Giro D'Italia 2008 : Stage 20 - May 31st : Rovetta => Tirano, 224 km

[Powerful Pete]

Di Luca is dopped...

That too, LOL.

 

[TheDarkLord]

Has Di Luca come back, or is he dropped for good?

 

[Powerful Pete]

Has Di Luca come back, or is he dropped for good?

Has rejoined with Bruseghin.

 

[whiteboytrash]

Has Di Luca come back, or is he dropped for good?

Gibo attacks again ! Di Luca back on.....

 

[TheDarkLord]

Simoni attacks again, but looks like everybody is able to respond.

 

[Powerful Pete]

Interesting how Ricco goes after Simoni each time...

 

[Powerful Pete]

Yes. Nothing much happening. No one seems able to make the difference...

 

[earth_dweller]

And the ctv commentators are getting a hard-on everytime they mention Contador and Bruyneel.

 

[TheDarkLord]

Simoni attacks again, but looks like everybody is able to respond.

Edit: sorry this was a long time back. Bloody server taking too long to respond

 

[Powerful Pete]

Lucky that I have no idea what ctv is. Rai's commenting is relatively fair... with a preference for Italian riders of course...

 

[earth_dweller]

Lucky that I have no idea what ctv is. Rai's commenting is relatively fair... with a preference for Italian riders of course...

the Bulbarello (sp?) and Cassini duo are great. And nothing beats the processo

 

[TheDarkLord]

Lucky that I have no idea what ctv is. Rai's commenting is relatively fair... with a preference for Italian riders of course...

ctv = cycling tv. I don't think there is much of a choice on the other side of the pond.

 

[Powerful Pete]

the Bulbarello (sp?) and Cassini duo are great. And nothing beats the processo

Bulbarelli. And Cassani.

 

[Powerful Pete]

Cool, they are interviewing the helicopter pilot... Gianni Bugno! Discussing the fact that the first year of the Mortirolo at the Giro was in 1990, when he won it.

 

[TheDarkLord]

Looks like Di Luca is 21 sec behind gruppo maglia rosa.

 

[Powerful Pete]

Looks like Di Luca is 21 sec behind gruppo maglia rosa.

Yup, I think that he should be able to catch up on the downhill if he is able to limit his losses.

 

[Powerful Pete]

Lots of talking amongst all the riders in the maglia rosa group. Are they arguing?

 

[TheDarkLord]

Yup, I think that he should be able to catch up on the downhill if he is able to limit his losses.

But if Ricco is not able to drop Contador in Mortirolo, his chances of snatching the pink jersey are slim.

 

[Klodifan]

I find it very strange that Kloden would pull out today. At least they should have kept him in the race today and then not have him race the TT tomorrow.

He looked fine yesterday, relatively speaking.

I think the internal testing pointed to a troublesome result.

Actually, Kloden has been fighting illness throughout the race. He has been complaining about not feeling well for some time now. I specifically remember him saying how it had affected the ITTs, so pulling out today fits in with that storyline.

 

[whiteboytrash]

Menchov is helping Ricco.... He just gave Sella a spray for his jerking riding..... These CSF guys are seriously on the juice.... I think they've been on the front for the entire Giro !