Giro Stage 5 race thread

Beasty · 11-05-2011 12:21pm #1

So after a sombre couple of days, it's back to racing in Italy today, with a 191km stage from Piombino to Orvieto

David Millar wears the pink jersey going into this one

Please note - no spoiler tags required in this thread

Pablo_ · 11-05-2011 1:02pm

I watched this stage last year and it really made me a giro fan, i preferred it much more than the tour. i think it was vinikourov and evans, among others .. niballi and basso ? , absolutely in pain climbing on the dirt roads, brilliant stuff, i wouldn't be a vini fan but his face was testament to the effort being put in.... lookin forward to it on eurosport ... dirt roads about 40km before end according to gazzetta:D

ScaldyMc · 11-05-2011 1:21pm

This stage was epic last year. Don't expect the same fireworks again. The win by Evans was brilliant. Rarely saw Vino in such pain. The rider I most felt sorry for that day was Nibali having to support Basso. He could have won the Giro last year.

mahoo · 11-05-2011 1:28pm

ScaldyMc wrote: »

This stage was epic last year. Don't expect the same fireworks again. The win by Evans was brilliant. Rarely saw Vino in such pain. The rider I most felt sorry for that day was Nibali having to support Basso. He could have won the Giro last year.

saw a picture of that stage on here recently and you can see the tears in vino's eyes. a graphic reminder of how hard these guys are pushing themselves

thebouldwhacker · 11-05-2011 2:12pm

SNIP

killalanerr · 11-05-2011 2:14pm

ooops :mad:

studiorat · 11-05-2011 2:16pm

Ouch.

Chips Lovell · 11-05-2011 2:17pm

Threads merged.

And last warning. Don't post spoilers in the first post of a thread.

thebouldwhacker · 11-05-2011 2:21pm

Opps, didnt see the other thread, forgot about the first post rule. sorry about that...

Thats my late lunch done, back to the grind stone. its shaping up to be an interesting stage though, looking forward to seeing the finish later.

GetWithIt · 11-05-2011 2:38pm

What's a white road section?

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/cycling/livematch/429398.html

DrGroove · 11-05-2011 2:43pm

Anyone know of any live stream of this stage?

TinyExplosions · 11-05-2011 2:51pm

GetWithIt wrote: »

What's a white road section?

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/cycling/livematch/429398.html

It's a literal translation of the Italian "Strada Bianchi", which are sections of graveled, dusty road

Lumen · 11-05-2011 2:51pm

ednwireland · 11-05-2011 2:52pm

DrGroove wrote: »

Anyone know of any live stream of this stage?

http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/1943

this is your freind, they post up streams of every stage as they are available

studiorat · 11-05-2011 2:52pm

DrGroove wrote: »

Anyone know of any live stream of this stage?

http://www.fromsportcom.com/v-2/6/20/v-262001.html

in Italian, for the vibe!

ednwireland · 11-05-2011 3:19pm

pedaling squares lol

great finish

hope tom slagters injuries arent serious

furiousox · 11-05-2011 5:21pm

What happened with Millar today?

Lumen · 11-05-2011 5:27pm

furiousox wrote: »

What happened with Millar today?

He rode into Angel Vicioso in an intermediate sprint then knackered himself out chasing.

mahoo · 11-05-2011 5:31pm

he had an eventful day. crashed going for an intermediate sprint. got back on bike and was back in the peleton with a bit of road rash. then he got dropped on one of the early climbs but did really well to chase back to the peleton. he had nothing left in the tank though for the last 3k which had a savage gradient in parts. got blown straight out the back and finished 3 mins back.
great stage. lone rider out front for nearly the whole day. very ballsy ride

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