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Pozzo's little attack yesterday now seems more for show, but there has been a definite see-saw on the lumpy stages, Rodriguez strong on one, Hesjedal the next, then Pozzo. Could be Rodirguez's day tomorrow, but he or anyone else has to hurt Hesjedal badly ahead of Sunday

The Italians been trying break him, but today he broke them, a little. Awesome ride from Hesjdedal, odds on he'll do it again tomorrow.

monstrosity, tweeted by the sky team chef (don't ask)

misses Phil Liggett

Sean Kelly's meandering, thickly accented commentary is always entertaining, even if it's just trying to work out what he is saying.

I'm sure there's a drinking game in it

they tried to bully him yesterday, Scarponi, Pozzo and Basso all tried to break him on the climb but couldn't

Agreed on Pozzo, he should have either done it earlier on the climb or not at all

You got the sense that Pozzovivo could have attacked earlier and more decisively yesterday, rather in the last k of the climb, but the potential for real damage was limited by the descent. He may be saving it for one of the mountain top finishes to make any gaps count. But Hesjedal is climbing very well, he's the one they have to hurt ahead of the time trial

impressive ride by Hesjedal, well all of the top 6, but Hesjedal has the edge when it comes to the TT. Favourite now?

you can definitely build a beater however, and if you keep it long enough it may become a rat, or not

For me a rat is function over form, as apposed to a HHSB, which is the other way round

^^ Do love those cranks! Any idea why they made them with the right angle bend?

Because they can...

great finish, impressive ride by Rodriguez to grab pink but Rabottini really deserved the win. Hanao moves into white finishing 4th

could be challenging watching today's stage, what with all the rain drops on the bike cameras...

anyone know if Cav managed to finish inside the time limit today?

Cav looked pretty unbeatable, having to check his sprint and go again, and still finishing a bike length clear. But I guess you have to qualify that by saying it was a very short stage, unlike the one he lost to Ferrari

should have been a turn...

1990 Match Sprint World Championships

Or I'm talking shit

This got lost in all the fisticuffs:

Boonen goes to Poland rather than TdF to prepare for Olympics

I thought it was interesting, particularly this bit "many of the sport's top fast men who hope to contend what many expect to be a bunch sprint in London are opting to save their legs". There has been question marks about Sky's ability to maintain a strong assault on both Green and Yellow in the Tour, I'm wondering if Cav may follow suit by grabbing some early stage wins (if he can) then retiring before it gets lumpy to save himself for the Olympics, with the team left to concentrate on Wiggins tilt at yellow, the trade off being Cav going for the Maglia Rosso, with the Giro team built soley around him, apart from wildcards Uran and Hanao?

Damn that's a badly structured sentence, apologies

I agree, plus Cav got the red jersey off Goss, who was nowhere

with the weather so bad my bike looks shit, but I can't arsed to wash it. The front white tyres are black on the sides with dust from the brake pads. The rear wheels is filthy, and the tubes around the bb shell are a brown/grey instead of the usual sparkly blue

^^ extra hip hop point for the photo

in bike porn it would look fucking ridiculous though

Well I'm sure the maturity of this response will bring it all to a conclusion.

I was hoping it was obvious it was a joke without putting a smiley face

No cayenne pepper is

Are you really arguing about laws of appellation for champagne? Can you both give it a rest?

And can you also agree to give it a rest on a minor difference in views on finales at the giro, because it is getting fucking dull.

+1

He started it though

Jimmy, they took high speed corners out of the beautiful old tracks of F1, and then built, characterless, mundane circuits in the middle of nowhere in countries that didn't care, and the drivers bitch and moan about how the tracks aren't challenging enough and how they can't wait to get back to europe, where the tracks put the fear in you, and you have to grow a pair to actually race on them..

Risk is inherent in sport, yes it can be mitigated, but to take it out completely, so that you personally can enjoy a sprint finish, seems a bit much. I'd rather there were crashes and mistakes, and unpredictability in certain stages, than this imaginary level straight run into the finish that you have put forward. Opportunities should be present for everyone, its good that others get stage wins, not just the BIG names, its good that the possibility of winning is there, it allows for competition, and hope, and thats never a bad thing.

Thank you for replying in a measured manner and actually attempting to engage with the question. I will disagree with your comments on F1 generally, apart from the circuits in obscure countries in the middle of nowhere. Changes to circuits came mainly at driver's behest, drivers like Nikki Lauda and Jackie Stewart, so we saw the end of tracks like the full Nurburgring because it was so unsafe with the performance cars they were driving, and the introduction of a chicane along the Mulsanne Straight at Le Mans. An immediate aftermath of Senna's death at San Marino was getting rid of dangerous high speed corners like the one that killed him. I don't hear of many drivers complaining of boring tracks tbh, but I do hear them wanting safety when they drive, much like I hear from pro-cycling.

And while rick is inherent and can never be eliminated completely, it can be mitigated and controlled to an extend. The bend in question at the finish of Stage 9 was well in excess of 90 degrees and within (I think) 500m of the finish line. I am not that much of cunt to ask for fundamental change in road racing (despite the exaggerations littering this thread) but just to remove those sort of tight corners in the final 1000m.

I'm not having a go at the Giro, just I prefer watching sprints without mass pile ups. I know they will happen, but I believe the sport and riders would benefit from having them reduced.

yeah right, fuck that... the sky pro team should have done their homework instead of stacking on the corner that everyone was talking about and after all the effort putting a train together trying to get cav ready for the finish, welcome to pro racing.. no one cheating, ferrari earnt the victory today

as a spectator you need to stfu.....

Except we have been talking about Stage 9 all this time, maybe you should take your own advice

Good win by Ferrari today, I didn't really see Sky being involved in the crash, Cav just didn't have the legs

Interesting article on Boonen

Andyp +1