Giro Stage 13
Sprint day today? Maybe, maybe not, depends on who gets away and even if it is a sprint the last few stages have shown anything can happen in the last 1km so I've avoided being too sprinter heavy today.
Hesjedal dropped for Ferrari
Hunter dropped for Henao
leaving me with
Rodriguez
Cavendish
Ferrari
Henao
Tiralongo
Caruso
Golas
Rubiano
Pozzovivo
who've you gone for today? Do you reckon Goss will still be feeling the effects of Monday's crash?
goss
cav
ferrari
Intxausti
cataldo
caruso
demare
rubiano
tiralongo
Hoping that today is sprint day we all want. Wanna see cav and goss go all the way and keep the red jersey battle going till the final days ITT 
I'm hoping Goss is still suffering personally 
I'd rather Ferrari win and Cav come second too as Cav and Goss will both be popular picks today.
I think I worked it out as a guaranteed 52 points today from my team assuming none of the classifications change. Hoping for something around the 90 mark.
Ive gone goss as i couldnt afford Cav
Goss
J-Rod
Hesjedal
Haeno
Demare
Kristoff
Caruso
Pozzovivo
Huzarski
I've brought Cav back in, and Belletti just to be different, as the rest of my team is full of very popular selections. Those two will go straight back out tomorrow for a GC contender and a climbing DS. I'm hoping there are enough teams with sprinters that they'll chase any breaks down (and its such a short stage).
Cav
Hesjedal
Basso
Henao
Pozzovivo
Caruso
Belletti
Felline
Samoilau
Cav
Hesjedal
Haedo
JRod
Chicchi
Caruso
Rubiano
Golas
Demare
4 sprinters for me today. I'm hoping for good results from Haedo & Chicchi in particular because they're less popular than some of the other sprinters.
A two man breakaway, guess who... yes it's Martijn chuffing Keizer and Francesco Failli.
They have a few minutes on the peloton but I can't see just the pair of them staying away to the finish.
Keizer might be a good bet for some last man home points when we reach the mountains. 
A 2 man break could be good for Cav owners. He's been hoovering up any available intermediate sprint points so far, so a possible 4 points available today.
Yep, excellent news for me, I'm hoping for a Ferrari Cavendish 1-2 but will settle for both of them in the top 10... as long as Robbie Hunter doesn't win, that'd annoy me 
We have a Netapp rider on the deck and it looks like a broken collar bone for reto hollenstein. He's in an ambulance, his race over.
Cavendish
J-Rod
Hesjedal
Ferrari
Guardini
Demare
Rubiano
Pozzovivo
Caruso
First time today that I didn't use maximum transfers. Ready for tomorrow but should be solid today. Cav-Ferrari sans Goss would be good 
Order over the climb:
Failli
Keizer
Golas
Keizer might be a good bet for some last man home points when we reach the mountains.A 2 man break could be good for Cav owners. He's been hoovering up any available intermediate sprint points so far, so a possible 4 points available today.
Good for me, I've got Cav and Keizer haha!
Sq
Beginning to regret not keeping Demare and Guardini in my team for today, the shorter stage should play into their hands more than the previous longer ones. No doubt they'll score fairly well today.
I made 3 changes for today. And plan the reversal of them tonight
46 May 18, 01:54 Giovanni Visconti Jose Humberto Rujano
46 May 18, 01:54 Roberto Ferrari Sergio Luis Henao
46 May 18, 01:54 Mark Cavendish Ryder Hesjedal
Joaquin Rodriguez (KAT)
Mark Cavendish (SKY)
Roberto Ferrari (AND)
Giovanni Visconti (MOV)
Domenico Pozzovivo (COG)
Miguel Angel Rubiano (AND)
Paolo Tiralongo (AST)
Damiano Caruso (LIQ)
Jon Izagirre (EUS)
Went for
Cav
Goss
Henao
Hesjedal
Demare
Kristoff
Boaro
Pozzovivo
Bauer
Hopefully some decent points today,
Stumpy
Sprint placings:
1. Keizer (8pts),
2. Failli (6pts),
3. Cavendish (4pts),
4. Eisel (3pts),
5. Hunt (2pts),
6. Veikkanen (1pt)
Looks like Goss didn't even bother, I'm going to go out on a limb and say he'll be nowhere in the final sprint, just like Wednesday, and Vaitkus will be on sprint duties.
I think Goss might give it a blast today and drop out tonight 
From the text commentary it seems you might be right, I can't see Greenedge doing as much work as they have done unless they though Goss was capable of winning.
Oh well, Cav is still up there, so is Ferrari, as long as they both finish well up there I'm happy.
Cav wins after being boxed out
Cav takes the win!
Don't know the results but sounds like everyone who should have been there for the other sprint stages was there, so Demare, Guardini, Ferrari, Goss, Hunter, Haedo etc etc all there or thereabouts.
