The Giro, my favourite tour of the year is only 2 weeks....

[ScottCM]

[ScottCM]

Sad news out of Italy

 

14:24:08 CEST

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Dimension Data have confirmed that Omar Fraile has abandoned the race due to the injuries he sustained in a crash yesterday. That will be a big blow to the team who would have hoped that Fraile could take the mountains classification jersey as he did at last year's Vuelta a Espana. He did, however, wear it for one day after getting in the break on stage 2.

[ScottCM]

14:28:33 CEST

 

Daniel Oss has claimed the points again at the second intermediate sprint of the day. He will be joint first with Maarten Tjallingii in the intermediate sprints classification. Unfortunately for both, there is no jersey that comes with this prize as races are only allowed to have four jerseys.

 

14:32:48 CEST   110km remaining from 233km

 

Through the intermediate sprint and the gap has dropped pretty quickly and is now at 4:27.

[Bonus]

Sorry seems this was retracted as it was a mistake and i missed it,

 

 

14:20:00 CEST

 

118km remaining from 233km

 

The leaders are on a small ascent as the riders approach the second intermediate sprint of the day.

Normally Cycling News are very good with their updates but at the moment it seems very poor. Yesterday they were saying almost nothing, even towards the end.

 

Giro TV coverage in Spain is delayed in favor of women's tennis at the moment, which is also from Italy by the looks of it.

[ScottCM]

14:45:55 CEST

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Daniel Oss is missing a bit of his shorts, it seems that he crashed on the decent. He slipped out on a corner and hit a metal fence in the process. He doesn't look too hurt though, perhaps it is his pride that has been hurt more than anything. 

 

14:49:54 CEST

 Oss is up and chasing but is at least a minute down on the attack now.

[jimmycool]

Normally Cycling News are very good with their updates but at the moment it seems very poor. Yesterday they were saying almost nothing, even towards the end.

 

Giro TV coverage in Spain is delayed in favor of women's tennis at the moment, which is also from Italy by the looks of it.

This guy always has good streaming without all the stupid online casino adverts.

http://tiz-cycling.racing/live-stream/

['Dale]

Final km today

Cobbled at a gradient

 

Power sprinter time - Cmon Gorilla!!

['Dale]

The peloton is on huge bridge at the moment but will soon hit the hills.

['Dale]

At the back of the peloton Giacomo Berlato is getting treatment from the race doctor. He went on the attack on the two road stages in the Netherlands but then cut his chin in a training crash on Monday's rest day. He is riding on with three stitches in his chin.

['Dale]

Boy Van Poppel (Trek) is also suffering at the back of the peloton.

['Dale]

The peloton is slowly pulling back the break as the kilometres tick down. The gap is at 4:50 now.

['Dale]

The FDJ team has confirmed that Alex Geniez has a wrist injury and is heading home to France for more checks. He quit the Giro d'Italia during Tuesday's stage to Praia a Mare.

['Dale]

All the signs are that today's stage will finish in a sprint but at 233km and a hilly second half will mean a hard day in the saddle. The distance and fatigue could influence the outcome of the sprint.

['Dale]

Today's stage is the second longest of this year's Giro. Only stage 18 to Pinerolo is longer, at 240km.

['Dale]

The Giant-Alpecin team of race leader Tom Dumoulin is leading the chase, with Cheng Ji on the front.

['Dale]

The break has passed the 75km to go point but their lead is now down to 3:45.