Giro d' Italia 2014

['Dale]

Astute riding by the Maglia Rosa as other GC riders might've been caught behind that high-speed crash.

 

Hmmm

[shaper]

Mathews even back in the mix

[jcza]

Astute riding by the Maglia Rosa as other GC riders might've been caught behind that high-speed crash.

 

Hmmm

 

Surely they will all get same time

[shaper]

CRASH !!!

[shaper]

Bouhanni takes it

['Dale]

Podium for OGE

 

Wow!

They've been cooking!

Edited May 20, 2014 by ' Dale

['Dale]

 

 

Surely they will all get same time

 

Should hey

With the 3 km rule

 

Cadel got 9th

['Dale]

Hope Viviani is ok!

 

That was high speed crashing

Ow!

['Dale]

Interesting one tomorrow.

Favourites here? I reckon EBH or yet again the potent Ulissi.

Would love for Paolini to also get some glory.

 

http://images2.gazzettaobjects.it/Giroditalia/2014/images/tappa/tappa_dettagli_tecnici_altimetria_11.jpg

['Dale]

The breakaway specialists will have had this stage in mind since the start of the race while the overall contenders will be thinking of the next day’s time trial. The Naso di Gatto is a hard climb, a sharp 8km at 8% before a direct descent into Savona.

 

The Inner Ring

Edited May 20, 2014 by ' Dale

['Dale]

Could we see Arredondo looking for another win. Or Pierre Roland. That looks steep enough for a pure climber to score some gains. MAYBE EVEN POZZO' although I reckon BMC will mark him more than before.

[TALUS]

That descent looks like BMC / Evans can roll down there at pace and so catch solo climbers. If there are no crashes it will have to be a long range breakaway. Roland to try again?

[tombeej]

KOM points for Arredondo to snap up. I'll be very surprised if he doesn't have a go for the early break out.

[TALUS]

KOM points for Arredondo to snap up. I'll be very surprised if he doesn't have a go for the early break out.

True

[Cav']

Interesting one tomorrow.

Favourites here? I reckon EBH or yet again the potent Ulissi.

Would love for Paolini to also get some glory.

 

http://images2.gazzettaobjects.it/Giroditalia/2014/images/tappa/tappa_dettagli_tecnici_altimetria_11.jpg

Yeah also backing EBH, he needs a win too.

['Dale]

From cyclingnews.com

 

The second longest stage of the Giro, with its 249 km, and a very interesting one as well. Starting from Collecchio, the peloton will climb Passo Cento Croci in order to get to the Ligurian coast, then it will pay an homage to Eshnar by passing through Genova, where most likely it will freeze the traffic of the few most important roads of the city, provoking many colorful expressions among the notoriously cheerful residents. After this necessary checkpoint, the peloton will head towards Savona, but just before downtown the riders will turn to the north, in order to climb the difficulty of the day: the climb to Naso Di Gatto, with 6.5 km at 9%, is really a good spot for attacks, even by GC riders. The drawback is that its descent is technical only in the first half, while the second half is very fast though wide roads. After the descent back in Savona, only 4 km of wide and straight roads.