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Giro d'Italia 2011 - Week 3
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| Timmeh |
Posted on 22-05-2011 16:56
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Anton 3d to 11th...
One of the best GT stages i've ever seen  |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 22-05-2011 16:57
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Go Gadret, an amazing ride to keep with the original acceleration and then to continue to stick with Scarponi.
Also well done to Nieve - always great to see the Basques achieving well.
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 22-05-2011 17:02
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E_Hagen wrote:
The Giro makes the Tour boring...
Profile-wise I agree but in the end you have to understand that a brutally mountainous GT like this Giro will always be an 'easy' race for Contador. The lesser high mountain or TT stages the harder it gets for the spaniard I reckon.
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| kumazan |
Posted on 22-05-2011 17:02
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Crommy wrote:
Yes. Less so, because sprinting is such a short, sharp event, rather than an attack followed by minutes of nothing on a mountain, but still fairly boring.
EDIT: happy trolling 
The thing is, this is just the 2nd time Contador is in a so dominant position, yet it sounds like he always wins GTs by 10 minutes. |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 22-05-2011 17:07
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kumazan wrote:
Crommy wrote:
Yes. Less so, because sprinting is such a short, sharp event, rather than an attack followed by minutes of nothing on a mountain, but still fairly boring.
EDIT: happy trolling
The thing is, this is just the 2nd time Contador is in a so dominant position, yet it sounds like he always wins GTs by 10 minutes.
Yet you have to go back to 2005 for a GT that Contador finished, and didnt win.
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| roturn |
Posted on 22-05-2011 17:10
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| 1 NIEVE ITURALDE Mikel ESP EUS 7:27:14 0:00 | | 2 GARZELLI Stefano ITA ASA 7:28:55 1:41 | | 3 CONTADOR Alberto ESP SBS 7:29:05 1:51 | | 4 SCARPONI Michele ITA LAM 7:29:11 1:57 | | 5 GADRET John FRA ALM 7:29:42 2:28 | | 6 RUJANO GUILLEN Jose' VEN AND 7:29:49 2:35 | | 7 NIBALI Vincenzo ITA LIQ 7:30:48 3:34 | | 8 RODRIGUEZ Joaquin ESP KAT 7:30:48 3:34 | | 9 KREUZIGER Roman CZE AST 7:31:15 4:01 | | 10 KRUIJSWIJK Steven NED RAB 7:31:27 4:13 |
Spoiler | 11 MENCHOV Denis RUS GEO 7:31:37 4:23 | | 12 ARROYO DURAN David ESP MOV 7:31:44 4:30 | | 13 BAKELANDTS Jan BEL OLO 7:32:08 4:54 | | 14 DEIGNAN Philip IRL RSH 7:33:54 6:40 | | 15 CATALDO Dario ITA QST 7:33:59 6:45 | | 16 SARMIENTO Cayetano COL ASA 7:33:59 6:45 | | 17 SIVTSOV Kanstantsin BLR THR 7:33:59 6:45 | | 18 ANTON Igor ESP EUS 7:35:13 7:59 | | 19 SELLA Emanuele ITA AND 7:36:15 9:01 | | 20 WEENING Pieter NED RAB 7:36:37 9:23 | | 21 LE MEVEL Christophe FRA GRM 7:37:17 10:03 | | 22 DUPONT Hubert FRA ALM 7:38:06 10:52 | | 23 PETROV Evgeni RUS AST 7:38:06 10:52 | | 24 DE GREEF Francis BEL OLO 7:40:44 13:30 | | 25 TSCHOPP Johann SUI BMC 7:40:44 13:30 | | 26 CODOL Massimo ITA ASA 7:41:03 13:49 | | 27 SEELDRAYERS Kevin BEL QST 7:41:30 14:16 | | 28 PASAMONTES Luis ESP MOV 7:42:32 15:18 | | 29 POPOVYCH Yaroslav UKR RSH 7:42:40 15:26 | | 30 ROVNY Ivan RUS RSH 7:42:50 15:36 | | 31 STETINA Peter USA GRM 7:42:50 15:36 | | 32 KOZONTCHUK Dmitry RUS GEO 7:42:50 15:36 | | 33 PINOTTI Marco ITA THR 7:42:50 15:36 | | 34 LEWIS Craig USA THR 7:42:50 15:36 | | 35 LOVKVIST Thomas SWE SKY 7:43:01 15:47 | | 36 GRETSCH Patrick GER THR 7:43:19 16:05 | | 37 MACHADO Tiago POR RSH 7:43:28 16:14 | | 38 WYSS Marcel SUI GEO 7:43:45 16:31 | | 39 NIEMIEC Przemyslaw POL LAM 7:43:52 16:38 | | 40 DI LUCA Danilo ITA KAT 7:44:10 16:56 | | 41 SAMOILAU Branislau BLR MOV 7:44:25 17:11 | | 42 VORGANOV Eduard RUS KAT 7:44:25 17:11 | | 43 HOOGERLAND Johnny NED VCD 7:44:34 17:20 | | 44 DE CLERCQ Bart BEL OLO 7:44:51 17:37 | | 45 MIHOLJEVIC Vladimir CRO ASA 7:44:57 17:43 | | 46 TIRALONGO Paolo ITA AST 7:46:29 19:15 | | 47 STORTONI Simone ITA COG 7:46:44 19:30 | | 48 VISCONTI Giovanni ITA FAR 7:47:16 20:02 | | 49 PIRAZZI Stefano ITA COG 7:47:19 20:05 |
Pirrazi as 49th already more than 20min behind. I think the gruppetto will have more than an hour. Some might fall out of the limit.
