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

[ScottCM]

Porte abandoned the Giro last year after the time penalty, Landa now from being "ill". If it wasn't for Froome riding the toughest stage ever created with a fractured foot and Mr. Tough as nails,Geriant Thomas who rode the tour with a fractured pelvis, i would have said all these marginal gains turn the riders into whimps.

 

Maybe its a Sky-Giro curse thing. Come on Chris win the Tour and come do the Giro next year and show your team how to win, hell even completing it would be an achievement for sky at this rate.

[tombeej]

Exactamando my friend, should have know those wise words came from you.

Ha. After leaving Wellens off my team, then subbing Greipel and then seeing him win 2 stages (losing another 100 points in the process), I think I can safely claim the title of clueless idiot!

[Guest Lancesball]

Landa rode pretty much 1 of the best TT's ever in his career and I read this morning in a interview he wanted to attack. Now he is out. 

This does make sense.

 

 

**** the hypocrisy  @Digger_forum

One thing sky aren't doing well is the day after a rest day. Read into that what you will...

 

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John Wakefield  @PelotrainRacing

Landa off on 1st climb 6min behind. You would think by now Sky would have their rest day routine sorted pic.twitter.com/dKx8qIBYUM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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['Dale]

None of the escapees are a real threat to the race lead and they've been allowed to build their gap to 3:46 over the main peloton. The chasers are slowly closing in and are now 1:42 behind.

['Dale]

Two of the three escapees are former stage winners at the Giro d'Italia. Boem is the most recent with victory on stage 10 of the 2015 Giro d'Italia. Visconti won two stages of the 2013 edition and claimed the mountains classification at last year's race.

['Dale]

The leaders are climbing again and the gap to the breakaway is at 4:11.

['Dale]

While the three out front may not be a threat to the lead. Etixx-QuickStep will have to keep an eye on Pirazzi in the chasing group. The Italian is 4:08 down on Brambilla in the overall classification. The chasers are 1:30 behind the leading group and 2:41 ahead of the maglia rosa group.

['Dale]

91km remaining from 219km

 

The riders are still ascending towards the town of Serramazzioni. This is not a classified climb but after a tough start to the race it will hurt the legs.

['Dale]

As the riders enter San Dalmazio, the advantage of the escapees over the peloton is 5:06. They have also abated the chase behind and our 10-man group of pursuers is 1:40 behind the leaders.

[Gen]

I have 15 min to watch before I have to leave ( seriously wish the school would jus check the cycling calendar aargh). .. let's see what the footage of Landa was...

[Guest Lancesball]

None of the escapees are a real threat to the race lead and they've been allowed to build their gap to 3:46 over the main peloton. The chasers are slowly closing in and are now 1:42 behind.

 

Medium mountain stage but the stage itself is really hard. Guys would be praying for a break to go today I think

['Dale]

Astana are en-mass behind the Etixx train with Movistar and AG2R-La Mondiale behind them. No sign of team Sky, who are now probably saving themselves for stage wins.

['Dale]

Medium mountain stage but the stage itself is really hard. Guys would be praying for a break to go today I think

No real flatlands anywhere

And high tempo

Yeah

['Dale]

With one rider less, the leading group is losing ground to the chasers just over a minute separate the two groups.

['Dale]

Still just over 40 kilometres to run to the bottom of the first category Pian del Falco. It is an undulating 16.3km ascent that has a maximum gradient of 13 per cent.

['Dale]

Sky released more information on Mikel Landa's abandon. The Spaniard reportedly fell ill last night, but wasn't quite ill enough to not start today. It is the latest bit of bad luck for Sky at the Giro d'Italia over the years. Read the full story here.