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

[AndyRM]

Boom! Cav does it, and on his own!

 

[Strathlubnaig]

ohh...very close....but Cavendish nails it. Nice one !!

 

[jarlrmai]

ES calls it for Cav looks close though

 

[smutchin]

Wow.

 

[jarlrmai]

he got it even though he went a little early crazy acceleration

 

[rich p]

crikey

 

[thom]

That was close in the end but a really good win given the bumps took out his team mates

 

[rich p]

OPQS worked hard all day. GreenEdge are way too defensive and Goss as much as admitted his frailty by not contesting yesterday.

 

[Strathlubnaig]

His climbing is way better than previous races too, which today really set him up for the sprint. Great stuff, very impressive given where he was with 500m to go.

 

[rich p]

I've never seen him so tired after a stage though.

 

[RWright]

The way he is riding he deserves to be a little tired. Outstanding excellent effort. I am still kicking myself for not getting him on my Giro fantasy team.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I've never seen him so tired after a stage though.

Well, he seems to be making much more effort to get over the climbs in the front - today was almost like a Milan-San Remo on its own.

 

[rich p]

Well, he seems to be making much more effort to get over the climbs in the front - today was almost like a Milan-San Remo on its own.

Yep!
Did Goss get over in the front group? I've nothing against Goss by the way but given that he forewent yesterday's sprint to keep fresh for today...

 

[thom]

Yep!
Did Goss get over in the front group? I've nothing against Goss by the way but given that he forewent yesterday's sprint to keep fresh for today...

I heard he didn't get over the Tre Cuni with the peloton, about 35 km from the end.
Either that or he realised Nizzolo was going to come second today.

 

[jarlrmai]

One thing I've been curious about since getting into pro cycling, if Cav theoretically pulls out of the Giro tomorrow do all his stage wins still count?