or smart...he did get the win against what's probably the fastest sprinter out there.

caught up in the crash with most everyone else

Pettachi has been looking great. Farrar a bridesmaid again...he's fast, but not very smart it seems. Never seems to make the right move at the right time.

and if we weren't having fun yet... tomorrow we go uphill! Man, I love this Giro.

ditto.

johanbruyneel:
Christian VDV (Garmin) just had a bad crash and is in the ambulance and out of the race. Didn't look good. Hope he's ok... Bummer.

If you go back and look Cavendish racked up his biggest wins in the 2008 Giro & Tour, when Petacchi wasn't in either race. I don't believe for a second MC is faster than Ale-jet.

If only Farrar took the pink jersey today :(

meh..we'll see, god knows cav's beaten plenty of people that have beat Petacchi though.

should be a good year fo sho!!

The best Tour of the year (yes I said it) and it's not on Versus....thank god for Universal Sports!!! After following pro cycling for over 25 years I'm still amazed how someone with a 500+meter lead still gets caught in the final K. I really felt for that guy, he was blown...and so close to the line...

No!

It looked to me that LPR Brakes took advantage of the crash.

When they saw that Cavendish was behind due to the crash, they went straight to the front, and put the hammer down for their "asthma patient". Not very classy, boys. :rolleyes:

... Brad

oh whatever. it's a bike race, and it's not like Cav was in the running for overall GC.

There was a 13 man break ahead of them that included Levi...Liquigas was the first big team to put the pressure on and start to pull the break back. What do you think they should have done, pulled up and let Levi get 1 minute or two on them? I sure didn't see Levi telling everyone to slow down the Pink jersey is caught up in a crash. I don't think LPR did anything underhanded at all

I could be wrong, but that's how I saw it. That group out front did slow to allow the crash victims to recover. They were fanned out all over the road. The Italian commentator made mention of this.

It's not a huge deal, but I think the LPR Brakes/Salbutamol squadra took advantage of the crash. :D

... Brad

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Yes, because it's super classy to be a sprinter and sit on a wheel until the last 200m.

As much as i enjoy the sprint finishes, sprinters are wheel suckers, and i don't like them.

tomdanielson

Tyler did one heck of a ride today! His rear derailleur cable got ripped out in the big crash in the end. He was stuck in one gear!

So sprint finishes should be banned like Boonen on a bender?

I like mountain finishes also, but there certainly is much entertainment in a heated sprint finish.

... Brad

No don't ban them, i like the sprint finishes and they're a symptom of team tactics so they have to stay...

I just don't think sprinters themselves. They sit in all day, and only see wind in the last 200m. If we're talking about being classy riders, or riders with panache i don't think they are, or have any.

Team slipstream site reporting broken ribs for Vandevelde. Also a "sprain" to his lower back.

They are blessed/cursed with more fast-twitch muscles relative to slow-twitch. They really have no choice but to suck wheel.

And don't you consider this (McQuen) classy? ;)

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/20...b__430x354.jpg

'cuz it's just that easy:rolleyes:

sprinters are indeed very classy bike racers, they put themselves into position to win day after day after day. much easier said and *****ed about than done.

anyway, I'm done with this assinine argument.

Winner!!!

he just might give you one of those for that name spelling.