Giro d'Italia 2006 Stage 11 TT (Spoiler)

[petulance]

* spoiler*







Der Kaiser is back!!!

Not a bad result for a rider without a lot of racing kms under his belt
this season. And he wasn't even trying hard until the last 10km ...

In yer face, Basso!

:)

[Absent Husband]

Well, maybe if Basso had been relaxing in the bunch for the first 10
stages, and not worrying about kicking butt on GC, he would have come
FIRST instead of SECOND (with daylight third) in the ITT.

Yes, encouraging result for Big Jan. But he won an ITT against people
who have been RACING for the past 10 stages, as opposed to himself, who
has been in a big bunch ride....

Cheers,
Abby (Go Basso!!)

[petulance]

Absent Husband wrote:
> Well, maybe if Basso had been relaxing in the bunch for the first 10
> stages, and not worrying about kicking butt on GC, he would have come
> FIRST instead of SECOND (with daylight third) in the ITT.

oh boo hoo hoo ... rain on my parade, will ya?

:P

>
> Yes, encouraging result for Big Jan. But he won an ITT against people
> who have been RACING for the past 10 stages, as opposed to himself, who
> has been in a big bunch ride....

considering he only started racing a few weeks ago and has just
recovered from a knee injury, he was never going to push himself in the
Giro. I still think this was a huge result for him under the
circumstances.



>
> Cheers,
> Abby (Go Basso!!)

Ah, the Basso tifosi are out in force now ...

[petulance]

adam85 wrote:
>
> not trying hard? oooo yes he was!!

that's not what the official report said ...

;)

> Once he got the first two good
> splits he wound it right up. I was up late watching part of it live -
> although the RAI pics were delayed so it was wierd watching that with
> eurosport live audio.

So were you getting the pictures from RAI on pay TV and the audio from
Eurosport via the Net?

> And rooman where is the giro show where they
> parade out old italian riders and women in skimpy clothes you were
> talking about? I ain't seen none of that (hey)*

You should ask for your money back!

>
> The wind did change a bit later on, maybe that was part of the reason
> Michael Rogers didn't go so well or maybe some other problem. Amazing
> how much better Basso can TT now, very high cadence style like Lance.

So Basso is trying to be like Lance, eh? All he needs to do now is to
play some mind games and get a rock star girlfriend ...

[dtmeister]

petulance > wrote:
>
> So Basso is trying to be like Lance, eh? All he needs to do now is to
> play some mind games and get a rock star girlfriend ...

Whoa! Is she trialling some aero sunnies for him?


http://www.speedplay.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=gallery.tdf04_imagebig&imageid=651

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..dt

[warrwych]

adam85 Wrote:
> not trying hard? oooo yes he was!! Once he got the first two good splits
> he wound it right up. I was up late watching part of it live - although
> the RAI pics were delayed so it was wierd watching that with eurosport
> live audio. And rooman where is the giro show where they parade out old
> italian riders and women in skimpy clothes you were talking about? I
> ain't seen none of that (hey)*
>
> The wind did change a bit later on, maybe that was part of the reason
> Michael Rogers didn't go so well or maybe some other problem. Amazing
> how much better Basso can TT now, very high cadence style like Lance.
> If it was a hilly TT like last year he would have won I reckon.
>
> Adam
>
> * for dutchy

Rogers had a dental appointment the night before


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warrwych

[rooman]

adam85 Wrote:
> not trying hard? oooo....... up late watching part of it live - although
> the RAI pics were delayed ........ And rooman where is the giro show
> where they parade out old italian riders and women in skimpy clothes
> you were talking about? I ain't seen none of that (hey)*
>
> .....
>
> Adam
>
> * for dutchyprezactly...RAI are letting the bwuddy team down...I got coverage on RAI
just for the saucy display...instead I get cooking classes during the
day on how to make gnocchi...(not nookie!!OK!!)....

