Saturday, May 16, 2009

Two Days Before The Day After Tomorrow


Mongo has to admit that the Giro d'Italia this year has been highly entertaining so far. Most of the big name are still in it, except Mellow Johnny, and some of the young riders are starting to make statements of their own.

By the way, why has Mongo and everyone else fallen asleep on Columbia-Highroad? They have proven since day one that they are the most complete team in Italy. Kanstantsin Siutsou wins today's stage like a man...in a solo breakaway, and does his best Tommie Smith-John Carlos victory celebration.

With essentially a Criterium stage tomorrow, the positions on GC are unlikely to change before the rest day on Monday. These are the top ten after week one...

1. Danilo Di Luca (ITA) LPR Brakes Farnese Vini in 33:13:35
2. Thomas Lovkvist (SWE) Team Columbia - High Road in 33:13:48 at 0:13
3. Michael Rogers (AUS) Team Columbia - High Road in 33:14:19 at 0:44
4. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana in 33:14:26 at 0:51
5. Denis Menchov (RUS) Rabobank in 33:14:33 at 0:58
6. Ivan Basso (ITA) Liquigas in 33:14:49 at 1:14
7. Carlos Sastre Candil (ESP) Cervelo Test Team in 33:14:59 at 1:24
8. Christopher Horner (USA) Astana in 33:15:00 at 1:25
9. Franco Pellizotti (ITA) Liquigas in 33:15:10 at 1:35
10. David Arroyo Duran (ESP) Caisse D'epargne in 33:15:24 at 1:49

(Photo:Graham Watson/VeloNews)

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