Giro d'Italia 2015 *spoilers*

[Bobby Mhor]

Hesjedal going it alone at the mo. Difficult to see him surviving, though - 74 km to go and he's only got 2:32.

According to the elevation graphic earlier, it looked like 70km upwards....
Just stuck leg out like a stabiliser

 

[HF2300]

Contador dropped to the back of the pink jersey group, may have had a puncture, TV didn't see. Basso may have given him a wheel. Getting back up now.

 

[The Couch]

Hesjedal is doing his best De Gendt impersonation

Katusha are doing their best Sky (Milan San Remo) impersonation

 

[tug benson]

dirty bertie will have to make his team go to work to bring this back together...distanced when he had a wheel change...i think it was a wheel change anyway.

 

[HF2300]

Don't know, looks as thought the MR group was split but it's only 30 seconds. I saw a lot of small splits and echelons on the short flat section, so I wonder if the descent and sidewinds on the flat split it all up. Trying to make sense of it, as it looks like 3 groups led by the KGB, Team Evil and SPECTRE

 

[tug benson]

not many saxo riders there

 

[HF2300]

Katusha and Astana groups back together, Contador in sight but might have used riders up catching

 

[tug benson]

Astana hammering it now, berties team mate are struggling

 

[HF2300]

Astana / Katusha have put 25 seconds on Contador - 49 sec gap in total.

 

[tug benson]

bertie will have to put in some effort in on this climb to get back on

 

[HF2300]

Bertie looks as though he had a nice steak this morning

 

[HF2300]

Astanas actually dropping off, and Aru doesn't look that comfortable

 

[tug benson]

Surely he is going in to the red far to early??

 

[HF2300]

Excruciallatingly hard, apparently

 

[The Couch]

Landa again looks the stronger of Astana