Stages 16,17&18 - Bumper Triple Update

Doesn't time fly when you aren't blogging? It seems like only yesterday that we were having a rest day. And since then we've had three more stages.

First we had the Mountain Time Trial. And who should have won but Alberto Contador? Just in case anyone was in any doubt about who is the strongest rider at this years race.

He'll have to continue without his personal mechanic though. You may remember Faustino Muñoz from last July, but now you can remember him for hitting a spectator with a car door. I imagine it would make for some entertaining viewing. Unfortunately I can't find it on a popular video sharing website.


On Wednesday we had stage 17. It looked like the big boys had pretty much given up trying to get the better of Bertie, so it was time for a break. The winning move was whittled down to three men come the finish in Tirano. It was all going pretty much as expected until the sprint where Giovanni Visconti got all pushy with Diego Ulissi just before the line. Visconti says he was being put into the barriers by the young Italian, but the race judges didn't see it that way and sent him to the back of the group to finish third.

I did remember to take a look at the scores yesterday, and they looked like this.

So today it was another 3-man break. And one that contained two Bile Beans riders. I was proud to see my boys Marco Pinotti and Kevin Seeldraeyers up the road, but my poor Giro luck continues and I wasn't surprised to see Eros Capecchi come across the line first.

They did net me a few points though. And though I suspect the Chanbots are out of reach, I might just catch the Drunk Riders.

Here's a quick peek at Stage 19.