What about that downhill before the finish?steve said:Damiano Cunego will win this stage
Good for Savoldelli to salvage a bit of time and pride?saluki said:What about that downhill before the finish?
luv2ride said:I think that either Cunego or Bettini will win. The map didnt rate the climbs, but if they are not to tough, I think that Bettini will win, but if the climbs are tough, Cunego has a bog chance. Also, he has the insentive to leap over Gutierrez, which a 20 second bonus would do. I think that Di Luca will try to go, and so will Savodelli. Although Basso wont let the Discovery rider a long leash because Savodelli might gain time in the tt. Or, a break of unknown riders will go near the beginning of the stage and stay out there, with CSC simply taking it easy, and not loosing too much time. But, once more, Cunego wants to get up to second place, so count on Lampre setting the pace near the end.
I noted that as well... No such thing or place as Flander !Dead Star said:It's FlanderS by the way!
But what was Lampre doing????Eldrack said:The break stayed away! Nice attempt by Axel Merckx, I would have liked to have seen him win. Nice to see Wegelius doing some hard work for his team leader. I dream of the day GB gets a pro-tour point.
Yeah a rather strange move, CSC will thank them for it...Eldrack said:Limiting the time gap perhaps? Once they had it at about 3 minutes it seemed to stay there for a while, went down a bit then back up. Perhaps they didn't feel strong enough to bring the break back so let it go. Still, rather strange.
keeping Pellizotti from getting too much time and going ahead of Cunego... he just moved up 19 places on GC and is now siitting in 4th place.. and he's a good climber + decent ITT'r.. a better question is why would they let that break go with Pellizotti in it in the first place?cyclingheroes said:But what was Lampre doing????
Yeah and why didn't they let CSC do the job???doctorSpoc said:keeping Pellizotti from getting too much time and going ahead of Cunego... he just moved up 19 places on GC and is now siitting in 4th place.. and he's a good climber.. a better question is why would they let that break go with Pellizotti in it in the first place?
didn't see it... was CSC working and Lampre took over or did CSC just bluff Lampre into doing the work?cyclingheroes said:Yeah and why didn't they let CSC do the job???
Lampre took the iniative and worked with the whole team for about 60 kilometers, in the last kilometer Jens Voigt (CSC) came at the front with Basso in his wheel and did the last few meters...doctorSpoc said:didn't see it... was CSC working and Lampre took over or did CSC just bluff Lampre into doing the work?
Apparently not much... didn't they essentially miss all the breaks in the stage?doctorSpoc said:keeping Pellizotti from getting too much time and going ahead of Cunego... he just moved up 19 places on GC and is now siitting in 4th place.. and he's a good climber + decent ITT'r.. a better question is why would they let that break go with Pellizotti in it in the first place?
unless your name is Merckx!thebluetrain said:Very cool pic from todays stage.
Yes, but that is the beauty of cycling.bobke said:unless your name is Merckx!
very craft riding form Pelizzottii
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