It's taken a few stages, but this year's Giro has finally repeated itself. You may recall that yesterday, it was tattooed Italian, Filippo Pozzato who won the stage from a break. And today, it was tattooed Italian Manuel Belletti , who won the stage from a break.
They've got some impressive ink-work, but they've got a way to go to catch up with former Rock Racing rider Kayle Leogrande.
Sadly, Kayle is no longer racing. Rock Racing have gone a bit bust, but probably a bigger problem was this picture of a very distinctive, tattooed pair of hands holding some EPO in a fridge.
There were a few differences to yesterday's stage. Today's break was 17 strong and had been away since the 62km mark and were in little danger of being swept-up by the bunch. Once they got into the last few miles the attacks were coming thick and fast and Belletti timed it just right to get the win. In other stage news Vladimir Karpets sneaked away from the main pink jersey group to gain 2 minutes at the finish and it was farewell to David Millar who was feeling poorly. Overall though, it was a day where not much changed.
Velogame scores just in. I'm stilll just hanging in at the top, mostly thanks to Pozzato's win yesterday, Harrisons men aren't far behind now though. Further down the table Barmbyworld have climbed up to third spot as Drecifer's Druggies slip to fourth. It's still Dr Chan in last place at the moment, but his team is actually looking quite strong going into the tough final week.
So lets look ahead shall we? I predict stage 14 will happen tomorrow. Here she is in uppy-downy form. As you can see, it features a big uppy-downy bit, (or a mountain, as they are also known) before the finish. Maybe someone who can ride a bike fast up a mountain will win.
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