Giro d'Italia (with *SPOILERS*)

[smutchin]

good call smutch!

Wasn't exactly a wild guess, to be fair - he was the strong favourite to win the stage. In fact, the odds were too short to make it worthwhile betting on him. I put a few quid each way on Tiralongo instead and started to get very excited when he came to the front inside the last kilometre, but perhaps he went too early. Damn!

Brave attack by Uran. Would have loved for him to pull that off.

d.

 

[smutchin]

"@nyvelocity Is J-Rod the uphill Cav?"

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Uran had the right idea. He's one of a number of riders who are finishing consistently in the top 20, but because of the time bonus system, at this stage you really have to win or get in the top 3, and more than once, if you want to move up the leaderboard significantly - as Rodriguez showed today. The time gaps will get much bigger in the high mountains, of course...

 

[Strathlubnaig]

Good effort from the boy from Victoria, 6th was a good placing, too bad he could not hold Pink. Flat stage tomorrow, but Cavendish will not be in my picks, every time I do that he has a crash.

 

[Kiwiavenger]

Good effort from the boy from Victoria, 6th was a good placing, too bad he could not hold Pink. Flat stage tomorrow, but Cavendish will not be in my picks, every time I do that he has a crash.

You can almost guarantee a win if you dont pick him though! Lol. Uran is doing great at the moment, cant wait to see what happens through the mountains though!

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[Flying_Monkey]

Keep your eye on Henao too - my outside shot for a debut stage win.

That was a cracking finish - I always love those steep little climbs up to Italian hill-towns.

 

[Strathlubnaig]

Quote from Cavendouche "There's a tier of sprinters and I'm ahead of them. They can all fight among each other, but I'll still continue to dominate them."

Don't like that sort of thing myself. But it would fit in with the sky ethos.

 

[raindog]

another narrow twisty finish today

 

[Strathlubnaig]

That should shut up the manx mouth for a bit.

 

[musa]

Are they using the front brake round bends like that? Cav was way too far, does he not know he has to be in train with the sky rider at the front of the lead? I think he needs to learn positioning, the team did everything there

 

[raindog]

Looks like Ferrari got a perfect line through that corner and just went for it - great win. Others probably had to lift off because of the crash? Difficult to see properly.
Matt Goss wasn't even there. Does that mean Cav in red?

 

[Nearly there]

255k wow that was some distance today

 

[raindog]

Cav was way too far, does he not know he has to be in train with the sky rider at the front of the lead? I think he needs to learn positioning

I would say if there's one person in the peloton who couldn't learn any more about positioning, it's Cavendish.

 

[Nearly there]

Team Sky ‏ @TeamSky
Fourth may not have been the result he was looking for but that result does push @MarkCavendish up into the red points jersey at the #Giro

 

[pally83]

I would say if there's one person in the peloton who couldn't learn any more about positioning, it's Cavendish.

This. See him talking about his position and set up for the World Championship win for evidence.