Plan de Corones Post-Race Thread
by Chris Fontecchio on May 26, 2008 11:15 AM EDT
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Good lord
Now the disappearing twin argument makes sense.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on May 26, 2008 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Save Ferris!
Great great ride.
Bert- does what he needed go do- the guy can handle the pressure all right. Now wee will see if his team can help him defend and it looked like LL and Klodi didn;t go all out here.
Bert
Well done. I suspect if he really is in something less than top shape, it’ll show up on the longer climbs, a/k/a Gavia/Mortirolo double. But he’s hung in well enough, and time is running shorter.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on May 26, 2008 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Still
an impossible race to call. One thing we know is that it’s all up to Ricco and Simoni to gap Contador by enough time to survive the final time trial. But as to what happens… who the hell knows?
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on May 26, 2008 11:18 AM EDT reply actions
Did you expect something else?
A spaniard has nearly solidified his claim on the Maglia Rosa.
Stuart O’Grady, the Australian quintiplegic, was seen still climbing to the finish line… using his lips alone.
I know he was beat by eight seconds...
and I just got out of bed, but let me just say:
SELLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
Racing for Victory and Free Beer!
Did no one tell him...
... that the second place finisher is the first loser :)
Stuart O’Grady, the Australian quintiplegic, was seen still climbing to the finish line… using his lips alone.
Rasmussen...
... making his presence felt from behind the suspension.
Stuart O’Grady, the Australian quintiplegic, was seen still climbing to the finish line… using his lips alone.
It's a whole pod of dolphins on the podium!
Stuart O’Grady, the Australian quintiplegic, was seen still climbing to the finish line… using his lips alone.
Hey... is that the blonde they interviewed on Pez...
... on the left of the screen?
Stuart O’Grady, the Australian quintiplegic, was seen still climbing to the finish line… using his lips alone.
That wasn't an interview
Just the interviewer thinking out loud far more than he should have.
There were words in that article?
Stuart O’Grady, the Australian quintiplegic, was seen still climbing to the finish line… using his lips alone.
If that's all I need...
... I’ll go buy me a freakin’ pink jersey at Adidas on the way to the gym if she’ll help me dress!
Stuart O’Grady, the Australian quintiplegic, was seen still climbing to the finish line… using his lips alone.
Corones = crown??
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on May 26, 2008 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions
From Cyclingnews ticker
The stage ends at the “Kronplatz”, and “Kron” means “crown” in German. So it is only fitting that today’s stage winner will be named Prince of the Kronplatz, and will be awarded a hand-made bronze crown.
diluca
he didn’t expect to go so bad. he felt good, but the time wasn’t good. we will see, saturday, maybe he’ll try to attack. save ferris! went well. we will see on saturday what contador can do.
Can't they find a way to spray the champagne...
without looking like they’re humping the bottle.
Stuart O’Grady, the Australian quintiplegic, was seen still climbing to the finish line… using his lips alone.
simoni
asking if he thinks contador might have a crisis. coming stages dura, dura, dura. difficult to form an alliance against contador.
Simoni
“Giro is not over yet” “We should have worked with Pellizzotti yesterday when Contador was suffering on Giau”
Shoulda... but didna...
Stuart O’Grady, the Australian quintiplegic, was seen still climbing to the finish line… using his lips alone.
Si
He’s very relaxed this year – Perhaps because he feels he has nothing left to prove. Maybe he is happier with his team than usual.
Agree
... and Astana’s done a great job of building the hype with the beach and vacation stuff. I still they were prepping for the Giro, nearly as if they were going. At least Simoni didn’t call him an extra-terrestrial.
In an unrelated matter, Contador’s comments seem very polished for a young guy. He’s got a good coach.
Pellizzotti
“My team was the only one to try to attack contador…..nobody helped me yesterday on Giau”
Rest day tomorrow?!
Why the heck do they need to rest? Haven’t these last three days been restful enough?
Did you feel sympathetic pain with
Gustav Larrson?
Stuart O’Grady, the Australian quintiplegic, was seen still climbing to the finish line… using his lips alone.
He crossed the finish line
and it looked like someone had gone after his soul with a jackhammer.
Stuart O’Grady, the Australian quintiplegic, was seen still climbing to the finish line… using his lips alone.
by crashdan on May 26, 2008 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
The rims of Contador's sunglasses are pink...
Stuart O’Grady, the Australian quintiplegic, was seen still climbing to the finish line… using his lips alone.
cute that she "interviewed" Pelizotti's kid as well
I’m guessing that when the kid answered “Franco” the question was “who’s the best rider?” or “who’s going to win overall?”
