Gen Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 It's not to the finish. It's only about 8km of climb on the penultimate climb. Then they descend into valley on new tarmac road and then across valley to a cat 3, also tarred, did not look brand new though. They end in am Olympic village. Check out the gcn preview, really goodMany thanks
SwissVan Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 Why do astanas bibs always make the guys seem to have camel toe? Nooo, there is a big difference
'Dale Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 the final weekend of the Giro d'Italia is upon us and the riders have two more climbs to conquer before tomorrow's flat run to Milan.
'Dale Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 The riders are rolling through the neutral zone under blue skies and hot temperatures.
'Dale Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 The mountains jersey is still up for grabs today. Giovanni Visconti is in blue after his attack yesterday but he's under threat from Steven Kruijswijk and his teammate Benat Intxausti. Here's how the top 10 looks at the moment. 1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 125 pts2 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 109 3 Benat Intxausti (Spa) Movistar Team 107 4 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Astana Pro Team 76 5 Carlos Betancur (Col) AG2R La Mondiale 75 6 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 63 7 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 53 8 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha 52 9 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 49 10 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 46
'Dale Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 The flag has been dropped and after four kilometres of racing it's still all together in the peloton.
'Dale Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 We've finally got the beginnings of a break with Aleksejs Saramotins (IAM Cycling) and Giacomo Berlato (Nippo Vini Fantini) going on the attack. 178 kms to go
'Dale Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 Saramotins and Berlato are still out front and the group behind
'Dale Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 The two escapees have been brought back by the peloton and it's all together once again 169 to go
'Dale Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 It was lovely and sunny at the start this morning but that could change by the finish with some rain expected towards the end of today's stage.
'Dale Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 A move of nine riders have gone clear and they have 32 seconds on the bunch. 160 kms to go
'Dale Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 The leading group contains Saramotins and Berlato, who tried to get away before. Here's the full list of escapees, who now have 1:40 on the bunch. Julien Berard (AG2R-La Mondiale), Marco Bandiera (Androni Giocattoli), Nicola Boem (Bardiani CSF), Aleksejs Saramotins (IAM Cycling), Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida), Jon Izagirre (Movistar), Giacomo Berlato (Nippo VIni Fantini), Matteo Busato (Southeast), Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha).
'Dale Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 The gap to the nine escapees has gone up to two minutes, as Garmin-Cannondale ride on the front of the bunch. They have missed out on the move and my be looking to get one of their riders into this leading group.
'Dale Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 Cannondale-Garmin couldn't make any proper inroads into the escape group and Tinkoff-Saxo are now on the front of the peloton. After 51 kilometres the gap stands at 1:56.
'Dale Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 The average speed for the first hour of racing was a speedy 48kph.
'Dale Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 Today is the seventh time that a stage of the Giro d'Italia has finished in Sestriere. Vasil Kiryienka won on that day while riding for Movistar. He's already won a stage of this year's Giro with success in the time trial. He's got Leopold Konig to look after today but we could well see him try something if he's still got the legs on the final climb.
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