Giro - Stage 21

Got to say 'Chapeau' to Cav(and I've not always been his biggest admirer).....he done everything asked of him in this long,weather soaked,frost-bitten Giro winning EVERY sprint he contested AND the red jersey.

Andriato missing some points from the first sprint? Not enough to give me the stage win though.

27th overall and 3rd in the forum scorum, I will take that

12 Francisco José WINDY ALBERDI ESP MOV 31 +0

1 Mark CAVENDISH GBR OPQ 28 5:30:09
2 Sacha MODOLO ITA BAR 26 +0
3 Elia Viviani ITA CAN 24 +0
4 James NIZZOLO ITA RLT 24 +0
5 Luka Mezgec SLO ARG 25 +0
6 Roberto FERRARI ITA LAM 30 +0
7 Kenny DE HAES BEL LTB 29 +0
8 Manuel BELLETTI ITA ALM 28 +0
9 Giovanni VISCONTI ITA MOV 30 +0
10 Luca Paolini ITA KAT 36 +0
11 Brett Lancaster AUS OGE 34 +0
12 Francisco José WINDY ALBERDI ESP MOV 31 +0
13 Ioannis Tamouridis GRE EUS 33 +0
14 Robert HUNTER RSA GRS 36 +0
15 Marco CANOLA ITA BAR 25 +0
16 Leonardo Fabio DUQUE COL COL 33 +0
17 Rafael Andriato BRA VIN 26 +0
18 Miguel Angel RUBIANO CHAVEZ COL AND 29 +0
19 Marco Marcato ITA VCD 29 +0
20 Matthew TRENTIN ITA OPQ 24 +0

I wasn't going for the win, I was going for another 180 and full house badge....WHERE was Lancaster?

1 CAVENDISH
2 MODOLO
3 VIVIANI
4 NIZZOLO
5 MEZGEC
6 FERRARI
7 DEHAES
8 BELLETTI
9 VISCONTI
10 PAOLINI

1,2,3,4,5,6,8 plus betancurs points for me which means iIl only have a 5 point penalty rather than the 20 finally a gamble pays off again

Edit
Plus obviously Cavs points from the I.Ss and the points jersey

Possible 2nd in forum scorum Giro?

Cav the man Giro stage win No 20-!!!!

I noticed with the teams packed full of sprinters that most of you (not all of you) have left out Ferrari, who is actually from the province of Brescia.

Cav wins sprint

One thing at least its not Andy Murrey, that really would of pissed me off

I hope this bloody tennis match finishes before the first sprint.

Vicenzo Nibali
Mark Cavendish (for Evans)
Brett Lancaster (for Pirazzi)
Przemyslaw Niemiec
Giacomo Nizzolo (for Santambrogio)
Carlos Alberto Betancur
Rafal Majka
Luka Mezgec (for Kangert)
Diego Rosa (for Dekker)

As previously said , I've gambled since the ITT and failed, Soooo, today I have again.

Cav
Nizolo
Mezgec
Viviani
Ferrari
Modolo
Betancur
Azanza
Belletti

20 point penalty but so be it I guess

Cav
Viviani
Nizzolo
Mezgec
Dehaes
Nibali
Betancur
Canola
Pirazzi

Considered Trentin for team bonus plus he will prob be lead out for Cav with no stegmanns in!
Wish i'd put lancaster in for pirazzi now

Cavendish (for Evans)
Nizzolo (for Uran)
Viviani (for Pirazzi)
Mezgec (for Garzelli)
Nibali
Betancur
Majka
Rodriguez
Chalapud

Got screwed by the stage changes over the weekend as I was loaded with riders chasing KoM points (Pirazzi, Rodriguez and Chalapud) but the cancellation of 19 and the gutting of the main climbs from 20 made this tactic entirely useless.

Very obvious transfers and kept in the best combination of guaranteed points I could. Wanted to ditch Rodriguez and Chalapud but didn't think it'd be worth the penalty transfers. Today's sprint could be chaos but Cav should pull through and wrap up the red jersey.

Also stage hunting;

Cav
Viviani
Nizzolo
Modolo
Mezgec
Dehaes
Andriato
Nibali
Betancur

Stage hunting

Cav
Viviani
Ferrari
Nizollo
Belletti
Mezgec
Ventoso
Lancaster
Chalapud

Contemplated Blythe over ventoso but hoping for the best

Cav
Viv
Belletti
Hunter
Mezgec
Nibali
Betancur
Majka
Pellizotti

Regretting choosing Belletti/Nibali over Nizzolo/Uran, but was away for the weekend and had to do it in a hurry on my crappy phone. Might work out for the best anyway, last day sprints can be quite unpredictable...

Cavendish
Viviani
Mezgec
Nibali
Nizzolo
Majka
Betancur
Canola
Niemiec