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

[thom]

Cadel in pink ?

Edit: nope, looks to be Nibali - i must have got a time check wrong

 

[tigger]

Let's see how Ryder does this last slope...

He's way off

 

[rich p]

Really pleased for Dowsett

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Hesjedal is fighting this, but he's going to be well down. Looks blown.

 

[smutchin]

Cadel in pink ?

Starting to look very likely. Blimey. Who would have predicted that?

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Nibbles is on his way up.

 

[smutchin]

Nibali also looking cooked.

 

[tigger]

Eh, if we believe the bike screwed up and wasn't just rejected, I can't really see where all this 'mental issue' stuff is coming from - if he'd have stopped completely then we might have something concrete to worry about but he got it sorted second half so arguably the sail is back up, isn't it ?

Yes let's hope he takes the positives and gets his mojo back. Like Rich P said, he lost at least 20-30 seconds with the change so he would have won this. Still think he looked slow on the technical stuff though.

Edit, just confirmed Wiggo puncturd

 

[Flying_Monkey]

This is painful!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Hesjedal is... 17th

 

[smutchin]

That's race over for Ryder.

Astonishing performance by Nibbles.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Nibali... isn't going to be far off Wiggins.

 

[Sittingduck]

Painful just watching Ryder up that final slope.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

4th - incredible!

 

[tigger]

Grrrrreat ride by Nibali! Only 11 down on Wiggins!