Giro di Lombardia

['Dale]

Former World champion Philippe gilbert is amonst those who have dropped back. It is raining by the way, and the roads are wet.

['Dale]

Contador has been hit by cramps and can no longer stay up with the field.

['Dale]

Voeckler makes his usual grimaces as he climbs here in the rain.

['Dale]

With 50km to go, we have a chase group of 39 riders who are 2:35 behind Voeckler.

['Dale]

The rain is coming down even harder now, and it is increasingly miserable at the finish.

Edited October 6, 2013 by ' Dale

['Dale]

Voeckler continues to wind his way up, while the chase group, led by Katusha, is now 2:55 back with 46.5km to go.

['Dale]

Brave long-range break by the enigmatic Frenchman...

 

Certainly exiting stuff.

['Dale]

Ow!

 

Visconti has obviously crashed at some point. He has a number of new openings in his jersey.

[carbon29er]

Where are you watching it?

http://www.sportlemo...573-657915.html

 

Sorry, they went to F1, try http://foot.footstream.tv/stream/ch1.php#

Edited October 6, 2013 by carbon29er

['Dale]

With 37.6km to go, the gap is up to 3:11.

['Dale]

Hard to tell what is going on with the chase group, but there seems to be no agreement about the chase. Which only allows Voeckler to increase his lead.

['Dale]

The gap has fallen back to just under three minutes.

 

GO SAGAN

['Dale]

Katusha's Trofimov has chased the group a long time, and now has finally caught on. The group is spread out single file, as they still hope to catch Voeckler.

['Dale]

Cunego has been dropped by the field, and keeps trying to catch back up. It is had to believe he will be successful, though.

On the other hand, Gilbert has caught the group. It is odd to see him in the red and black BMC kit, after a year in the rainbow stripes.

['Dale]

Voeckler takes the sharp curves here slowly and carefully. No point in taking too many risks.

['Dale]

He should be finally done with this long ascent. Let's hope everyone gets down it safely.