Giro d'italia SPOILER

[rich p]

Mainly!?

But I'm still not convinced!

Remorse, because he got caught . . . !?

Not convinced that he's clean or that he is a repentant sinner?

 

[trustysteed]

won't it be lovely to have rasmussen and ricco back in the fold as well. ah, how we've missed them.

 

[trustysteed]

evans and basso should do well today, both good time triallers and climbers. will cancellara enjoy this or is it a bit steep for him?

 

[Tompy]

evans and basso should do well today, both good time triallers and climbers. will cancellara enjoy this or is it a bit steep for him?

Cancellara's not riding.

The way Pinotti's been riding in this Giro, I'd expect him to do well.

Wiggins' time will be interesting as he must have conserved some energy when he lost 25 minutes on the Zoncolan.

 

[trustysteed]

ah, cancellara won't do very well then! i thought i'd seen him riding but that was in the tour of cali now i think about it!

wiggins has nothing to lose now so would be good for him to give it a real go, it's only 12.9kms after all...

 

[biking_fox]

Average speed of the current lead is just over 10mph !

They're just not trying are they

 

[mangaman]

No mention of David Millar, Rich!

Home countries bias, perhaps?

Also Millar's not riding at the level he was pre-ban. IMHO

Basso / Scarponi etc are back to the level when they doping (especially Basso yesterday). That doesn't seem quite right

 

[Crackle]

Also Millar's not riding at the level he was pre-ban. IMHO

Basso / Scarponi etc are back to the level when they doping (especially Basso yesterday). That doesn't seem quite right

Was it Boardman who said, if it look unbelievable it probably is? I think Basso's ride the other day was a bit too good. I think he's on a porridge replacement programme myself.

 

[trustysteed]

Also Millar's not riding at the level he was pre-ban.

that's good though, surely?

 

[mangaman]

that's good though, surely?

Sorry - yes that what I meant.

Millar is riding as if he is clean (ie worse than he was pre-ban)

Basso is identical to how he was last time he won the Giro.

Didn't make myself clear.

 

[trustysteed]

do you think basso would come back from a 2 year ban and race under the influence again?

 

[John the Monkey]

I think Basso's ride the other day was a bit too good. I think he's on a porridge replacement programme myself.

Although he's not shown much up to now - it's not beyond the bounds of possibility that he's saved himself for the Zonc, is it?

 

[Crackle]

Although he's not shown much up to now - it's not beyond the bounds of possibility that he's saved himself for the Zonc, is it?

I suppose not and I guess this and the next few stages may give some perspective on that but as we've said many times, that's the trouble with drugs in sport, you become cycnical about good rides.

 

[raindog]

wiggins has nothing to lose now so would be good for him to give it a real go, it's only 12.9kms after all...

I really can't believe Wiggins has a chance of winning this

 

[rich p]

I can't believe that Wiggins was that bad on the Zoncolan and had decided it wasn't worth busting a gut. If that's true then he may feel like giving it a go today being fresher or treating it as a training ride.

That seems to cover all the bases