I'm very sorry about that stage to totally kill the tension of the fight for the pink jersey, especially as bad AI seem to be the reason. After each other Quintana, Froome and in the end also Contador dropped like dead flies. Vincenzo Landis then won with a ridiculous time gap on anyone else.
Also I'm concerned about that no break has one a stage so far. I don't know if it's because of PCM15's behaviour at GTs or because so many top class riders are present. By now at least 1 or 2 stages should have gone to a break at least imo.
Don't say you're sorry, can't blame your for PCM ai. The lack of breakaways is disturbing indeed, I hope some of the MG admins are also following this, cause I think it's been a weird season with PCM15 so far.
Let's look at the most important battle here guys,
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Umberto Nardecchia
Albert Heijn - Knab
5h19'03
2
Timo Wouters
Filliers - Mora Pro Cycling Team
- 09'14
3
Philipp Walsleben
Allianz - BMW Cycling Team
- 1h29'06
4
Rolando Calo
Team Alitalia
- 1h30'01
5
Giairo Ermeti
Albert Heijn - Knab
- 1h32'17
6
Alessandro Donati
Albert Heijn - Knab
- 1h33'21
7
Jonas Michelsen
Allianz - BMW Cycling Team
- 1h39'31
8
Pasquale Zani
Team Alitalia
- 1h40'32
9
Jack Bobridge
Smartone Cycling Team
- 1h47'30
10
Toni Forlani
Team Alitalia
- 1h54'43
Nardecchia has just 9'14 on Wouters, which could easily be made up in one 'good' stage. While there are plenty of riders close together if those two miss the time limit.
Unfortunately my riders aren't doing so well here either, with Rast in 29th...
Wow, Brambilla was 11th on stage 13, and was 15th overall. I was hopeful for stage 14 but he wasn't meant to continue off of that I guess. I just hope he can keep a top 20.
Oh please come on!
Porte, why did you crash out?
I'm just so set up now. The Giro is pretty much done for us. Some hope for breakaways still, but that's a huge amount of points lost.
I don't even care anymore for this sh*t GT
Hey now, each has picked up a stage win at least. It's just that Froome, Contador and Quintana are now down in Tartarus.... unless Nibali has a bay day.
That was one real strange stage, gutting result, and I thought the AI was mostly good till then: no words. The TDF was always the goal anyhow.
This is a race where we should put 300-500+ plus points into Allianz and I dread they might out-score us. Hell yes I am going to start some kind of PCM2011 story after this!
methinks the end of that url sums up this stage for everyone
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PeterRyder wrote:
What the f*ck happend to Anton?! He was going nice and out of nowhere he ends in the bottom...
I don't remember anything, probably he crashed. I don't know if it's possible but maybe he also became sick or something because now he seems to slowly recover..
Sorry about the quality of some pictures but my PC was again weird. Also I didn't take a picture of the 3rd in the timetrial as I didn't expect the rider to get on the podium.
Hoping for some break wins in the next stages now, only one stage by now went to a not top rider/stage favourite and that one was also some kind of AI fuckup.
