mattm

Seems like much ado about nothing... he was done for anyway, with the 1-min gap.

I guess he could've taken back a minute-plus but I doubt it.

save10

I was watching the Giro this morning as per usual. This happened. Fun times.

Ygduf

whats happening in that? ice?

save10

rain. it was really slick apparently and these dudes were trying to bomb a twisty descent. Simon Gerrans crashed out and DNF'd and other young guy from BMC crashed and broke a vertebrae. other crashes with less serious outcomes. very dicey.

echappist

talk about even more clusterf***

save10

well if you are talking about today's stage then yes. more CF.

echappist

yeah, i am. they really ought to credit them with the same time... 300meters out when it happened, no way anyone is going to catch up to a sprint train in that situation. it makes you think if the jury is just trying to stiff (non-Italian) racers

TheKillerPenguin

The diesel makes roads sooooooo greasy when it rains. I once lowsided across an entire roundabout in Belgium and didn't even get road rash.

save10

i agree but after the whole richie porte/aussies helping aussies 'we must follow the rules' kerfuffle. there's no way they were gonna be lenient there

echappist

And all that just incidentally helps Aru...

i hope Contador didnt hurt his shoulder

MDcatV

according to CN AC said he didnt fall on his shoulder.

mattm

The rule is "inside of 3k", not "somewhere around 3k, depending on how we feel".

And it's not like Contador is really threatened by this. He's crushing Aru as it is, and I'm sure will crush him in the TT tomorrow.

echappist

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shovelhd

What a great race. So did Dombrowski blow it by having a chat with Busche, or did that crash just take too much out of him?

echappist

Crash and perhaps the attack. Busche countered and it was game over. Makes you wonder if that what the move to make had Garmin wanted to win. Dombrowski wasn't going to outsprint most, and getting him in a break with others doesn't seem as prudent as getting Howes away...

Grumpy McTrumpy

Those guys were so far into the cave that it wasn't tactics anymore. It was heart. All heart.

Duke of Kent

I really don't understand C-G sometimes. I really think some of the guys on that team have much more legs than sense. Like Ryder Hesjedal riding at the back of the field and losing 4min when Astana punches it on a descent. Or Talansky and Howes letting, arguably, the least experienced and slowest (in a finish) of the three of them go up the road with Busche. Did they really think that there was any chance in hell that Busche would NOT work Dombrowski over?

When Kiel Reijnen flatted, they had that race sewn up. Drive the pace for Howes, prevent Reijnen from getting back on, blow away old man Horner in the sprint. Completely mystified as to how they botched that one.

misterwaterfall

It kind of looked like Joe went first, and Busche came with then went over the top with Mannion in tow. I thought it was an attack-counter attack type set up where they were hoping Horner or someone else would cover or bring them back allowing them to send Howes up the road. They also lost last year with the strongest guy in the group (howes again) by riding the front for far too long and seemingly just using all of their men to try to drop people.

mattm

Today's Giro stage was classic ****.

Contador attacked after he flatted or whatever, caught Aru, blasted by him and made him cry. Game over.

mike868y

Nationals was such an incredible race. I'm a new englander at heart, but definitely have a soft spot for MABRA due to my time spent living/racing down there so it was incredible to see joe d come oh so close. Seeing kyle murphy up there was wild too. Probably one of the best road races I've watched in a while.

Haven't really been keeping up with the giro, but lol @ ryder *****ing because saxo chases down his break aways.

shovelhd

Every Cat3 or better should go to Nationals at least once in their career. It's the most intense racing I've ever done.

MDcatV

yep. I posted on here somewhere said in about 2008 that eventually Contador's name would be mentioned with the same reverence as Coppi, Merckx, Hinault, et al. He's the best GT racer I've ever watched. The Bassos, Evans, Schlecks, and Wiggins come and go, but Contador remains.

tetonrider

yes. not a suspect performance at all. didn't he make up 3, 4' on that climb?

Aru's faces, though...

mattm

Apparently he was 4 or 5' slower than the "record" time set by Pantani or someone back in "the day".. so at least not setting off alarm bells.

Today's stage was obviously less exciting, but sprint finishes are always a blast to watch. Love rewinding the last 500m or so and watching all the random argy-bargy **** that goes on.

AMFJ