I don't think you can really make a comparison between the 2TT's. Stage 10 was a lot more hilly than stage 20 last year, the climbers where only loosing time in the first 18k (false flat), and then the rest was either uphill or downhill. Di Luca had a bad day, if anything I would have expected him to be faster, Simoni had a great day. He's a good climber and a good descender. Piepoli and Ricco, I don't see anything out of line in their improvement.tambourlain said:Comparing the 43 Km stage 20 of the 2007 Giro and the 39 Km stage 10 of the 2008 Giro.
Di Luca - 1.44 2:11
Simoni - 2:44 1:02
Ricco - 3:38 2:04
Piepoli - 6:29 2:43
2008 was slightly more hilly. But that didn't help Di Luca. The competition at the top was stronger in 2008, which should have put most of these people further back. Simoni's age should be slowing him down now. He will be 37 in August.
Simoni, Ricco, and Piepoli clearly used the off day to load up with the blood bags. Only Di Luca's time is about what you would expect. Piepoli's is just plain off the scale. Without the fall Ricco's time would have been even better. And old man Simoni has never been this close on an ITT.
Not the kind of mistake he makes when he is top of his game...JAPANic said:McEwen has been very unlucky with his positioning. That last bend nailed him last night. I'd say he has enough anger bottled up to win tonight no matter what. Could be nasty.
Powerful Pete said:Not the kind of mistake he makes when he is top of his game...
Too bad for Levi and Alberto (plus Ricco, Piepoli and others) that they came in 13 sec late to the 3 km mark and therefore lost those seconds...whiteboytrash said:they changed the rules for today saying that there would be no time gaps in the last 3km even if you come in 7 hours late........
Does it really matter though given the mountain stages coming up? Anyone from the GC gained 13 sec?confusedfan said:Too bad for Levi and Alberto (plus Ricco, Piepoli and others) that they came in 13 sec late to the 3 km mark and therefore lost those seconds...
DiLuca, Simoni, Kloeden were ahead of the gap so they didn't lose the 13 seconds...TheDarkLord said:Does it really matter though given the mountain stages coming up? Anyone from the GC gained 13 sec?
Ok, that may be significant. I didn't watch the race today or catch up on the results. Let's see how the next three stages go.confusedfan said:DiLuca, Simoni, Kloeden were ahead of the gap so they didn't lose the 13 seconds...
Cavendish is so beyond any other sprinter these days. The guy is rediculously fast! Awesome finish.TheDarkLord said:Ok, that may be significant. I didn't watch the race today or catch up on the results. Let's see how the next three stages go.
I think he is like Freire.azdroptop said:Cavendish is so beyond any other sprinter these days. The guy is rediculously fast! Awesome finish.
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