Cycling Live

Giro d'Italia - Trento - Tre Cime Di Lavaredo - Auronzo Di Cadore

Live Comments

  1. 0km** - Lampre's Marzio Bruseghin moves right back down the general classification after roling across the line over seven minutes adrift.

  2. 0km** - Savoldelli comes in now just over 6 minutes back.

  3. 0km** - According to our quick calculations, Mazzoleni is now second overall in the Giro. Savoldelli sacrificed himself for his team-mate today.

  4. 0km** - Simoni comes in 3'30" back with Cunego 3'36" back and Schleck at 3'52"

  5. 0km** - Mazzoleni is fifth, Di Luca comes in 2'53" behind!

  6. 0km** - Di Luca is stil pulling clear of Simoni. Now Cunego is catching Simoni!

  7. 0km** - Perez Cuapio is fourth, Eddy Mazzoleni is still hauling himself up the hill!

  8. 0km** - Ricco attacks!! He takes victory!! Piepoli second, Parra third!

  9. 0.1km - Ricco will fight it out with his team-mate for victory!

  10. 0.2km - Parra's in trouble! He's being dropped by the two Italians!

  11. 0.3km - Piepoli, Ricco and Parra all eyeing eachother. Di Luca continues to put time into Simoni.

  12. 0.4km - Perez Cuapio has been dropped!

  13. 0.5km - They have closed on Parra, meanwhile Di Luca is pulling clear of Simoni and Schleck further back.

  14. 0.8km - Ricco attacks again, but still they cling on! Now Parra goes for it!!! He is going clear!!

  15. 1km** - The leaders are into the final kilometre!

  16. 2km** - Eddy Mazzoleni is perhaps slipping back a little. He is back to 1'30" on the leaders.

  17. 3km** - Di Lica attacks!!! He's flown away!! Schleck tries to go with him, now Simoni attacks! Schleck is struggling to match their bursts of acceleration.

  18. 3km** - Ricco and Parra give eachother a quick look. Fascinating action. Ricco has tried to break clear a number of times, but has thus far been reeled back in each time.

  19. 3km** - Cunego attacks!! He puts his foot down and Di Luca responds immediately!

  20. 3km** - Gilberto Simoni is still sitting back, letting Di Luca do all the work. Is he waiting for the Zoncolan?

  21. 4km** - The latest time checks show Mazzoleni 1'15" behind the leaders, with Di Luca's group 4'52" behind.

  22. 5km** - Di Luca is reacting to Mazzoleni's charge. The Astana man is almost in the virtual pink jersey!

  23. 7km** - There are two sections of this Tre Cime de Lavaredo climb that reach of horrific 18%!

  24. 8km** - The other three are hauling Ricco back in!

  25. 9km** - Ricardo Ricco attacks! He puts his foot down on the final steep section of the day and moves away from the other three!

  26. 12km* - Ivan Parra with a short attack, but the other three close it quickly.

  27. 13km* - The top three over the Tre Croci summit: 1. Piepoli 5 pts, 2. Ricco 3 pts, 3. Perez Cuapio 1 pt

  28. 13km* - The leaders are pulling further away from the Di Luca/Schleck/Cunego group. They gap between them is now 3'41". But more importantly, Eddy Mazzoleni is pulling further and further away. He's profiting from the cat and mouse games going on behind him.

  29. 15km* - Simoni is content to sit on the wheel of Cunego, Di Luca and Schleck, letting them do the work. Is he preparing himself for one final burst up the ascent?

  30. 15km* - Mazzoleni is making ground fast! He is now just 1'10" behind the lead four, while the group he has just left are 3'35" behind the lead four.

  31. 19km* - Andy Schleck puts in a short burst to unsettle Di Luca, though everyone is right on his tail.

  32. 20km* - Eddy Mazzoleni has broken clear of the Di Luca group. He is off in chase of the leaders.

  33. 20km* - 3:14 the gap now between the leaders and the Maglia Rosa.

  34. 27km* - Piepoli, Ricco and Perez Cuapio are clocked at 2.55 ahead of the Di Luca group.

  35. 34km* - Savoldelli with a stong descent and he will be able to rejoin the Di Luca group soon.

  36. 38km* - All that means that Leonardo Piepoli now leads the mountain classification ahead of Di Luca.

