Giro d'Italia - Stage 11

After 10 stages Peter Sagan gets to pull on the red jersey
instead of his Slovakian road race champion jersey for what could be a
tricky flat stage with a nice little hill coming near the finish.



A 6 man breakaway jump away from the gun.



At the only KoM climb they lead by 5 minutes.



The gap is cut to 3 as they roll through the sprint point.



As we reach the climb before the finish Vincenzo Nibali attacks!
It catches all the favourites off guard as Nibali bridges the gap up
to the morning breakaway and continues to ride past them.



Nibali has made a sensational move.



Outplayed, outsmarted, and outwitted his competitors,
Nibali not only wins the stage he takes the pink jersey back!



The race for 2nd features Farrar, Cunego, Sagan, and Goss.



Cunego beats Matthew Goss, Stefano Garzelli, and then Peter Sagan.
It looks like Cunego will be Sagan's biggest threat here in Italy
for his Quest For History.

Giro d'Italia - Stage 12

Another hilly stage is ahead with Sagan marked as one of the favourites
but Cunego is considered the top favourite.
Also should be interesting to see how Liquigas handles having Nibali back in the pink jersey with Sagan looking to increase his lead in the points contest.



A large breakaway manages to get away with 10 riders.



And they ride through the sprint point taking out the possible points
for Sagan and/or his closest rival Cunego.



With the breakaway continuing to hold their lead,
Peter Sagan decides to attack away. 60kms to go.



The category 2 climb splits the breakaway up,
but they are still 10 minutes in the lead once they go over the top.
Sagan sits 3 minutes in front of the peloton,
7 minutes behind the front of the breakaway.



The final two climbs rip the breakaway open even more,
until it leaves Miguel Angel Rubiano, Luca Mazzanti, and Jérémy Roy.
And as the top the final climb it is clear one of them will take a brilliant win.



The breakaway spoils the party as Miguel Angel Rubiano wins
in front of Jérémy Roy (2nd) and Luca Mazzanti (3rd).



Behind them is �ngel Vicioso and Juan Manuel Gárate.



Then three more breakaway riders, not many points are going
to be available when Sagan comes through.



But that won't matter either as he gets caught on the downhill by the GC guys. However there is one big name missing from this group...



Damiano Cunego missed out on the move of the day! After clearly being the strongest in the mountains a few days ago he loses 1'18" to Nibali.
Sagan finishes 24th and gets nothing for his efforts today,
but neither did Cunego so today goes down as a draw.

Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Many people dread the 'unlucky' stage 13,
but as a manager I'm not one of them.
I was happily born on Friday the 13 so '13' is my lucky number.
Some Examples below.

Will Peter Sagan have the same lucky results?



Liquigas tries everything to get a man in the breakaway
so we wouldn't have to chase today but it just didn't happen today.
But lucky for us Garmin and Lampre took up the chase without hassle.



They kept the eventual 5 man breakaway in their sights at 3 minutes throughout the day as you can see them riding through the sprint point.



And with 6kms to go they make the catch.
Sagan is struggling to find a wheel.



Goss gets a train on the right with most of the favourites,
Sagan is out of position after missing out on that train.
So Liquigas improvises with Eros Capecchi telling Sagan to grab on.



And Capecchi, who is here to help Nibali in the mountains,
gives Sagan an unbelievable lead out.
Goss is in shock as he now has to kick early.



Sagan is the last rider to kick and is in the lead!



Ventoso is coming strong, can Sagan hold him off?



Of course he can, he is Peter Sagan!
His 2nd stage win in convincing fashion.



Nibali is proud of his young sprinter,
can Liquigas hold the pink and red jersey all the way to the finish?