Giro d'Italia Contest

[Bigwaved]

Originally Posted by gvarsity

Wish I had cable right now. This would be fun to watch.

If you have tinfoil hat and stand just right...

[j6ppc]

General classification after stage 4
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 14.26.10(no one's pick)
6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 0.54(Hockydad, qvarsity)
19 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.43(mosesbotobl, soulskater)
23 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.00(Stormin)
59 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.00(Ermo)

Mountains classification
Danilo Di Luca
Points classification
Robbie McEwen
Trofeo fast team classification
Liquigas



Turned out to be a bigger day than I expected. Gutierrez better find his legs in a hurry before the
real climbing begins. 4 minutes down after only 4 stages? The other CS GC picks are still within
striking distance of pink still. Here's to hoping that the race remains suspenseful until the end!

[j6ppc]

General classification after stage 5
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 18.43.12
6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 0.54
19 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 1.43
23 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.00
58 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.00

Today's stage pretty much as expected, no changes great sprint at the
end.

[Ermo]

Damn Popovych and the Discovery Channel Yankees

[j6ppc]

Originally Posted by Ermo

Damn Popovych and the Discovery Channel Yankees

Yeah they must have let the air out of Gutierrez' tyres or something Eric.

[j6ppc]

Today’s stage was a tough one, GC got shaken up a bit but the positions of the
GC contenders relative to each other is hardly changed. Gutierrez did not
improve but also did not lose any time in what is probably the most demanding
stage so far. Perhaps he's riding himself into form. Tomorrow will likely be another
stage for the sprinters. Sunday's stage starts with a fair bit of climbing and
the danger of a breakaway putting serious time into the GC contenders is very
real since the last 90 KM are almost entirely down hill. In any case Sunday
should be exciting.

General classification after stage 6
1 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 23.44.32
2 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.30
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4.12
4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 4.38
5 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 4.47
6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas
7 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4.49
8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5.05
9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital (Hockydad, qvarsity) 5.06
22 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel (mosesbotobl,soulskater) 5.55
26 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval (Stormin) 6.12
60 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi (ermo) 8.12

[mosesbotbol]

Still an open race in my book. Wish Versus had daily TV coverage.

[j6ppc]

Originally Posted by mosesbotbol

Still an open race in my book.

You have got that right.

[j6ppc]

Business as usual today. Aitor lost another minute and change unfortunately.

General Classification after stage 7

1 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 29.59.16
2 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.30
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4.12
4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 4.38
5 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 4.47
6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas -
7 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria 4.49
8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5.05
[I]9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 5.06
22 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 5.55
26 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.12
71 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9.28[/I]

[Bigwaved]

Stinkin' sprint stages...

[j6ppc]

Yeah but Tuesday should shake things up a bit.

[Bigwaved]

Originally Posted by j6ppc

Yeah but Tuesday should shake things up a bit.

Sprint stages are not as much fun as a few years ago.

[j6ppc]

Thursday, Friday and Saturday should also be "fun".

Agreed the sprints used to be more fun than now.

[Bigwaved]

Originally Posted by j6ppc

Thursday, Friday and Saturday should also be "fun".

Agreed the sprints used to be more fun than now.

Bumps in the course are much more appealing, imo. Make 'em feel the PAIN!

[j6ppc]

Man I forgot next sunday Ouch.