Giro 2014 Stage 17 - Pirazzi Deserves a Pastry

If a rider has hung on till now at the Giro this year, then I think he deserves some respect and maybe some cake, (well, all of them except Pierre Rolland). So, hats off to all of the plucky chancers in today's breakaway.

 

As you can see there were quite a few faces in the big move of the day. And with no GC threats, they were allowed to get a good bit of time. Stefano Pirazzi has been plugging away for a while now and he finally got the win he has been after.

In a day where the underdog got the stage win, the MADFORITS finally had their day too.

League Standings - Stage 17 

	Team	Directeur	Rank	Score
	MADFORITS	Warwick Anderson	1	216
	KLOEFEKAPPERS FC	Jan Van Belleghem	2	180
	ENRICO 666	Erik Mortier	3	165
	Evil Chanbots	Evil Dr Chan	4	160
	Wilko	Oliver Wilkens	5	134
	Smugblokes	Mark Philo	6	105
	Flying Hutchmen	Hutch	7	85
	Charmers	Craigatron	8	73
	Ollysaurus	OJ	9	68
	Pretty in Pink	Vincent Paul Lavallee	10	53
	Sean Kelly All-Stars	Patrick Hough	11	50
	Rouleurs	tdm911	12	50
	Mungo Cycling	Mungo	13	44
	Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	14	36
	Dead Rubbers Usually Give Surprises	drew stephenson	15	8

There's no stopping the Charmers for the time being though.

League Standings - Overall

	Team	Directeur	Rank	Score
	Charmers	Craigatron	1	3519
	Ollysaurus	OJ	2	3134
	MADFORITS	Warwick Anderson	3	3039
	Mungo Cycling	Mungo	4	2967
	ENRICO 666	Erik Mortier	5	2879
	Evil Chanbots	Evil Dr Chan	6	2723
	Rouleurs	tdm911	7	2645
	Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	8	2579
	Smugblokes	Mark Philo	9	2464
	Flying Hutchmen	Hutch	10	2141
	Pretty in Pink	Vincent Paul Lavallee	11	1984
	KLOEFEKAPPERS FC	Jan Van Belleghem	12	1961
	Wilko	Oliver Wilkens	13	1854
	Sean Kelly All-Stars	Patrick Hough	14	1514
	Dead Rubbers Usually Give Surprises	drew stephenson	15	753

More hills tomorrow and if everybody is a pissed off about stage 16 as they say they are, then it should make for an exciting race.