Giro d'Italia - Tappa 11

Yes! Navardauskas at last does something for my purist team.

Can someone in authority confirm if we get points for the final climb. According to a ticker i was watching Navwhatshisname got 9 points and Pirazzi got 3 ?

Does this count in our game ?

Good for me, 3 and 6 plus extras, and 6 free transfers for tomorrow. (will prob use 4). No Kom pts for summit finishes in this game stumps.

How come Veuchelen only got 7 points? shouldn't he get some for sprint 1?

Di Luca has got to be getting frustrated with people coming past him in the last 100m, I know i am!

Does he not get anything for the final climb, its listed as a cat 2 so some canny points up for grabs

Sprint 2
1 Gretsch
2 Cobo
3 Popovych
4 Puccio
5 Di Luca
6 Sarmiento

33k to go and the gap is 5.45 mins, looks like this one might stay away.

Pirazzi for the stage

Sprint 1
1 Gretsch
2 Veukelen
3 Navardauskas
4 Petrov
5 Puccio
6 Le Bon

M1
4 Sarmiento
5 Pouwels

M1
1 Rodriguez
2 Pirazzi
3 Bonnaford

Georges (AG2R0 DNS today due to a positive test for Heptaminol 10/5/13

Di Luca and Pirazzi in the break for me, that's good because they're in my standard team but bad because they're in Billy's damn purist team

I'm starting to develop an irrational hatred of Rabottini for all the time I've wasted with him in my team. At least he might get 5 points today.

No changes today....want 4 freebies for the sprint tomoorrow and friday

Gesink
Visconti
Wiggins
Kelderman
Sella
Chalapud
Betancur
Pirazzi
Majka

First break is

Navardauskas, Bonnafond, Jackson Rodríguez, Cobo, Pirazzi, Martens, Oss, Duque, Sarmiento, Egoi Martínez, Le Bon, Gusev, Pauwels, Keukeleire, Popovych, Puccio, Gretsch, Petrov, Veuchelen, Di Luca. They have a 4' gap with 100km to go

17 riders have opened up a gap of 3.35

In case you were expecting Uran to take over the leadership from now on I don't think it'll happen just yet, this is a quote from him:

Quote:

"Henao and I are here working for the team. We've already shown that we are men who are willing to work for the team," said Uran, whose contract with Sky expires at the end of the season. "We are not Froome, so we'll just see what happens day by day. We knew our roles from the start of the race."

All together at 80k

Over 60k gone, no break. Peleton going too fast.

Well Nibali was never my favourite for the 2012 TdF...I hope you are all right and Nibali fails miserably...Ive personally never liked him, but I say what I see...He will win the 2013 Giro barring accident or illness.. We shall see...

40k covered and no breaks

I'm chasing the break today;

Pirazzi
Rabottini
Chalapud
Weening

Evans
Nibali
Betancur
Santambrogio
Gavazzi

DNS
Georges (AG2R)

I agree that Nibali has far from got this race wrapped up. If Scarponi, Santambrogio, Gesink, Betancur, Pozzovivo & Uran all start attacking in the last week (after Astana have been leading the peloton for a full week) then I think Astana won't be able to handle it and I think someone will make up huge time on Nibali.

I also think Sky will focus days that suit Wiggins more and look to blow Astana apart on those days giving both Wiggins and Uran a chance to capitalise.