggins rode that like a bloke who'd lost his bottle.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Looking at the replays, there's a huge difference in the body language between Nibali and Wiggins when they came off - Nibali rushed to get back on his bike, Wiggins almost looked like he didn't want to!

Hmmm.

Yes. Nibali showed courage, ambition and desire. Wiggins looked like he's already decided he can't win.

 

[tigger]

Bad day for Wiggo. He needs to take nearly 2 min out of his rivals to get back in touch tomorrow. This is doable normally except perhaps against Hejedal? But will the course and weather allow?

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Bad day for Wiggo. He needs to take nearly 2 min out of his rivals to get back in touch tomorrow. This is doable normally except perhaps against Hejedal? But will the course and weather allow?

He won't get more than 30 seconds on Ryder. And the thing is he needed those 2 minutes as a cushion, not to catch up.

 

[Trail Child]

Ryder's in 3rd! I'm giddy with joy. O Canada!

 

[Strathlubnaig]

What do you mean ''at least''?

Hansen is genuinely one of the nicest guys. Plus I have his bike

I was alluding to Di Luca.

 

[tigger]

Wiggins rode that like a bloke who'd lost his bottle.

Indeed, stark contrast to Nibali who had a far more spectacular off and was straight back on the bike and into the first group.

 

[tigger]

He won't get more than 30 seconds on Ryder. And the thing is he needed those 2 minutes as a cushion, not to catch up.

Agreed. Ryder is the main threat now. Still he has to take all the time he can and see wjere his form is in the mountains.

 

[laurence]

Agreed. Ryder is the main threat now. Still he has to take all the time he can and see wjere his form is in the mountains.

Cuddles shouldn't be ruled out, he's more likely to tough it out in the dismal conditions that Wiggins.

 

[Crackle]

Wiggins looks like he's been taking descending lessons from Andy Schleck. His head's not in it. He once said the Giro was hell, I think he's forgotten why it was hell, it's just not a race which suits his riding.

 

[Crackle]

Well, just been refreshing my memory. Nibs lost 2 minutes in the 42k TT in the Tour last year, Hesjedal was a minute down on the winner, Pinotti, in the 32K Giro TT last year. Tomorrows is what, 53K, so in theory, Wiggins can come out 30 secs to a minute ahead, more. In practice, it's a technical course and not flat, so that negates some of his advantage and all bets are off it's raining.

 

[smutchin]

Hey, maybe Brailsford has looked at the annual rainfall patterns for the region, calculated that it will be pissing down by the time the riders at the top of the GC set off tomorrow and told Wiggo to deliberately lose time today so he gets an earlier start?

Marginal gains!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

In practice, it's a technical course and not flat, so that negates some of his advantage and all bets are off it's raining.

This is important. It's the technical stuff that has been giving Wiggins problems all week. I can't see the gaps being as big as one would normally expect for a TT of this length unless Wiggins can get his head straight.

 

[montage]

This is important. It's the technical stuff that has been giving Wiggins problems all week. I can't see the gaps being as big as one would normally expect for a TT of this length unless Wiggins can get his head straight.

Didn't Wiggins say he hasn't really looked at many of the stages?
Lets hope all his bad luck is done for the race and he can get on with the job now

 

[ColinJ]

And ... did he injure himself when he fell? The commentators on Eurosport seemed to think that he was nursing an elbow problem after his crash.