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Posted on 22-05-2011 17:11
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ALBERTO CONTADOR, YOU ARE FANTASTIC 
Really nice stage, best so far in Giro. Fantastic stage - and beautiful win by Nieve |
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Posted on 22-05-2011 17:12
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Carrara lost 21 minutes today, so he'll take a big tumble today. |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 22-05-2011 17:14
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SportingNonsense wrote:
kumazan wrote:
Crommy wrote:
Yes. Less so, because sprinting is such a short, sharp event, rather than an attack followed by minutes of nothing on a mountain, but still fairly boring.
EDIT: happy trolling
The thing is, this is just the 2nd time Contador is in a so dominant position, yet it sounds like he always wins GTs by 10 minutes.
Yet you have to go back to 2005 for a GT that Contador finished, and didnt win.
So what? All those where competed races (bar 2009). Unless the problem is that he wins. If so, better call him Contawin, or Contadope, not Contabore. |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 22-05-2011 17:17
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kumazan wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
kumazan wrote:
Crommy wrote:
Yes. Less so, because sprinting is such a short, sharp event, rather than an attack followed by minutes of nothing on a mountain, but still fairly boring.
EDIT: happy trolling
The thing is, this is just the 2nd time Contador is in a so dominant position, yet it sounds like he always wins GTs by 10 minutes.
Yet you have to go back to 2005 for a GT that Contador finished, and didnt win.
So what? All those where competed races (bar 2009). Unless the problem is that he wins. If so, better call him Contawin, or Contadope, not Contabore.
Feeling very Spanish today arent you, Im not even the one calling him Contabore 
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| kumazan |
Posted on 22-05-2011 17:21
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SportingNonsense wrote:
kumazan wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
kumazan wrote:
Crommy wrote:
Yes. Less so, because sprinting is such a short, sharp event, rather than an attack followed by minutes of nothing on a mountain, but still fairly boring.
EDIT: happy trolling
The thing is, this is just the 2nd time Contador is in a so dominant position, yet it sounds like he always wins GTs by 10 minutes.
Yet you have to go back to 2005 for a GT that Contador finished, and didnt win.
So what? All those where competed races (bar 2009). Unless the problem is that he wins. If so, better call him Contawin, or Contadope, not Contabore.
Feeling very Spanish today arent you, Im not even the one calling him Contabore
Yes, I'd be singing the Spanish national anthem if it wasn't because it has no lyrics.
You say he's boring, and that was the point. Thanks for nitpicking, though. |
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Posted on 22-05-2011 17:21
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What a tough day. Contador may end up winning by 7 minutes, but no one can take away how hard this giro has been and still will be.
Edited by DJP19 on 22-05-2011 17:21
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 22-05-2011 17:22
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They gotta use that Gardeccia climb in the Giro next year too. I loved it.
Except for another Contador show, this was one of the best GT stages I have ever seen. Maybe even the best one.
Nice win for Nieve, really deserved. Anton was a real disappoinment, but I guess that his extreme effort yesterday tired him a lot.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 22-05-2011 17:25
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84 KIRYIENKA Vasili BLR MOV 7:55:45 28:31
91 SERPA PEREZ Jose Rodolfo COL AND 7:57:43 30:29
First eight hour rider is.....
99 BARRY Michael CAN SKY 8:00:11 32:57
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 22-05-2011 17:28
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kumazan wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
kumazan wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
kumazan wrote:
Crommy wrote:
Yes. Less so, because sprinting is such a short, sharp event, rather than an attack followed by minutes of nothing on a mountain, but still fairly boring.
EDIT: happy trolling
The thing is, this is just the 2nd time Contador is in a so dominant position, yet it sounds like he always wins GTs by 10 minutes.
