Giro - Stage 2 Race Thread - 8/5/11

Beasty

Flat stage, 244km from Alba to Parma

Live coverage on Eurosport HD from 1.15 and Eurosport 2 from 3.35

Stage specific thread, so do not use Spoiler tags in this thread;)

thebouldwhacker

On live here

MAd break away, would have been some finish if there were two or three though it would be some achivement if he pulled it off and took the stage, 13 min ahead great break or bad burn...

edit
Oh, 80+km left, the graphics showed 50km...

thebouldwhacker

Cav aint gonna be happy with that!

bcmf

Alejet beats Cav in the sprint but will it be overturned for pettachi 'ahem' using the whole road in the sprint?

Cav in pink.

dastardly00

Petacchi wins the bunch sprint but Cav isn't a happy bunny at all.
Petacchi moved across onto Cav's line and kind of blocked him, but I can't see the organisers changing the result! :pac:

Inquitus

bcmf wrote: »

Alejet beats Cav in the sprint but will it be overturned for pettachi 'ahem' using the whole road in the sprint?

It should be, but as the commentators said it's an Italian in the Giro.....

happytramp

Forget it Cav.....it's Girotown

Sr. Assumpta

Waiting for Cav to cry (again).............

bcmf

happytramp wrote: »

Forget it Cav.....it's Girotown

exactly. Cav may live in Italy but Alejet is Italian and they aint gonna disqualify an Italian winner.

dave.obrien

I don't think it'll be turned over, espacially with Cav pulling on the pink...

Fender76

Giro stage 2... bit of argy bargy between Cav and Petachi, didn't see any problem myself....

Beasty

Threads merged - pleas keep to the specific stage thread - that avoids any spoiler problems

Thanks

Beasty

buffalo

Fender76 wrote: »

Giro stage 2... bit of argy bargy between Cav and Petachi, didn't see any problem myself....

Cav was angry because of things like the below - he changes his line and gets penalised, and protested about. Petacchi does it, and no consequences.

Admittedly, in this case, there was a significant pile-up, but you get the gist. Changing your line in a sprint keeps your opponent from properly contesting it.

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/tour-de-suisse-riders-delay-stage-in-cavendish-protest-26610/

sy

"For me I felt hard done by because for the same movement I would be disqualified.” here

A little hard done by but then thats sprinting and a winnining Italian was never going to be disqualified (unless he brought half the bunch down)

Not bad for 37 and Petacchi was super smooth. Looks like Cav is getting back to form

ednwireland

must admit petachi completly cuts up cav at 150m to go, rides right across the front of him

but hey we are in italy

Inquitus

sy wrote: »

A little hard done by but then thats sprinting and a winnining Italian was never going to be disqualified (unless he brought half the bunch down)

Not bad for 37 and Petacchi was super smooth. Looks like Cav is getting back to form

I think Cav had Petacchi on toast but for the weaving.

niceonetom

When in Rome Parma - I doubt he knows the Italian for 'Hold your line!' but that was some quality Italian style protestation from Cav though. Really speaking with his hands there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm7pyFO0kYU#t=6m39s

Captain Havoc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JhuOicPFZY