'Dale Posted May 10, 2016 Posted May 10, 2016 Tommy D is Maglia Rosa againWith 20 secs (provisional results) Great stuff for the recovering Giant' team
Bonus Posted May 10, 2016 Posted May 10, 2016 1 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - Merida 04:46:512 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 00:00:053 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 00:00:065 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step 6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 7 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha 8 Matteo Busato (Ita) Southeast - Venezuela 9 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-GreenEdge 10 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky
Bonus Posted May 10, 2016 Posted May 10, 2016 The organizers are playing The Pet Shop Boys "it's a sin" during prize giving?? Random.
tombeej Posted May 10, 2016 Posted May 10, 2016 Lively stageAwesome!! Yeah, brilliant riding across the board. There are going to be some very tired legs after this one. I was exhausted just watching them going for it like that. Thrilling stuff!
tombeej Posted May 10, 2016 Posted May 10, 2016 Looks like almost all the big names made it into that final selection except two: Landa and Majka. No news yet on how far back they were. And Amador? Seems to have been dropped quite early. Pity - I thought he was on for a good Giro again. But we're only at stage 4. Loooots of racing still to come.
Rick Sanchez Posted May 10, 2016 Posted May 10, 2016 Looks like I'll be scoring some good points after today's stage
tombeej Posted May 10, 2016 Posted May 10, 2016 Full results here. Landa, Majka, Uran and Pozzovivo all came in with the large front group. Amador lost 43 seconds today.
gummibear Posted May 10, 2016 Posted May 10, 2016 Bob in Lux national jersey before putting on the White jersey (maglia bianca)[emoji106][emoji106]
ScottCM Posted May 11, 2016 Posted May 11, 2016 Ryder on Stage 4, love the last comment: "It was fast all day, and definitely in the last 80k or so it was full-on with shorter, complicated climbs," explained Hesjedal. "Even on the last climb I was right there and I could see the front and just in the last couple of switchbacks before getting onto the highway a bunch of guys let the wheels go and then all of a sudden no one wanted to help [close it]. I was a bit isolated and a few seconds at the top turned into 35 in seven kilometers. That's the frustrating part, but what can you do?"It was a complicated stage near the end. But I feel that we rode well and did everything right and then still at the end to still lose time eats at you a little bit more. But, the race is long so you can't get too worried about it. If I have the legs I know I can have in the second half of the Giro, then today won't matter. And if I don't have the legs I know I can have, well... today won't matter." He then added: "You don't want to lose time ever, but you have to realize the race is long and it can definitely be worse," mused Hesjedal. "It was worse the last two years at this stage of the race, but it's more frustrating when you know that you have good legs. But this is also the plus side knowing that I feel good, especially when compared to a couple of weeks ago."
ScottCM Posted May 11, 2016 Posted May 11, 2016 Steven Kruijswijk on Stage 4: “I saw a chance to go along with Tom,” Kruijswijk continued. “I was able to do one effort and finished third. That is a good result, but I wasn’t thinking about that actually. The most important thing is that today’s stage gave me a positive feeling.” “You’re able to save a lot of energy on the first climb of the day, but you have to be in front to accomplish that,” he said. “Last year, I lost a lot of time in a moment like this. If my team-mates support me as they did today, I’m able to start the final part of the race fresh to compete for a stage victory. I’m happy to reward the team a little bit today so they will keep faith in me.”
'Dale Posted May 11, 2016 Posted May 11, 2016 Today's pain cave!Note it is at 233 kms, which is unusually longTemp in the mid to upper 20s http://static2.giroditalia.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/T05_Benevento_alt-PRE-1.jpg
Jensie Posted May 11, 2016 Posted May 11, 2016 Tom D is going to win it. Or will be fighting for it watch this space.
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