Or maybe she asked
Who could kick a Spaniard’s ass?
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
Astana
Seriously its up to Bert’s team to control things now and that’s the first time this race that we have a clear favorite defending.
by the way Kloden and Leipheimer
rode today—they know damned well that they have to control the race.
Small smile
That C beat LL up the hill by a second.
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
eddy
they ask who he thinks can win? contador. still thinks though Gibo Ricco, long days in the mountains to come like Saturday
Riccò
I’m happy about my race. I had trouble on the last km when I was trying to ride standing but my rear wheel was slipping.
Ricco
contento. a good time trial. he lost traction in the last kilometer – he was trying to ride out of the saddle and slid a bit. giro isn’t finished.
simoni
says the stage with the vivione more decisive than the crono. he’s also laughing, that they say it is over.
lol, what he said!
Si
Old school cloak-and-dagger. This ain’t tiddlywinks.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on May 26, 2008 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Simoni
I got to be crazy to be still here to fight with a bunch of youngster. But I won’t give up till Milan
full results
< href=”http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2008/classifiche/it/classifica.shtml?t=16&c=”>stage results are up at Gazzetta.
No GC just yet.
they're taking a poll
is the individual more important or the team…
says that the team is important for calmness – the organization, the mechanicals, etc. but out on the road, it’s an individual sport.
Sella
Seems to me that if they allow Sella to go on a couple more breakaways, he could win it. I don’t see any team who has the domestiques to control Sella, and the contenders don’t want to chase him because it gives the other contenders an edge. Wonder what kind of flat ITT Sella could do if it really counted.
He's had
his last breakaway. They’ll chase him down from now on. There aren’t many more climbs left anyway.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on May 26, 2008 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
gc
contador
ricco .41<br />simoni 1.28
lol, i can never type fast enough to pull it off the screen shot!
All I know is that...
Sella and Ricco have earned me like 400 pts these last three days
I sooo want to see the updated VDS!!!
Racing for Victory and Free Beer!
manana
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on May 26, 2008 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions
gc, lemme try again
Contador
Ricco @ .41
Simoni 1.21
Bruse 2.00
Save Ferris! 2.05
Dani D 2.18
Menchov 2.47
Sellllaaaa 4.25
yes...
they do that fairly often, especially in the mountain stages, when it’s hard to get a lot of riders to come for the post-race show.
I think that those two must live nearby
Her brother Manfred did the scouting ride with Cassani, and they were both on the rollers this morning too.
who plays the greatest role in this giro?
he says liquigas.
saying it’s difficult to form alliance to attack contador. difficult to isolate him.
Interesting
It looks like six riders didn’t make the time cut:
147 BELOHVOSCIKS Raivis LAT SDV 51:18 10:52
148 HAYMAN Mathew AUS RAB 51:19 10:53
149 BOSSONI Paolo ITA LAM 51:41 11:15
150 SUTTON Christopher AUS TSL 52:35 12:09
151 APERRIBAY Lander ESP EUS 52:40 12:14
152 FOTHEN Thomas GER GST 53:48 13:22
Fothen was sick
Claims he was in a cold hotel room all night.
by EuroPeloton on May 26, 2008 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Seventeen
Any sprinters left to contest 17? They were saying something about people not meeting the cutoff. Looking at the little climbers struggling up that 24% grade at the end, I have to wonder if the sprinters didn’t get off and walk.
Benna, Cav and Zabel
still there. Don’t know about Zabel’s legs, but that should be enough bodies to chase down any breaks.
Next saturday
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on May 26, 2008 12:09 PM EDT reply actions
I suppose they forgot to tell the
riders that they have to free climb a cliff face next weekend.
Stuart O’Grady, the Australian quintiplegic, was seen still climbing to the finish line… using his lips alone.
ricco post-race comment.
“It went well, more or less as I expected. I never ride to finish second, but to lose less than 10 seconds in a crono to Contador cannot be considered a negative result. Now in GC I have 41 seconds to recover, a reasonable gap, and I will think of something. I am disappointed only in the finale to not be able to sprint as I wanted, I still had energy to chagne rythm, but my rear wheel slipped on the road, and I lose some seconds there without doubt. All the same, I have done a good crono, and considering that my direct adversaries have lost about the same as me, this is overall a positive day for me.”
PB rolls in
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
shattered
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
Bosisio
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
My Dad is a what...?
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
The poor guy.
He never saw that coming. :-)
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
I was continuing with the joke with his dad.
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
there was
big looses in fight for maglia negra!!
Outside time limit (Hors Delai) in cyclingnews
HD Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval – Scott 51.18
HD Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 51.19
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