Giro stage 17

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Kreuziger is on the edge: it looks like Tiralongo will soon be Astana's main man. That's it, the Czech rider is off the back and out of the Giro...

I'll be taking some risks in the remaining stages now.

Lead group as they go over the penultimate climb:

Rodriguez
Hesjedal
Basso
Tiralongo
Scarponi
Intxausti
Henao
Cataldo
Casar
Uran
De Gendt
Tschopp
Gadret
Moreno
Cunego
Nieve
Szmyd
Dupont
Caruso
Seeldraeyers
Capecchi
Samoilau
Losada

No Txurruka

that's not the whole group. Pozzovivo is certainly in there.

EDIT: Brambilla too... though the whole thing is being blown apart now.

de Gendt, Gadret, Tiralongo all dropped.

Basso
Scarponi
Uran
Hesjedal
Rodriguez
Pozzovivo

All that's left.

Nooooo! Hesjedal, the man I dropped this morning, has attacked!

Dam! why did i take uran out when he had a bad day the other day what a fail!

Scarponi cramps on the descent!

Well, I've got the top 4 guys on the road... but I'm assuming I'm not alone

Looks like a sprint finish between Basso, Pozzovivo, Hesjedal (who I dropped this morning and who'll probably win it) and Rodriguez...

I hate this game.

I was going to say I can't believe some people dropped Hesjedal, but then I stupidly dropped Pozzovivo so i'm not really in a position to say anything
Loving Uran's hair tho'...

maybe Uran too...

At least gadret is not as far behind as i thought!

Anyway J-rod axed tomorrow for cav, and i can get basso in for friday instead of henao

Rodriguez
Basso
Hesjay
Scarponi
Uran
Poz

I think.

There'll be some BIIGGGGGG scores today.

Rubbish day, I don't have Pozzovivo anymore

Bye bye Astana riders

Sorry, got Scarponi and Uran the wrong way around.

So are Henao and Uran just riding for themselves now?

1,3,6,10,11 and 17 and 18 maybe? 7 in top 20 i Think (all stars, pozz, Tschopp and Tiralongo)

So can the Hes TT?

Cav tomorrow surely

yh Cav tomorrow

Hes and Uran are the best on paper out of the top contenders, Basso 3rd id say. Scarponi has improved, so has J-rod and pozz is the worst

1. Rodriguez 2 Basso 3. Hesjedal 4. Uran 5. Scarponi 6. Pozzovivo 7. Intxausti 8. Moreno 9. De Gendt 10. Tschopp 11. Gadret 12. Nieve 13. Cunego 14. Pardilla 15. Brambilla 16. Bruseghin 17. Tiralongo 18. Henao 19. Cataldo 20. Failli

Yup big scoring day for sure. I could have been up there if I hadn't panicked and swapped Pozzo for Casar (WTF was I thinking???). Got top 3 and all the Rabottini points. My pick for the day was Hesjay so I bumped in Rosseler for Keizer (too hilly for the Keizer), close but no cigar...

Crap stage for me. I'll probably take some big risks tomorrow, and when that goes wrong try and win the TT.

Bringing in Henao for Inxausti clearly wasn't the best move, but not too shabby overall, I think (especially thanks to a last minute change of heart bringing in Rabottini).

171 points and dropped 5 places

Probably lost my top 20 place now.

What's the thoughts on tomorrow? A nailed on Cav win or chance for more carnage and a random winner from whoever stays upright?

1-2-3-12 for me. Not bad for a purist, I think!

I did even worse than I was expecting :(. Don't think I'll even bother taking any risks tomorrow - I'll just enjoy watching the the next 3 stages (without having this game in the back of my mind the whole time), then try to get a good result on the last day.

Well I don't normally post on here, but I also cashed in on this stage with 214 pts, I normally get 50 or 60 and my last hi score was 112....mebee I should pay more attention and pay to join a league...good luck all !

Androni have been dropped which means no Sella in the lead group. Rodriguez and Hesjedal have been isolated and have no teammates with them, Basso and Scarponi have a couple each so descent not withstanding this could be a good day for Basso and a bad one for J-Rod.