Giro stage 8

I had the choice of bringing in Pozzovivo or somebody in the break, I chose somebody in the break... oops.

Pozz still leading as last km nears

Intxausti closes the gap to 20 seconds with 2.5km to go, Schleck moves up to the head of the group alongside Scarponi. Can't see Rodriguez.

Pozz onlt 26 secs ahead

i'm never going to pick intxausti again after letting my purist team down at Romandie . . . might regret this unfounded bias

Pozzovivo has 30 seconds on Intxaustiand 45 on the main group with less than 5km to go.

Three from liquigas on the front, Basso, Scarponi, Rujano all up there but Pozzovivo flying away, surely the stage is his with 5km to go.

Hesjedal looks broken, he's dangling off the back.

Benat Intxausti trying to catch Pozzovivo

Schleck and Hesjedal struggling, change of pink tonight?

Pozzovivo attacks!

Not me, but regretting keeping Gasparatto, he surely won't place well after 10km of pace setting. Looks like he's peeled off now and will drop back.

how many have picked kreuziger today?

gasporetto at the front

lampre well placed. . . 10k to go

...and the footies looking better for #bwfc . . . torn between watching 2 things at once

liquigas grouping well just behind

liquigas grouping well just behind

Astana leading the peleton

2 man break reeled in at 17.5 km,and someone in white and blue stepped off his bike

Stage looks like its all coming back together ahead of the final climb, expecting fireworks

Here's the top 9 for today . . .

Joaquin Rodriguez (KAT)
Ryder Hesjedal (GRM)
Enrico Gasparotto (AST)
Matthew Goss (GRE)
Arnaud Demare (FDJ)
Alexander Kristoff (KAT)
Miguel Angel Rubiano (AND)
Peter Stetina (GRM)
Damiano Caruso (LIQ)

maybe not in that order. . .

Gkam: Is a 'grap' halfway between a 'grab' and a 'crap'?

I cant copy n paste my team. So here is a screen grap from my tablet

Cheers nickobec, just having to follow it on twitter because i finally found a BT openzone Sould be home again in time to watch the tour of Cali, i'll get my story later on

streaming pre race show now, live in a few minutes
http://videochat.gazzetta.it/index_Radiocorsa01.shtml

With only two transfers I will get hammered tomorrow
Joaquin Rodriguez (KAT)
Ryder Hesjedal (GRM)
Enrico Gasparotto (AST)
Ivan Basso (LIQ)
Enrico Battaglin (COG)
Miguel Angel Rubiano (AND)
Angel Vicioso (KAT)
Domenico Pozzovivo (COG)
Emanuele Sella (AND)

but hopefully tonight's score will cover it, plus my team will be in good shape for Tuesday's uphill finish without any transfers, giving me 4 transfers for Wednesday's "sprint" finish, keep "same" team for flatter Thursday & Friday and have 4 transfer to get back to a climbing team for the two tough climbs on Saturday and Sunday

Rodriguez
Hesjedal
Uran
Gasparatto
Pozzovivo
Sella
Kristoff
Demare
Guardini

Will probably shoe horn Goss in tonight by either ditching Uran +1 DS or Uran and Gasparatto.

I've had a bad couple of days, but quite like my team now...
Hesjedal
Rodriguez
Visconti (optimistic he'll be very active the next 5 days)
Goss (thought I'd hang on to him for tomorrow)
Pozzovivo, Barta, Felline
Kristoff (for tomorrow)
Guardini (had to waste a transfer on Meersman so he's still here - outside bet for last man home though...)

Well here goes today, nowhere to go for tomorrow after the famous 2 point debacle, except follow the general classification and hope for some points.

Ryder Hesjedal (GRM)
Joaquin Rodriguez (KAT)
Damiano Cunego (LAM)
Theo Bos (RAB)
Christian Vande Velde (GRM)
Paolo Tiralongo (AST)
Andrea Guardini (FAR)
Arnaud Demare (FDJ)
Sylvester Szmyd (LIQ)