Giro - Tappa 13

Can't wait to see what Uran digs out tomorrow - but I'm wondering what's going to happen on stage 15 now that apparently the Galibier is closed due to snow.

Full House,Sprinter and Lanterne Rouge(is Gavazzi doing this on purpose?) badges for me......131pts and a 157place jump up the Giro standings(albeit still way back in 547th).

4 transfers for tomorrow.

Already made my seven transfers (50 penalty points). Sticking to the plan of making whatever changes I need to get the team I want for any given stage.

Currently just inside the top 40 after a good day but unless I have an amazing day tomorrow I doubt I'll move up tomorrow purely thanks to all those damn penalty points.

1,2,5,19 and Laterne Rouge. Think my only non-scorer was Di Luca. Cav, Nizzolo and Viviani defo out tomorrow for Nibali, Santambrogio and Uran. Penalty points to take out Gavazzi or Battaglin for Niemiec or Pirazzi. May leave Battaglin in as I think s17 is nailed on for him.

1,2,3,5,6,7 it'll do I suppose.

1,2,3,5 and 19. I swapped in Ventoso this morning and he goes and finishes 21st!

1. CAVENDISH Mark OPQ 06:09:55
2. NIZZOLO Giacomo RLT 00:00:00
3. MEZGEC Luka ARG 00:00:00
4. LANCASTER Brett OGE 00:00:00
5. VIVIANI Elia CAN 00:00:00
6. BELLETTI Manuel ALM 00:00:00
7. BENNATI Daniele TST 00:00:00
8. POZZATO Filippo LAM 00:00:00
9. ROUX Anthony FDJ 00:00:00
10. RUBIANO CHAVEZ Miguel Angel AND 00:00:00
11. HUNTER Robert GRS 00:00:00
12. MARCATO Marco VCD 00:00:00
13. MARTENS Paul BLA 00:00:00
14. CANOLA Marco BAR 00:00:00
15. REYNES MIMO Vicente LTB 00:00:00
16. NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas GRS 00:00:00
17. BOLE Grega VCD 00:00:00
18. ROLLIN Dominique FDJ 00:00:00
19. BATTAGLIN Enrico BAR 00:00:00
20. PAOLINI Luca KAT 00:00:00
21. VENTOSO ALBERDI Francisco José MOV 00:00:00
22. BRUTT Pavel KAT 00:00:00
23. VISCONTI Giovanni MOV 00:00:00
24. DUQUE Leonardo COL 00:00:00
25. SABATINI Fabio CAN 00:00:00

1,2,5 for me from top ten , not sure on others and no need for penalty transfers tomorrow ....hanging in there , although my purist is due to plummet thx to Wiggo and Boihanni exiting ..... Still least I adhered to rule #1

1,3,5 and other jersey points gives me a full house....much needed! think im slowly clawing back

Phew! Not picking Mezgec today was stubbornness verging on masochism, but got 1st and 5th, which is better than I was expecting. And a few quid on Cav at 10/1 was a good call for a change!

pelotonwatch wrote:

#Giro 1 Cavendish, 2 Nizzolo, 3 Mezgec, 4 Lancaster, 5 Viviani, 6 Belletti, 7 Bennati, 8 Pozzato, 9 Roux & 10 Rubiano

1,2,3 and 5 plus hopefully a couple of others.

That'll do me, 1,2,3,5,6

Oops.

Cav takes it, Viviani and Nizzolo there or there abouts too.

Lancaster was sprinting for GreenEdge which suggests Goss was dropped.

Rule 1, never pick Matthew Goss.

Apparently Goss got dropped on the climb.

Getting rid of Cav might have been a mistake...

I made a couple of changes today, I hadn't planned so I would have 7 for tomorrow, but it leaves me with 5 to get some climbers back in

i made only one change, nibali for bouhanni ahead of tomorrow.
Looks like the bunch wants to contest the sprint, reeling in that break hard.

2:46 with 95+ km to go

Why oh why did Bouhani leave me with a grey spot in the team? I can only hope it will not be a real sprint day then...

The day I give up on Ludvigsson, why now?

Shame, decided to go for a wildcard for the break today but went Phinney over Bak - silly really with the BMC boys probably being kept back to support Cadel. Another bad decision - hope the break doesn't go to the end!

Having said that, if it does go to the end, that might limit my losses as not many teams will score big.

Bak won the stage exactly 12 months ago to the day!

The gap now out to 10mins.

Hondo, Ermeti, Lastras, Ludviggson, Bak, Boem, Andriato have a lead of 3.40

I can't see it being a bunch sprint today, i really can't. the climb to tre cuni is too long and the descent off it is narrow and steep and twisty.