We were treated to an awesome spectacle as the race headed up the Zoncolan.
League Standings - Stage 20
League Standings - Overall
But as is often the case in a big (and probably slightly drunk) crowd, there's always a few dickheads who spoil it for everybody. Today, it was the turn of Francesco Bongiorno have his day spoiled by some knob-end. The aforementioned knob-end tried to give the Italian a friendly push up the fearsome hill, but only succeeded in forcing him to stop and so left the way open for Micky Rogers to win another stage.
We're getting a bit used to seeing the crowds on the big climbs getting close, but it's worth remembering that cycling is not the only sport where a drunken spectator can get in on the action.
Kings of the Zoncolan were Pretty in Pink.
League Standings - Stage 20
Team | Directeur | Rank | Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pretty in Pink | Vincent Paul Lavallee | 1 | 337 | |
KLOEFEKAPPERS FC | Jan Van Belleghem | 2 | 195 | |
Wilko | Oliver Wilkens | 3 | 151 | |
Dead Rubbers Usually Give Surprises | drew stephenson | 4 | 141 | |
Smugblokes | Mark Philo | 5 | 138 | |
MADFORITS | Warwick Anderson | 6 | 89 | |
ENRICO 666 | Erik Mortier | 7 | 81 | |
Ollysaurus | OJ | 8 | 77 | |
Rouleurs | tdm911 | 9 | 76 | |
Charmers | Craigatron | 10 | 74 | |
Evil Chanbots | Evil Dr Chan | 11 | 62 | |
Flying Hutchmen | Hutch | 12 | 59 | |
Sean Kelly All-Stars | Patrick Hough | 13 | 49 | |
Mungo Cycling | Mungo | 14 | 35 | |
Bile Beans | Vestan Pance | 15 | 29 |
With one more stage to go the Charmers are still in control of the overall.
League Standings - Overall
Team | Directeur | Rank | Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Charmers | Craigatron | 1 | 4032 | |
Ollysaurus | OJ | 2 | 3793 | |
MADFORITS | Warwick Anderson | 3 | 3639 | |
Evil Chanbots | Evil Dr Chan | 4 | 3435 | |
ENRICO 666 | Erik Mortier | 5 | 3432 | |
Mungo Cycling | Mungo | 6 | 3330 | |
Smugblokes | Mark Philo | 7 | 3197 | |
Rouleurs | tdm911 | 8 | 3116 | |
Bile Beans | Vestan Pance | 9 | 2883 | |
KLOEFEKAPPERS FC | Jan Van Belleghem | 10 | 2678 | |
Pretty in Pink | Vincent Paul Lavallee | 11 | 2585 | |
Flying Hutchmen | Hutch | 12 | 2439 | |
Wilko | Oliver Wilkens | 13 | 2402 | |
Sean Kelly All-Stars | Patrick Hough | 14 | 1839 | |
Dead Rubbers Usually Give Surprises | drew stephenson | 15 | 898 |
Stage 21 is a mere formality unless you happen to be one of the few sprinters left in the race. The real action is going to come from the end of tour points, which will decide who takes the Fantasy a Giro crown.