'Dale Posted May 16, 2014 Share 156km remaining from 211km 8 min gap!With such a big time gap, José Herrada becomes the virtual maglia rosa of the Giro. He is 36th, 3:48 behind Matthews in the official overall classification. Edited May 16, 2014 by ' Dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted May 16, 2014 Share It seems Herada has dropped back to the peloton on orders of his Movistar team. That leaves four riders in the break of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted May 16, 2014 Share The Orica-GreenEdge team of race leader Michael Matthews is leading the chase and setting the tempo at the front of the peloton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted May 16, 2014 Share Panama rider Ramón Carretero (Neri Sottoli) has abandoned. His Giro is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted May 16, 2014 Share At the 58km point, the gap has increased to almost nine minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted May 16, 2014 Share It seems that there were a change in the break before the gap opened, with Nathan Haas (Garmin-Sharp) managing to get across. With Haas in the move and not Herrada, it means there are five riders up front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted May 16, 2014 Share 13:54:11 CEST Today's stage cuts vertically through central Italy, with the road twisting through the forests and country roads of northern Lazio and Umbria. The route passes to the east of Rome and then via Rieti, Spoleto and up to Foligno, which is close to the stunning hilltop town of Assisi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alleyne Posted May 16, 2014 Share Wow loving but not enjoying all the carnage that is taking place, those guys are proper tough! What I don't get is why the don't do more in the wet stages to protect themselves when they know there is an even higher chance of crashing then normal. What I mean by that is:some kind of carbon fiber (or other material) layer on the outside of the bibs over the hipshave some minimal cover/strap/sleeve over their knees and elbowsgloves (I know some ride without but def on a wet/icy stage)Those are the areas it seems where most of the damage is done when they fall so why would they not do all they can to protect themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted May 16, 2014 Share Unfortunately for the riders it has started to rain yet again during the stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted May 16, 2014 Share GO VIVIANI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted May 16, 2014 Share "We avoided the risk yesterday thanks to the great work of my teammates. It cost us a big effort but it was worth it. Things were risky because of the road traffic furniture and the roads. Today is supposed to be a more relaxed day but the rain makes every day difficult. It'd be good to have an easier day because the weekend stages are important." Cuddles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted May 16, 2014 Share The gap has fallen to seven minutes as the break tackles a climb in Arsoli. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted May 16, 2014 Share Some coverage issues today :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaper Posted May 16, 2014 Share cricfree.tv seems to be streaming fine 90kms to go, 5,35 the gap and dropping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOldGuy Posted May 16, 2014 Share Has there been any news on Caruso's condition? He appeared to be quite badly injured from the visuals, obviously he is out but is he okay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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