Giro d' Italia 2014

[Joe!]

All the jerseys, all the numbers

[Joe!]

Best looking bike at the TT?

[G e r h a r d Odendaal]

What a pleasure to be able to watch live on HD. Awesome.

 

No need, just look out for live posts by 'Dale

['Dale]

UPDATE

 

Orica Greenedge 0:24:42

2 Tinkoff-Saxo 0:00:23

3 Team Sky 0:00:35

4 Movistar Team 0:00:55

5 Trek Factory Racing 0:01:00

6 Belkin 0:01:01

7 FDJ.fr 0:01:18

8 Lampre-Merida 0:01:20

9 Colombia 0:01:22

10 Katusha 0:01:33

11 Lotto Belisol 0:01:34

12 Europcar 0:01:48

Cannondale

Giant-Shimano

Ag2r-La Mondiale

Androni Giocattoli

Garmin-Sharp

Bardiani-CSF

BMC

Omega Pharma-QuickStep

Astana

Neri Sottoli

['Dale]

 

The rain has stopped and the roads are drying but it is perhaps too late for anyone to better the time of Orica-GreenEdge. They rode in mostly dry conditions and stopped the clock in 24:42

 

['Dale]

WHOOHOO!!!!

 

Cannondale is finishing fast and sets a time of 25:35. Fourth so far. That's pretty good for Basso and perhaps Viviani's chances of pink in a few days time after the stage bonuses up for grabs during the road stages.

 

['Dale]

Interesting

Smart racing

 

The roads are still wet but the teams are following a dry line created by the team cars and motorbikes.

 

[G e r h a r d Odendaal]

Poor Dan Martin, hope hes Ok.

[cruzr]

That was a nasty crash #Garmin

[tombeej]

Terrible for Dan. Two races in a row. Not to mention Ryder.

['Dale]

 

Garmin-Sharp was down to eight riders and the fourth in the line seemed to hit a grid in the road and lost control, bringing down the others.

However the team needs to finish with five riders.

['Dale]

 

Dan Martin is still sat in the road as other teams ride past. He seems to have broken his collarbone.

 

['Dale]

Results

# Rider Name (Country) Team Result

1 Orica Greenedge 0:24:42

2 Tinkoff-Saxo 0:00:23

3 Team Sky 0:00:35

4 Cannondale 0:00:53

5 Movistar Team 0:00:55

6 Giant-Shimano 0:00:56

7 Ag2r-La Mondiale 0:00:58

8 Trek Factory Racing 0:01:00

9 Belkin 0:01:01

10 FDJ.fr 0:01:18

11 Lampre-Merida 0:01:20

12 Colombia 0:01:22

13 Katusha 0:01:33

14 Lotto Belisol 0:01:34

Europcar

Androni Giocattoli

Garmin-Sharp

Bardiani-CSF

BMC

Omega Pharma-QuickStep

Astana

Neri Sottoli

['Dale]

 

Garmin-Sharp gets a huge cheer of support as they finish in a time of 28:08. With Martin out, Hesdejal will now become the team leader but starts with a signficant handicap.

 

['Dale]

!!!

 

BMC sets a time of 24: 49, just seven seconds slower than Orica-GreenEdge.

That'll set up Cuddles

['Dale]

 

These are the top ten standings:

1 Orica Greenedge 0:24:42

2 BMC 0:00:07

3 Tinkoff-Saxo 0:00:23

4 Team Sky 0:00:35

5 Cannondale 0:00:53

6 Movistar Team 0:00:55

7 Giant-Shimano 0:00:56

8 Ag2r-La Mondiale 0:00:58

9 Trek Factory Racing 0:01:00

10 Belkin 0:01:01