yeah not a patch on last year , they had these very comedic warm up and
post race sessions that were full of eye candy and saucey bits, and
crappy humour of some fat guy slipping on his cleats off the bike after
he had ponced it over the course on his Bianchi ( off course ), in a
weird preview, and the weather cross was a twist, they got the Italian
military to do the days forecast.... sadly this year all the police are
dreary looking guys too, none of those superbly elegant big sunglass
police ladies oft seen in the magazines ( no not those magazine!!)...
you know, long flowing hair cascading out of their high peaked hat,
prominent big gold badge, huge pouting lips and a very proud chest and
well tailored skirt and high heels...bellissima (ah if our lady cops
were like that I would have to do a lot of jaywalking.......)

but it is still hilarious how they manage to slip in to almost every
commentary moment info about all the Ital riders who arent riding
.....Petacchi, CipoWeenie, Il Pirato, and anyone else with gig sunnies
and shiny hair doo...but yeah ...rats...very few babes in sight except
the big eyed blonde podium girl who loves to rub the Pink jersey
winner's belly as she does the lingering cheek kiss....hmmm (guys
notice these things...jealous jealous....)


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rooman

[DeF]

petulance wrote:
> * spoiler*
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Der Kaiser is back!!!
>
> Not a bad result for a rider without a lot of racing kms under his belt
> this season. And he wasn't even trying hard until the last 10km ...
>
> In yer face, Basso!
>
> :)
>

Good to see some competition.

What's the story here? Looks like Pinotti has got a bit
of electrical assist happening on the front wheel...
http://tinyurl.com/fs2qv
Looks like the Avanti Electra.

DeF.

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[gplama]

Jan's secret to good ITT performance..... http://tinyurl.com/zx6rj


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gplama

[Rhubarb]

"adam85" > wrote in message
...
> not trying hard? oooo yes he was!! Once he got the first two good
> splits he wound it right up. I was up late watching part of it live -
> although the RAI pics were delayed so it was wierd watching that with
> eurosport live audio. And rooman where is the giro show where they
> parade out old italian riders and women in skimpy clothes you were
> talking about? I ain't seen none of that (hey)*
>
> The wind did change a bit later on, maybe that was part of the reason
> Michael Rogers didn't go so well or maybe some other problem. Amazing
> how much better Basso can TT now, very high cadence style like Lance.
> If it was a hilly TT like last year he would have won I reckon.

I have RAI through Foxtel. I'm just wondering how you get the Eurosport
audio? Stream if of the net? From their website?

[adam85]

Rhubarb Wrote:
> "adam85" > wrote in
> message
> ...
> > not trying hard? oooo yes he was!! Once he got the first two good
> > splits he wound it right up. I was up late watching part of it live
> -
> > although the RAI pics were delayed so it was wierd watching that
> with
> > eurosport live audio. And rooman where is the giro show where they
> > parade out old italian riders and women in skimpy clothes you were
> > talking about? I ain't seen none of that (hey)*
> >
> > The wind did change a bit later on, maybe that was part of the
> reason
> > Michael Rogers didn't go so well or maybe some other problem.
> Amazing
> > how much better Basso can TT now, very high cadence style like
> Lance.
> > If it was a hilly TT like last year he would have won I reckon.
>
> I have RAI through Foxtel. I'm just wondering how you get the
> Eurosport
> audio? Stream if of the net? From their website?

Yep just go to eurosport.com select cycling and Live Audio...I think
it's Sean Kelly and someother bloke.

Adam


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adam85

[adam85]

warrwych Wrote:
> Rogers had a dental appointment the night before

yeah it looked like he'd bitten off more than he could chew :)

Adam


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adam85

[Rhubarb]

"adam85" > wrote in message
...
>
>>
> Yep just go to eurosport.com select cycling and Live Audio...I think
> it's Sean Kelly and someother bloke.
>
> Adam

Sweet! Thanks very much.

[Jono L]

gplama Wrote:
> Jan's secret to good ITT performance..... http://tinyurl.com/zx6rjDon't forget the lama picture stuck onto the seatpost of the rider in
front,
"Gotta catch the lama, gotta catch the lama..."


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Jono L