Bradley Wiggins fans were left feeling a bit disappointed today, as he failed to deliver in the time trial and finished a lowly 7th. Big winner of the day, was Gusttav Larsson, he did win the silver medal at the World Championships last year, so is pretty handy at a time trial himself.
He also does a nice line in surreal cartoons.
So Basso won the overall, with a strong ride, backed-up by a strong team. He seems to be back to the kind of form he was showing just before he got himself banned for 2 years for all those bags of blood.
Cadel started off strong, but had a weak team and apparently he was "crook" with a high temperature and some digestive issues during stage 11. At least he won the points jersey in the end.
Vino was also strong, but didn't quite have what it takes. He also had a bit of a weak team, but he'll be a handy guy for Contador to have around come the TDF - if he doesn't get banned again between now and then.
The real Giro D'Italia may have finished and the winner crowned, but the outcome of the FGDI is still unknown. I'm thinking the Bile Beans did nicely on the final stage, but there's all those end of race points to think about. Rest assured I'll be keeping an eye on the Velogames site, to see what those final scores are and in the event of my possible victory, to rub every one's noses in it.
No more stages to tell you about. If you want to keep-on keeping-an-eye-on the pro cycling circuit, then the next race on the calendar is the Dauphine Libere, where the TDF contenders will be getting in a last bit of practise before the big race in 5 weeks time.
no scores yet?
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