Liquigas was driving the chase as Domenico Pozzovivo takes the win. The little climber from Basilicata could be a bigger GC threat later in the Giro with the bigger mountains. Followed by the Si Gira program that is basically a Giro talk show. And the nightly summary show T Giro
Mark Cavendish does not like hilly stages. Here is Mark brining up the rear on Stage 10 and getting a push the Italian fans.
Ryder is still in the lead, but Domenico Pozzovivo takes the stage. Joachim Rodriguez takes an 8 second bonus to move into second place on GC making him a danger for the next mountain stages.
This is a cool new take on the Breaking Away movie poster. via Pedal consumption
This is me climbing the Babcock Hollow Wall at the Hollenbecks Classic Road Race. Pain is the word for this climb. Mark Cavendish would kick my ass handily.
Ian Stannard of Team Sky is riding the new Dura Ace 11 speed groupset at the Giro.
Today’s stage was tough for Mark Cavendish. His grupetto just made it under the time cut for the stage which was a “medium” mountain stage. It did not help that Cav crashed on the gravel ascent of the Capella climb. OMG! Bernie unzipped…thanks for posting, Greg! RT @Greghenderson1 please explain @MarkCavendish Passo della Cappella. twitpic.com/9jux8d [...]
Teaching my Daughter to ride without training wheels was tough. I started with the typical approach. Give her a bike with training wheels to ride and have fun. Once she feels like it is time, remove the training wheels and through trial and error have her ride a two wheeler. This approach looked to be [...]
Jens and Horner talk about their careers which is pretty amazing how long they’ve been racing and the old days. I feel old since I am the same age as these guys. Some more Jens.
The Giro featured some Strade Bianche and steep climbs on the run into Urbino Porto S.Elpidio. The climbs shattered the peloton forming several grupettos that were struggling to make the time cut. One particular group included World Champion Mark Cavendish and Taylor Phinney. The Cav/Phinney group made it through with about 45 seconds below the [...]