Stage 6 could shake up the leader board

by Koppenberg on May 17, 2007 8:07 PM EDT

Tomorrow is a new day. A day where the sun will rise over a 21km climb and a stage where the escape could make it all the way and the favorites are going to have to burn some matches to keep their place on the top of the ranking.
So my advice is to forget whatever ugliness that threatens to overwhelm the sport and think about the climb tomorrow. Think about the breaks, think about who will try to go early, who will work to bring the breaks back, and who will risk all by sitting on and forcing others to do the chasing.

My pick is for riders like Nibali and Ricco to go before the big climb and try to make it to the finish. Maybe opportunists like Mazzanti or Garzelli was well. Certainly somebody wearing Tinkoff yellow will go on the attack.

Anyway, they are racing in the Italian mountains tomorrow. That is what I choose to think about.

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Good call

And for the future, use images no more than 350 pixels wide. I resized it.

Got a problem? Va fa Napoli!

by Chris Fontecchio on May 17, 2007 8:20 PM EDT reply actions

Il Killer's comments on St. 6

Stating that he hopes "to listen to the same music tomorrow", he didn't seem to worry about tomorrow's 21 kilometre trip up the famed Monte Terminillio, nor was he concerned that two more short but tough climbs follow it. "I don't think it'll have an incidence on the general classification. There will be a breakaway and we'll let them go. This stage is more adapted for me to lose the jersey. My next goal is on stage 10, finishing in Santuario Nostra Signora Della Guardia."

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by Chris Fontecchio on May 17, 2007 8:35 PM EDT reply actions

I think CSC will go humting for stages tomorrow

before the really big mountain stages...

by lyne on May 17, 2007 8:52 PM EDT reply actions

To be honest, I'm having trouble

enjoying the racing. I can't look at any riders anymore without thinking about all the ugliness that is destroying the sport.

Ridicolo Cavalieri

by Scott. on May 17, 2007 9:36 PM EDT reply actions

Definiely one for the stage hunters

but the elite stage hunters. And I'm thinking not Nibali, it sounds like DiLuca wants to let the jersey go rather than defend it all week. I would guess Liquigas won't try to be in on the Tinkoff break tomorrow.

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by Chris Fontecchio on May 17, 2007 10:58 PM EDT reply actions

I think a Tinkoff rider will attack the sign in

-K-

by KevinK on May 18, 2007 6:11 AM EDT reply actions

Ha!

I'm just picturing Brutt camped out in front of the sign in desk hours before anyone else is even there, hydrating and getting food hand-ups from a team car.

"I don't know too many monkeys who could take apart a fuel injector."

by Drew on May 18, 2007 9:01 AM EDT reply actions