Yet you have to go back to 2005 for a GT that Contador finished, and didnt win.
So what? All those where competed races (bar 2009). Unless the problem is that he wins. If so, better call him Contawin, or Contadope, not Contabore.
Feeling very Spanish today arent you, Im not even the one calling him Contabore
Yes, I'd be singing the Spanish national anthem if it wasn't because it has no lyrics.
You say he's boring, and that was the point. Thanks for nitpicking, though.
Why not explain why its so exciting then? What is it about the favourite for a race, winning the race, easily, that is exciting?
Other aspects about a race are exciting yes, but generally those aspects wont involve Contador, unless Contador has had a mishap or is below par.
Edit: Of course, it is exciting if you happen to be a Contador fan, hence why I like sprints (re: Cavendish) but can see why others would find the sprints boring and predictable, specifically once Cav has shown up to a race and started winning.
Edited by SportingNonsense on 22-05-2011 17:31
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| kumazan |
Posted on 22-05-2011 17:28
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Only 118 riders in as of yet, and the biggest grupetto was composed by about 8 riders. Car-na-ge. |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 22-05-2011 17:34
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Why not explain why its so exciting then? What is it about the favourite for a race, winning the race, easily, that is exciting?
Other aspects about a race are exciting yes, but generally those aspects wont involve Contador, unless Contador has had a mishap or is below par.
2007 was probably the best TdF since the dictatorship of Armstrong (now THAT was boring) began. And still is. When he won the Giro, it was a pretty exciting race too. His Vuelta wasn't bad either.
Now is this Giro being exciting? The fight for 1st certainly isn't. Contador is head and shoulders ahead the oposition. True. But you can't judge a rider for 1 GT.
Also, I didn't say Contador was exciting. I said he wasn't (generally) boring. Life's not black and white. |
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Posted on 22-05-2011 17:46
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kumazan wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
Why not explain why its so exciting then? What is it about the favourite for a race, winning the race, easily, that is exciting?
Other aspects about a race are exciting yes, but generally those aspects wont involve Contador, unless Contador has had a mishap or is below par.
2007 was probably the best TdF since the dictatorship of Armstrong (now THAT was boring) began. And still is. When he won the Giro, it was a pretty exciting race too. His Vuelta wasn't bad either.
Now is this Giro being exciting? The fight for 1st certainly isn't. Contador is head and shoulders ahead the oposition. True. But you can't judge a rider for 1 GT.
Also, I didn't say Contador was exciting. I said he wasn't (generally) boring. Life's not black and white.
I'm not saying Cuntador is a boring rider. If he had someone near him, it'd be a very exciting Giro. I'd still dislike him mostly because of the whole drug issue, but also chaingate, but I can "forget" that when judging the excitement of a race.
The problem for me is that he is here, when he shouldn't be. The other riders are at a similar level of ability, and watching them battle each other would have the potential to make this one of the best grand tours I've ever seen.
I do also have a romantic view of how a "champion" should ride, but my main problem is the above
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| kumazan |
Posted on 22-05-2011 17:50
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Crommy wrote:
kumazan wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
Why not explain why its so exciting then? What is it about the favourite for a race, winning the race, easily, that is exciting?
Other aspects about a race are exciting yes, but generally those aspects wont involve Contador, unless Contador has had a mishap or is below par.
2007 was probably the best TdF since the dictatorship of Armstrong (now THAT was boring) began. And still is. When he won the Giro, it was a pretty exciting race too. His Vuelta wasn't bad either.
Now is this Giro being exciting? The fight for 1st certainly isn't. Contador is head and shoulders ahead the oposition. True. But you can't judge a rider for 1 GT.
Also, I didn't say Contador was exciting. I said he wasn't (generally) boring. Life's not black and white.
I'm not saying Cuntador is a boring rider. If he had someone near him, it'd be a very exciting Giro. I'd still dislike him mostly because of the whole drug issue, but also chaingate, but I can "forget" that when judging the excitement of a race.
The problem for me is that he is here, when he shouldn't be. The other riders are at a similar level of ability, and watching them battle each other would have the potential to make this one of the best grand tours I've ever seen.
I do also have a romantic view of how a "champion" should ride, but my main problem is the above
Now on that I can agree. Except on the chaingate of course. |
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| ruben |
Posted on 22-05-2011 18:08
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Kruijswijk did fantastic today. He blew himself up by trying to follow Alberto, but still finished top 10 in the end, his best result this Giro so far. Finishing ahead of Denis Menchov
More importantly, he is now 13th just behind Sivtsov who is fading away, and also Anton blew seriously today. If another one of the top 10 blows he can get a top 10. |
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