Giro Stage 7

4, 6, and 8 for me at initial glance

4,5,6 and thats it, abit disappointed again! need alot of transfers to sort my team out

@nickobec yup thats why id be bringing him in for monday as I have a pretty climbish heavy team at the moment

J-Rod
Hesjedal
Gasparotto
Visconti

Navardauskas
Ullisi
Meersman
Vicioso
Pozzovio

so it will be meersman replaced my demare and nava replaced by someone I hope for a break (and also give me the credits to bring goss back in for the sprint stage)

jrod
visconti
flecha
goss
malori
demare
kristoff
navakavarus
balloni

maybe bring gasparotto/hesjadal in tomorrow,
depends how today pans out and who shows their cards!!!

@TERatcliffe26 there is a proper summit finish tomorrow night, 6km @ 6% before semi flat 4km sprint to finish, I don't see Demare any good for that finish

Meersman to be axed tonight for Demare then in prep for monday and giving me a chance in the sprint

Almost live, still doing pre race show
http://videochat.gazzetta.it/index_Radiocorsa01.shtml
it is in Italian, but best quality livestream you will find

Feliz cumpleano to J-Rod... now go grab yourself a present

Enrico Gasparotto (AST)
Geraint Thomas (SKY)
Joaquin Rodriguez (KAT)
Filippo Pozzato (FAR)
Pier Paolo De Negri (FAR)
Daniele Righi (LAM)
Matteo Bono (LAM)
Jack Bobridge (GRE)
Alex Rasmussen (GRM)

Not much thinking went into this but here's hoping

Vicioso because he is an aggressive rider who will attack

Rubiano because he will be 2nd in the GC today or tomorrow, well ranked in KOM and points too

My team
Joaquin Rodriguez (KAT)
Ryder Hesjedal (GRM)
Enrico Gasparotto (AST)
Matthew Goss (GRE)
Enrico Battaglin (COG)
Miguel Angel Rubiano (AND)
Angel Vicioso (KAT)
Alfredo Balloni (FAR)
Emanuele Sella (AND)

I still have Goss, could not work out who to transfer in in his place Cungego, Scarponi, Uran, Pinotti or somebody else so I will leave him in for another day and take the 5 for points jersey

i've gone for j rod and pirazzi. often easy to forget that domestiques are just as important as star riders in this comp. I would have loved to have more transfers but c'est la vie.

Cunego & Uran for me. Today's climb isn't that hard so I'm hoping it'll come down to a 'climbers sprint' for the win.