'Dale Posted May 17, 2014 Author Posted May 17, 2014 Unsurprisingly, Edvald Boasson Hagen takes the points in the sprint.
'Dale Posted May 17, 2014 Author Posted May 17, 2014 Francesco Chicchi can be seen climbing over the barrier. He's back on his bike, but he's obviously gone over the barrier at speed and he looks like he's in quite a bit of pain
'Dale Posted May 17, 2014 Author Posted May 17, 2014 Replay shows Chicchi's incident and we are none the wiser as to how it actually happened. The Italian was on his own and his bike veered into the barrier, sending him head first into the grass.
'Dale Posted May 17, 2014 Author Posted May 17, 2014 Ventoso is back on the front again and he's cutting chucnks out of the escapees' advantage. It's down to 6:16 now.
Cav' Posted May 17, 2014 Posted May 17, 2014 Rigoberto Uran is another strong contender for today. He's one of the few GC riders to come through the first week relatively unscathed.
Cav' Posted May 17, 2014 Posted May 17, 2014 Iljo Keisse hasn't had enough and he's back on the front. The gap has now dropped to under 6 minutes.
Cav' Posted May 17, 2014 Posted May 17, 2014 Steven Kruijswijk is on the back of the peloton. He was one of the many riders to come down on stage 6, suffering a small fracture in his shoulder. The Dutch rider finished 8th at the Giro d'Italia in 2011.
Cav' Posted May 17, 2014 Posted May 17, 2014 We are approaching the first climb of the day, the Cippo di Carpegna. It's probably too far to make a successful attack, but it will make the selection before the final climb. Here is a look at the profile:
Cav' Posted May 17, 2014 Posted May 17, 2014 There is more to the climb than that profile suggests, they have around seven kilometres of climbing before the official start of the climb.
Cav' Posted May 17, 2014 Posted May 17, 2014 The pace is going up and the favourites are beginning to come to the front. You need to be up front when you get to the Carpegna or you could lose out. The gap to the escapees is falling quickly, it's now under five minutes at 4:37
Cav' Posted May 17, 2014 Posted May 17, 2014 Sky, Orica-GreenEdge, Astana and Movistar are all at the front now. There is going to be a huge battle for position soon
Cav' Posted May 17, 2014 Posted May 17, 2014 Pirazzi has accelerated on the front of the breakaway group and they are strung out along the road.
Cav' Posted May 17, 2014 Posted May 17, 2014 Marco Bandiera becomes the first to crack and has been dropped from the escape group. He was in the break two days ago too.
Cav' Posted May 17, 2014 Posted May 17, 2014 The peloton is really motoring now and have taken another minute out of the break. It is now 3:54
Cav' Posted May 17, 2014 Posted May 17, 2014 The climbing has begun and the maglia rosa Michael Matthews has been dropped from the peltoon, along with Nacer Bouhanni.
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