Giro d'Italia *SPOILERS*

[rich p]

MC wasn't quite hindered enough but it was a sneaky trick by Petacchi.

By the way, when does Petacchi's drug case come up?

 

[Kirstie]

Nnnnnng! Cav was robbed!

 

[HonestMan1910]

Certainly looked like 2 seperate movements in the closing stages, just enough to put Cav on the back foot and stop the vital kick in acceleration

 

[rich p]

I'm not excusing Petacchi's move but he got the jump on Cav and MC didn't have the oomph that he had last year to get past him this time.

The surprise was Farrar's no-show after Cervelo's big push in the last few kms.

 

[philipbh]

sneaky trick

Seemed to work well in Turkey last week - drifting towards the barriers, listening to DH's commentary it would seem to be his stock in trade

 

[raindog]

There was no crash, nobody got head-butted, and in the end that's sprinting. But I think Cav has a point here......
"Cavendish went on to explain that his anger at the finish was directed not at Petacchi but at the race commissaires, claiming that if he sprinted in the same manner as the Italian, he would have been disqualified."

 

[philipbh]

There was no crash, nobody got head-butted, and in the end that's sprinting. But I think Cav has a point here......
"Cavendish went on to explain that his anger at the finish was directed not at Petacchi but at the race commissaires, claiming that if he sprinted in the same manner as the Italian, he would have been disqualified."

Source please - I only got the Eurosport view and the situation was far from concluded when the coverage ended

That said - there were repeated re - runs of the closing stages that suggested the commisaires were reviewing the video evidence according to DH and BS

 

[Alessandro Petacchi]

Eurosport news said that they have shook hands and made up.

 

[Keith Oates]

Disappointing result for Cav but that is cycle racing and so he has to accept the result and try to not let that situation happen again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[johnr]

Cavendish's post-race twitter comment was very magnanimous. The Rai 3 TV coverage seemed pretty good if you want to see for yourself:

http://www.steephill.tv/players/you...ashboard=giro-d-italia&id=rm7pyFO0kYU&yr=2011

 

[raindog]

Yep, everything's smoothed over, that's yesterday's news, and we're ready for today's stage. Another massed sprint or will a strong break make it near the end?

 

[moxey]

If Cav gets the win today will there be a contraversial celebration again ?

 

[chillyuk]

Let's just hope the rider who is down makes a recovery. He didn't look too sharp. Cyclists know the risks but is still hard when it happens.

 

[tongskie01]

1 cyclist down. a very nasty accident with serious head injury. from eurosport live coverage.

 

[HLaB]

I only saw the last 10k, so I missed the crash but it sounded bad! 20ks or so later he was still lying there and was getting adrenalin, etc