Damn, Kristoff 2nd.
Cav
Kristoff
Renshaw
Modolo
Favilli
Goss
Demare
Haedo
It wasn't Guardini. It was Favilli 
Well this Giro doesn't get any better for me!
GKam, any idea where Ferrari finished up? The win +5 bonus points will suit me nicely, should be on for around 95 points plus whatever Ferrari gets me
All of my sprinters made it into the top 20, but I was hoping for slightly more; 1st, 7th, 12th, 16th.
Kinda hoping Ferrari was in there somewhere, because to get Cav and him in I had to take out Hesjedal losing me a few GC points
GKam, any idea where Ferrari finished up? The win +5 bonus points will suit me nicely, should be on for around 95 points plus whatever Ferrari gets me
15th
1 CAVENDISH
2 KRISTOFF
3 RENSHAW
4 MODOLO
5 FAVILLI
6 GOSS
7 DEMARE
8 HAEDO Lucas
9 COLBRELLI
10 BELLETTI
11 VANENDERT
12 CHICCHI
13 DELAGE
14 WYSS
15 FERRARI
16 HAEDO JJ
17 NIZZOLO
18 PONZI
19 HUNTER
20 BODNAR
1 Cav 2 Kristoff 3 Renshaw 4 Modolo 5 Favilli 6 Goss 7 Démare 8 Lucas Haedo 9 Colbrelli 10 Belletti 11 Vanendert 12 Chicchi 13 Delage 14 Wyss 15 Ferrari 16. JJ Haedo 17. Nizzolo 18. Ponzi 19. Hunter 20. Bodnar 21. Hermans 22. Schorn
Debarrio
I've got JJ Haedo but it was Lucas Haedo who came 8th. Think the other one was up there anyway. Got 1st and 7th anyway.
Sq
Cheers Debarrio
Sq
I shouldn't have bothered taking Ferrari and Visconti and kept Henao and Hesjedal 
I have 2, 6, 7, 10, 15 and 17. No idea where that will bring me...
Debarrio
Ha - had Kristoff since stage 2 and finally dropped him yesterday. Ah well, went into today with 2 sprinters and got 1st and 10th, so thats OK. Can't wait for tomorrow, but the first mountain stage is bound to see all the guys I think are in good shape getting dropped halfway up the last climb...
I have 2, 6, 7, 10, 15 and 17. No idea where that will bring me...
Big points, I'd wager - not many teams will have kept that many sprinters in. Surely you can't win a stage 2 days running?!
No, that would be ridiculous (although very nice). BTW what was Vanendert thinking? Probably wanted to see what a bunch sprint looks like up close...
Debarrio
i still have a sprinter heavy team. i got 1st, 3rd , 6th, 10th , 15th and 17th.
not too bad i guess
Not too bad 113 points for me
Goss and Ferrari transferred out. Keep cav for 5 sprint points and bring in another 2 climbers Sunday
Got 1, 2, 7, 10
with lots in hand for the climbs like j-rod and hesjedal and rubiano for tomorrow. . . but which other climbers to bring in??? Its not a hilltop finish so anyone who can climb ok and then finish might do well . . . such as Nibali . . . what is he doing in USA? So who to bring in . . . Scarponi will want to do well overall . . . but i think i'll go for an AR rather than a KM tomorrow for the win
Got 1, 2, 7, 10
with lots in hand for the climbs like j-rod and hesjedal and rubiano for tomorrow. . . but which other climbers to bring in??? Its not a hilltop finish so anyone who can climb ok and then finish might do well . . . such as Nibali . . . what is he doing in USA? So who to bring in . . . Scarponi will want to do well overall . . . but i think i'll go for an AR rather than a KM tomorrow for the win
I got 1,2,6,7 plus the usual gc, sprint points etc.
Not to bad as i've taken 20 penalty points for tomorrows stage with an extra transfer.
Stumpy
Got 1, 2, 7, 10
with lots in hand for the climbs like j-rod and hesjedal and rubiano for tomorrow. . . but which other climbers to bring in??? Its not a hilltop finish so anyone who can climb ok and then finish might do well . . . such as Nibali . . . what is he doing in USA? So who to bring in . . . Scarponi will want to do well overall . . . but i think i'll go for an AR rather than a KM tomorrow for the win
According to steephill the profile for tommorrow is a cat 1 hilltop finish with the last 28kms uphill - you sure you looked at the right stage mate ?
Stumpy
No, that would be ridiculous (although very nice). BTW what was Vanendert thinking? Probably wanted to see what a bunch sprint looks like up close...
It was Dennis Vanendert, Not his brother
I know that! But since when is Dennis a sprinter? Before today his best finish this year was 45th...
Debarrio
Ah why did I take out Kristoff!!
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