Pezcyclingnews: Giro’15 St.8: Intxausti Inspired!

Race Report: Society has a thing against pickpockets; you don’t want some little chancer coming along and dipping your hard-earned dollars when you’re distracted. In cycling, you could say it’s encouraged. Minimise your effort to profit from others, especially if they’re looking a bit vulnerable. Movistar’s Beat Intxausti gave an object lesson today in the art of stealing a win.After sitting calmly in the chasing group behind a brave, monster breakaway from Steven Kruiswijk, the Basque climber got on the right wheel when IAM Cycling’s Sebastien Reichenbach took up the pursuit on the climb to Campitello Matese. And once the young Swiss had buried himself to close the gap on the leader, Intxausti simply blew past him.Maximum reward, minimal expenditure. Savvy stuff for Movistar who snare a precious Grand Tour stage win. Of course, it’s bloody hard to win a Grand Tour stage; Intxausti will be ecstatic but hopefully Reichenbach will learn from today’s lesson for his future career. He knows now he’s capable of winning big if he uses his head, too.The final climbToday, it’s a 186 kilometer hit-out from Fiuggi to a summit finish at Campitello Matese. Shoulder watch suggests that Contador has been having a bit of pain after the mammoth stage yesterday but he’s again starting and hoping for as serene a day as possible.Of the two big climbs today, the Forca d’Acero is one long drag, 30 kilometers at an average of 4%. A bit like a love affair going wrong, you just wonder why...

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