Pro-cycling thread

Contador down just outside 3km

No idea where Porte is in relation, but he also got caught.

Aru is going to be in pink.

porte was behind contador, losing more time..

Another 2 minutes lost for Porte - if it wasn't all over before, it is now for him. Guess they'll switch to looking for a mountain win now? 5 mins off GC is just about enough to be allowed to attack out of the bunch.

Poor old Porte. Pretty much everything's gone against him, short of having a nasty fall.

Scratch that, reckon Porte was brought down in the crash.

Anyone see Contador spill? Did he land on his shoulder?

Looks like he fell on his ass - very lucky if so.

Stage managed italian win then.

All Italian podium no less!

Well, that's buggered everything.

Where was Uran?

Scratch that - twitter to the rescue. 2 minutes back, sixth overall.

Safe, I think. He's now about 6th or something, still 2 mins or so down.

Back to supporting Uran knowing of his family history.

We can still boo Aru and Bertie! That's loads of fun anyway.

That's the tesitest I've ever seen a usually unflappable and good-humoured Porte. Which is sad.

one of those interviews that should never have taken place, what are you hoping to get from that? Porte just wanted to get to the bus, and they should have tried to get one after he had a chance to collect his thoughts...

Yeah, no surprises really.

Did Titchie Ritchie run over a black cat leading up to this Giro?

He is shit out of luck, that's for sure.

Feel for Porte. Just having a bad time. Sometimes you get no luck.

This couldn't have gone worse for him... and such a strong start to the season...

As Flecha said (who I think has been awesome, btw - I hope he's around more often), a podium finish is still within his reach if he wants it. Would be an excellent end to a pretty crap story.

Even so far back Porte will be marked heavily, especially since he should be able to take some time back on Aru in the ITT. Podium has to be the target now. However if Sky had bothered to put together a proper sprint train for Viviani they may have avoided the crash #justsayin'