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Giro d'Italia 2011 - Week 3
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| BouBBox |
Posted on 27-05-2011 15:53
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Looks like Contador decides who win each Mountain stage in this giro XD
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| chrica04 |
Posted on 27-05-2011 15:53
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Lewis broke his leg, Pinotti fell on knee. |
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| Juan |
Posted on 27-05-2011 15:53
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He was really flying ...
I don't know how many wins did Contador give, but that must a quite big number
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 27-05-2011 15:54
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Where have been the Euskaltel riders, Nieve and Anton? |
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| Deda |
Posted on 27-05-2011 15:57
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Nieve was 11th, behind sivtsov
If offense is the best defence, does it mean that defence is the worst defence?
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 27-05-2011 15:58
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Anton not in the top-16, he has taken a big tumble. :/ |
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| Timmeh |
Posted on 27-05-2011 16:01
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Nice first ever win for Tiralongo  |
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 27-05-2011 16:02
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He may want leeway for tomorrow
 [url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182] Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 27-05-2011 16:06
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Tiralongo really deserved that win after all the work he's done as a domestique for other riders.
I can't see anybody stopping Contador tomorrow. I don't think he's gonna give away a win on that stage.
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| siwi |
Posted on 27-05-2011 16:12
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Beautiful by Contador, letting Tiralongo win. |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 27-05-2011 16:14
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FreitasPCM wrote:
Anton not in the top-16, he has taken a big tumble. :/
He lost 19:31 today. Nieve for the top-10, probrably. |
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| Wilier |
Posted on 27-05-2011 16:37
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Yay. Kruijswijk passed Arroyo and Anton and moved to 11th. |
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| ruben |
Posted on 27-05-2011 16:48
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Yeah, if we take out the annual "breakaway top 10 guys" he was 9th.
But I have a feeling Sivtsov will crack on the Finestre tomorrow and there's a chance Nieve will as well.
Plus Kruijswijk won a minute, A MINUTE on Menchov today 
And there's the time trial. Kruijswijk was 7th in the Romandie ITT. That added with good recuperation and I see him pass another guy. Maybe Purito when he has one of his awful TT days again. |
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 27-05-2011 17:02
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ruben wrote:
Yeah, if we take out the annual "breakaway top 10 guys" he was 9th.
You can't really do that
Also I don't think his recovery has been shown to be better than all the riders above him who already have GT top tens
[url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182] Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
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| jack888 |
Posted on 27-05-2011 17:22
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Contador is a muppet, i had $10 odds on him (stupid Australian bookies), could have won $90. |
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| Juan |
Posted on 27-05-2011 19:09
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ruben wrote:
Yeah, if we take out the annual "breakaway top 10 guys" he was 9th.
Which are ?
ruben wrote:
But I have a feeling Sivtsov will crack on the Finestre tomorrow and there's a chance Nieve will as well.
Plus Kruijswijk won a minute, A MINUTE on Menchov today
And there's the time trial. Kruijswijk was 7th in the Romandie ITT. That added with good recuperation and I see him pass another guy. Maybe Purito when he has one of his awful TT days again.
yeah, and Scarponi crashes on the dirt of Finestre, Nibali in the descent, and Contador gets a stomachache, and then Kruijswijk wins the Giro
 (just kidding, this guy's done a great job so far, but the Finestre and Sestrière will decide who really are the strongest)
You can dislike Contador, but i can hardly find someone letting guys win on so many stages (I doubt the Schleck brothers would do such a thing)
Edited by Juan on 27-05-2011 19:10
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 27-05-2011 19:37
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Nasty crash for Russ Downing today aswell. From the Sky website:
Russell Downing’s hopes of completing the Giro d’Italia are hanging in the balance after he suffered a nasty crash mid-way through the 19th stage.
The 32-year-old was descending off the first-category Mottrone when a rider’s error immediately in front of him caused him to career over a crash barrier and fall approximately 20 metres into a ravine below.
Unbelievably though, Downing was able to get back on his bike and battled on to the finish line in last position, but just inside the time limit.
The Yorkshireman was soon driven to a local hospital to determine the full extent of his injuries, and it was while he was in transit there that we caught up with him to gain his blow-by-blow account of the day’s events.
