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Giro d'Italia 2011 - Week 2
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| Lorkan |
Posted on 21-05-2011 16:21
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Nice climb, but I didn't understand Scarponi and Nibali... why doing the pace for Contador?
Anyway, superb victory for Anton, really, he did all the climb by himself, and I'm quite happy to see that Menchov is coming back, expect something from him in the last week... |
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| DJP19 |
Posted on 21-05-2011 16:21
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Contador is unstoppable. I guess the only positive is he didn't win today. |
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| sam1196 |
Posted on 21-05-2011 16:22
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Nibali should have stopped riding when Bert refused to take over.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 21-05-2011 16:23
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Lorkan wrote:
Nice climb, but I didn't understand Scarponi and Nibali... why doing the pace for Contador?
Its quite simple. Nibali and Scarponi arent racing Contador, theyre racing each other - and Anton.
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| siwi |
Posted on 21-05-2011 16:25
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ANOTHER good day for Saxo Bank-SunGard and Alberto Contador  gotta love this Giro |
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| ember |
Posted on 21-05-2011 16:25
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sam1196 wrote:
Nibali should have stopped riding when Bert refused to take over.
Why? To loose his second place overall, which might turn out to be the win in June, to Anton?
That was excellent racing from Nibali, doing what he could to defend himself vs. Anton. |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 21-05-2011 16:25
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Great stage. Dupont must be the rider of the week imo, what a ride by him. Where is he from again ? Niemiec after doing good chunk of work for Scarponi finishing on 13th is nice too. Good statement for leadership at Vuelta.
Kudos to Lofkivst for completing he was on antibiotics. And vomited couple of times before the stage. Got a infection in his chest too.
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 21-05-2011 16:26
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sam1196 wrote:
Nibali should have stopped riding when Bert refused to take over.
As SN said - there's a race going on inside the race. Smowz and I talked about the GC minus Contador before the stage - I have a feeling that the riders are riding by a similar GC. |
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 21-05-2011 16:26
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Lorkan wrote:
Nice climb, but I didn't understand Scarponi and Nibali... why doing the pace for Contador?
Anyway, superb victory for Anton, really, he did all the climb by himself, and I'm quite happy to see that Menchov is coming back, expect something from him in the last week...
On such a steep mountain wind resistance doesn't really matter.
Tomorrows last mountain, Rifugio Gardeccia, is very steep too, topping at 16% 500 meters from the top. My guess is Anton again, it's almost tailor made for him.
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| I_Mayo |
Posted on 21-05-2011 16:26
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After 4 months you will see the same scene at the top of Bola del Mundo, with that guy in pink behind Anton.
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| Roman |
Posted on 21-05-2011 16:28
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Nice to hear the tifosi booing Contador.. 
Great win for Anton, and especially another great perfomances from Dupont, Nieve and Stetina. 
And the bad day for Kreuziger is here - as always, it came in the most difficult stage of the Grand Tour.. 
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 21-05-2011 16:29
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Alakagom wrote:
Great stage. Dupont must be the rider of the week imo, what a ride by him.
Nieve!
Very happy Anton won too.
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| Lorkan |
Posted on 21-05-2011 16:29
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Lorkan wrote:
Nice climb, but I didn't understand Scarponi and Nibali... why doing the pace for Contador?
Its quite simple. Nibali and Scarponi arent racing Contador, theyre racing each other - and Anton.
Yes I know that answer and I guess you're right about their minds but it's just... you know what I mean, it's Giro, they're both Italian, for the first time since the start of Giro, there's an attack Contador isn't able to answer... I mean being second or third... nobody will remind it in five years, so at least try to attack him and become the one who isn't afraid of Contador...
Or they're both fan of Moreau way of life... |
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 21-05-2011 16:29
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wackojackohighcliffe wrote:
That was brilliant
I couldn't stop laughing! No disrespect to Contador either.
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 21-05-2011 16:30
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I_Mayo wrote:
After 4 months you will see the same scene at the top of Bola del Mundo, with that guy in pink behind Anton.
At that time, that guy in pink is banned  |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 21-05-2011 16:30
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Lorkan wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
Lorkan wrote:
Nice climb, but I didn't understand Scarponi and Nibali... why doing the pace for Contador?
Its quite simple. Nibali and Scarponi arent racing Contador, theyre racing each other - and Anton.
Yes I know that answer and I guess you're right about their minds but it's just... you know what I mean, it's Giro, they're both Italian, for the first time since the start of Giro, there's an attack Contador isn't able to answer... I mean being second or third... nobody will remind it in five years, so at least try to attack him and become the one who isn't afraid of Contador...
Or they're both fan of Moreau way of life...
I dont understand how you can criticise them? They were both riding as well as they could. They couldnt do any more! The simple fact is that Contador is better than them.
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| kumazan |
Posted on 21-05-2011 16:32
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CrueTrue wrote:
I_Mayo wrote:
After 4 months you will see the same scene at the top of Bola del Mundo, with that guy in pink behind Anton.
At that time, that guy in pink is banned
At that time, there's no MTF in the Bola del Mundo. |
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 21-05-2011 16:34
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CrueTrue wrote:
I_Mayo wrote:
After 4 months you will see the same scene at the top of Bola del Mundo, with that guy in pink behind Anton.
At that time, that guy in pink is banned
And Bola del Mundo ain't even in this years Vuelta. 
EDIT: forget about me, Kumazan was quicker... a lot quicker
Edited by schleck93 on 21-05-2011 16:35
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 21-05-2011 16:35
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# 104 GARZELLI Stefano ITA ASA 5:21:38 17:12
Ouch. |
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| hellboy |
Posted on 21-05-2011 16:35
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Who cares about Bola del Mundo when Angliru is there
Go Roman!
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