Tomorrow's finish should be very interesting. The finale is much harder than I thought. Should suit Purito perfectly, so I bet Katusha will work all day to prevent breaks from stealing the pink jersey from him. I doubt Hesjedal will pick up any time bonus tomorrow, so I'd say Maglia Rosa for Rodriguez.
cactus-jack wrote:
From what we've seen from Hesjedal over the last two stages I'd say he has finally made the long awaited move from climber to sprinter.
Fairly sure he finished in the top climbers groups on Saturday and Sunday, and he's always been a decent sprinter.
And btw, the stomach virus rumour was true.
Edited by valverde321 on 14-05-2012 18:15
Kami wrote:
Kristoff caused the crash. He 'cut off' Pozzato before the corner (might even had shoulder contact, didn't see it clearly), causing Pozzato to hit Goss.
Any pictures of that? Pozzato himself says this: "I want to say sorry," added Pozzato. "Frankly, though, he [Goss] braked. He tried to be sneaky."
Why wouldn't he mention Kristoff/another rider if they had contact/blocked him?
Tomorrow, Battaglin wins! Or Gasparotto, Gadret, this last win in last year in something like that climb, but, the only I know, tomorrow will be great.
Nicolas Roche fanboy
Dombrowski future winner of Tour de France!
Rui Costa!
cactus-jack wrote:
Gonna be exciting to see how Hesjedals does tomorrow. I'm not sure the last climb was just a case of bad luck, bad stomach, or whatever...
His quote about that climb, no mention of sickness so I would rule that out.
“It was a tough day, the tempo that was set [on the Colle Molella for] three kms at 10 percent, that was tough,” he recognised. He pointed out that a lot of riders more suited to that kind of climb were in trouble on what was “an all-out effort at the end of a grinding day.”
“I just really had to buckle down and keep in contact and defend the jersey and that was it, I was able to get over the top and do that.”
Great video Alakagom. Hopinng Henao or Uran will be wearing the white jersey at the end of the day. Is there someone in sky who can climb besides Henao and Uran?
Went to Assisi for my honeymoon (to be honest, the whole of Tuscany and Umbria) in 2011, a beautiful town, with steep and narrow roads! Love to see the final of that stage.
fickman wrote:
Great video Alakagom. Hopinng Henao or Uran will be wearing the white jersey at the end of the day. Is there someone in sky who can climb besides Henao and Uran?
