Giro D'Italia 2013

Have you seen today's profile, Luci? There's a couple of minor bumps early on and then the Montello ridge, which is a couple of hundred metres above sea level. There are no descents of any length today, so I'd be surprised if anyone gets dropped.

Gruppo compatto.

True, but if Wiggins rides gingerly it's a stage like this one that has torn the peloton apart in the past.
Aggressive descending coupled with echolons in the valley bottoms sometimes transforms a tame stage into a game changer. What if Blanco decide to apply pressure for Gessink, splitting the field and driving a group of fifty or so towards that final bump before tear-arsing it to the finish?
Yesterday was relatively tranquillo - I reckon certain riders will have heard about sniffly Wiggins and decide to attack.

Look for Cummings hammering it for Cuddles.

Oct 2012?

But he only got over it just before the Giro started

Look for Cummings hammering it for Cuddles.

I'd love to see Cummings attack a break and win a stage solo again.

True, but if Wiggins rides gingerly it's a stage like this one that has torn the peloton apart in the past.
Aggressive descending coupled with echolons in the valley bottoms sometimes transforms a tame stage into a game changer. What if Blanco decide to apply pressure for Gessink, splitting the field and driving a group of fifty or so towards that final bump before tear-arsing it to the finish?
Yesterday was relatively tranquillo - I reckon certain riders will have heard about sniffly Wiggins and decide to attack.

Look for Cummings hammering it for Cuddles.

It'll be a snoozefest, enlivened by a comedy sprint at the end where a third of the peleton crash on the rain slicked streets of Treviso.

Something akin to this;

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jeB9_VmkNc"]Giro
2007 Stage 11 Crash - YouTube[/ame]

I don't know who to believe right now.

Oh.. That was LOL's

I don't think I'll even brother to watch todays stage.
No disrespect to sprinters and their talents.
But it's fucking boring.

It's clearly a rest day en-bike and the peloton will hang a break out there and cruise along before OFQS close shit down.

Giro 2007 Stage 11 Crash - YouTube

46s on the right bossed it. Very casual.

But he only got over it just before the Giro started

He's had some reasonable places in the pre-Giro training rides this year so if he was still sick this year he did a good job of ignoring it.

Some are calling today Cav's 100th?
Anyone know what the real Cav count is?

a lovely town treviso.. stayed there in 2001, when most of the centre was having nice cobbles added to the streets..

the route today swings into prosecco country..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bMh4PfId0g

Some are calling today Cav's 100th?
Anyone know what the real Cav count is?

100th win after turning pro but not his 100th pro win as the Olympic test event doesn't count or something?

Yeah, I meant 100th pro win. Clearly not all time.

But some still call it 98/99. There's always been a cloud over the 'real' number.

[ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_career_achievements_by_Mark_Cavendish[/ame]

Why haven't they listed his Head and Shoulders advert?

That was a fantastic professional accomplishment and his hair looked wonderful too.

Why haven't they listed his Head and Shoulders advert?

That was a fantastic professional accomplishment and his hair looked wonderful too.

Something this important deserves to be held seperately to his cycling achievments.

Cycling's just silly.

"Wiggins, after stage 11 to Vajont in northeast Italy, was trapped at the finish line while waiting to descent to the team bus. He sat in a chair briefly before returning to his bike to ride down."

Asked if the Giro d'Italia is proving harder than the Tour de France, he said, "The Tour of Picardie is a hard race when you feel sick."

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He's invited people to attack him now though

It's hammering it down out there

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He's invited people to attack him now though

I think they've already been doing that.

His best tactic now would be to go and sneeze on Nibali and Evans.

Wiggins has attacked!!