He told us: “I was pretty lucky really. There was a Rabobank rider immediately before me who overshot the corner, and that meant that I was catapulted sideways. I hit the barrier and then went straight over it and down about 20 metres into the woods. My bike went even further than me but fortunately I hit a tree, which stopped me falling even further.
“After dusting myself down I managed to scramble up the slope with some help from the fans and get back on my bike, but the fall had broken my shoe plate, which offset my balance, and I crashed into the barrier again about two corners further down the road.
“That completely broke my bike, so I had to wait for a spare, and then 5km later I had to change my shoe before I could sprint back on to the grupetto and then climb the last 28km to the finish.
“I was happy to finish but we’ll have to see how I shape up for tomorrow now. It’s dependant on what the doctors have to say, but I would really like to start.
“I’m feeling pretty rough and have given my ribs a fair old crack. I’m coughing a bit of blood up, which is never a great sign, but I’ll survive. I’ve worked really hard to get here and it would be a shame if I wasn’t able to make it to the finish line now.”
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| ruben |
Posted on 27-05-2011 19:46
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Juan wrote:
ruben wrote:
Yeah, if we take out the annual "breakaway top 10 guys" he was 9th.
Which are ?
ruben wrote:
But I have a feeling Sivtsov will crack on the Finestre tomorrow and there's a chance Nieve will as well.
Plus Kruijswijk won a minute, A MINUTE on Menchov today
And there's the time trial. Kruijswijk was 7th in the Romandie ITT. That added with good recuperation and I see him pass another guy. Maybe Purito when he has one of his awful TT days again.
yeah, and Scarponi crashes on the dirt of Finestre, Nibali in the descent, and Contador gets a stomachache, and then Kruijswijk wins the Giro
(just kidding, this guy's done a great job so far, but the Finestre and Sestrière will decide who really are the strongest)
You can dislike Contador, but i can hardly find someone letting guys win on so many stages (I doubt the Schleck brothers would do such a thing)
Sivtsov and Nieve obviously.
And I think Kruijswijk is looking forwerd to Finestre
Edited by ruben on 27-05-2011 19:46
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| sosososik |
Posted on 27-05-2011 20:41
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Nasty crash for Russ Downing today aswell. From the Sky website:
Russell Downing’s hopes of completing the Giro d’Italia are hanging in the balance after he suffered a nasty crash mid-way through the 19th stage.
The 32-year-old was descending off the first-category Mottrone when a rider’s error immediately in front of him caused him to career over a crash barrier and fall approximately 20 metres into a ravine below.
Unbelievably though, Downing was able to get back on his bike and battled on to the finish line in last position, but just inside the time limit.
The Yorkshireman was soon driven to a local hospital to determine the full extent of his injuries, and it was while he was in transit there that we caught up with him to gain his blow-by-blow account of the day’s events.
He told us: “I was pretty lucky really. There was a Rabobank rider immediately before me who overshot the corner, and that meant that I was catapulted sideways. I hit the barrier and then went straight over it and down about 20 metres into the woods. My bike went even further than me but fortunately I hit a tree, which stopped me falling even further.
“After dusting myself down I managed to scramble up the slope with some help from the fans and get back on my bike, but the fall had broken my shoe plate, which offset my balance, and I crashed into the barrier again about two corners further down the road.
“That completely broke my bike, so I had to wait for a spare, and then 5km later I had to change my shoe before I could sprint back on to the grupetto and then climb the last 28km to the finish.
“I was happy to finish but we’ll have to see how I shape up for tomorrow now. It’s dependant on what the doctors have to say, but I would really like to start.
“I’m feeling pretty rough and have given my ribs a fair old crack. I’m coughing a bit of blood up, which is never a great sign, but I’ll survive. I’ve worked really hard to get here and it would be a shame if I wasn’t able to make it to the finish line now.”
Post-crash video on Rai website around about 48 minute mark:
https://www.rai.tv...sport.html
Edited by sosososik on 27-05-2011 20:42
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 27-05-2011 21:03
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Missed the stage today, but the description of it sounds like something I have seen before |
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