Giro Stage 14

Raleigh wrote:

But he won the Vuelta one in 2012

So he did, but not in 2012

Interesting to here the interview with Pozzovivo's manager today read out online, what does he fear. The cold, the rain and going downhill

Gkam84 wrote:

Raleigh wrote:

But he won the Vuelta one in 2012

So he did, but not in 2012

Interesting to here the interview with Pozzovivo's manager today read out online, what does he fear. The cold, the rain and going downhill

Oops, 2010, sorry.

It's just that I've only recently returned from the future.

Let me tell you what happens in this year's Giro.

It transpired that Thor had actually been cycling really slowly behind the race caravan, sneaking into the roadside bushes for sleeps and nuts to keep him going. He actually finished seventeenth on the GC, cycling through the night to gain bonus time at the intermediate sprints.
Mark cavendish launched an attack on stage 19 on one of the descents, soling to the finish like never before.
Both Frank Schlecks arms fell of, but he still managed to finish.
Mehdi Sonrabi returned from Limbo to win three stages on the bounce.
Androni finished top of the team classification, by way of Rujano finishing First, Second, Third and Fourth.

So yeah, I basically got a little confused.

And oh yeah, Heinrich Haussler became the first person ever to win every single stage of the Tour and Vuelta.

livestrongnick wrote:

Ah brilliant! Kept Goss for 4 defo points and he's flippin pulled out this morning

I did point that out for everyone yesterday, he'd give the sprint a go and then leave the tour

The ONLY sprinter who's said he's likely to complete the Giro is Cav, he wants to get the red jersey overall.

Then maybe next year he'll go to the Vuelta and take the points jersey there, making the full set

TERatcliffe26 wrote:

You've pulled a handy little gap on me now Alan, as ive been steadily dropping.

My plan is to see what happens tonight and maybe drop J-Rod and Hesjedal for tomorrow, however tomorrow should suit Pozzovivo/J-Rod I reckon. At least im now in a position where my team is pretty much how I want it making my transfers tactical, rather than needing to switch for sprinters or climbers so I haven't been able to axe climbers i may have wished to.

My only set in stone tactic is to make sure I have 4 transfers going into the last stage

It's not much of a gap and you've closed that before
Been lucky/canny with Rubiano and Golas both scoring good points for me. Most of that gap is Rubiano's win.

Only way I could have Cav and Goss was to drop Purito and bring in Henao for Hesjedal early , which paid off. Didn't seem much point bringing them back in again so went for the big Italian favs to do something today as tomorrow and some of the remaining stages, apart from the last one, still suit Purito who might come back into my team if I think he's still capable of a stage win or two and those bonus secs. His TTing isn't bad after all, although Basso is better and prob. relying on that a bit. If Hesjedal doesn't lose too much time today or next Saturday he's also in with a shout of a podium spot. Kreuzinger is also well-placed as he's a decent TTer. The climbers really need to put some time into the other guys soon. There aren't that many chances.

TERatcliffe26 wrote:

You've pulled a handy little gap on me now Alan, as ive been steadily dropping.

My plan is to see what happens tonight and maybe drop J-Rod and Hesjedal for tomorrow, however tomorrow should suit Pozzovivo/J-Rod I reckon. At least im now in a position where my team is pretty much how I want it making my transfers tactical, rather than needing to switch for sprinters or climbers so I haven't been able to axe climbers i may have wished to.

My only set in stone tactic is to make sure I have 4 transfers going into the last stage

I thought you'd gain on me today but we ended up with the same number of points. Now, what to do about Scarponi and Rujano. Do I go back to Purito and Hesjedal or take a gamble and change some DSs. Got the feeling some people may go on a break for mountain points tomorrow if they've got some energy left, but who will join them. Keizer again?