  37. 38km* - This is how they crossed the summit 1. Piepoli 10 pts, 2. Ricco 6 pts, 3. Perez Cuapio 4 pts, 4. Parra 2 pts, 6. Di Luca 1 pt.

  38. 39km* - Cunego, Simoni and Mazzoleni are all with Di Luca, but it is the man in pink who looks the strongest at the moment as we get close to the top of Passo di Giau.

  39. 40km* - Di Luca starting to drive on a bit now as he says enough if enough and looks to take charge of his own destiny.

  40. 45km* - Piepoli now the biggest name in a leading group of four as the riders start to splinter into clusters.

  41. 50km* - Looks like David Canada, Commesso, Bileka and Marzano are finding it tough as the lead group starts to leave them behind.

  42. 59km* - 4.20 remains the gap and the lead group is made up of Bettini (Quick Step), Canada (Saunier Duval), Ricco and Piepoli (Saunier Duval), Marzano (Lampre), Nocentini (AG2R), Baliani and Perez Cuapio (Panaria), Parra (Cofidis), Caucchioli (C.Agricole), Bileka (Discovery), Pena Iza (Euskaltel), Jufre (Predictor), Rasmussen (Rabobank), Knees (Milram), Commesso, Contrini (Tinkoff), Olson (T-Mobile).

  43. 64km* - The group at the front has bulked up in numbers now again - they are 4.25 ahead of the pink jersey as they come close to Col Sainte-Lucie. Remember that Bettini is in this leading group.

  44. 81km* - AND THEN THERE WERE FIVE - the lead group has seen people drop off like flies - we know have just five Bettini, Marzano, Contrini, Canada and Jegou although Piepoli and Ricco are just 55 seconds behind as they look to join the party.

  45. 87km* - The gap is closing all the time though - the peloton is about five minutes back with the mini group closing in only about a minute off the leaders.

  46. 91km* - At the summit we have 1. Baliani (Panaria) 10 pts, 2. Jufre (Predictor) 6 pts, 3. Commesso (Tinkoff) 4 pts, 4. Contrini (Tinkoff) 2 pts, 5. Brutt (Tinkoff) 1 pt.

  47. 94km* - Serguei Yakovlev meanwhile is the first Astana rider who has been forced to call it quits for this year's Giro.

  48. 95km* - Piepoli and Ricco (Duval Salt maker), Perez Cuapio (Panaria) and Parra (Cofids) break away from the main pack as the look to get closer to the leaders.

  49. -**** - In other news...Russian Vladimir Karpets has won the Tour of Catalonia. The last stage, from Lloret de Mar to Barcelona, was won by Spaniard Samuel Sanchez.

  50. 99Km* - Astana and Saunier Duval seem to have had enough - they are leading the chase to try and get the group ahead back - the margin seems to be dropping a bit too.

  51. 100km - The lead group is thinning a bit now - Drancourt (Bouygues Telecom) and Mondory (AG2R) are among those who have dropped off.

  52. 100km - The group is coming close to the top Passo di San Pellegrino - a category 1 climb- and is now close to seven minutes ahead of the pack.

  53. 128km - Here is the full list of that breakway group - see if you can spot your favourite. Bettini (Quick Step), Belohvosciks and Canada (Saunier Duval), Marzano (Lampre), Nocentini and Mondory (AG2R), Drancourt (Bouygues Telecom), Baliani (Panaria), Duclos-Lassalle (Cofidis), Caucchioli (C.Agricole), Bileka (Discovery), Pena Iza (Euskaltel), Jegou (FDJeux), Krauss (Gerolsteiner), Jufre et Zanini (Predictor), Rasmussen (Rabobank), Knees (Milram), Commesso, Contrini and Brutt (Tinkoff), Olson (T-Mobile).

  54. 140km - The group remains about 3.55 ahead as the riders start climbing.

  55. 145Km - Manuele Mori of Saunier Duval has been forced to call it a day early. Better to do it now then before all the nasty stuff comes I suppose.

  56. 155km - Well we have an early breakaway with the likes of Paolo Bettini and Fortunato Baliani in the group - they have gone 2.30 ahead of the peloton - ambitious stuff to be breaking so early but let's see how these brave souls get on.

  57. 160km - Well they are underway - but the world of pain is still all to come. An easy opening 25km to get them going - the fun comes later.

  58. -**** - Details of those climbs are as follows: Passo san Pellegrino at 93k (length: 11.8km, gain: 753m, avg: 6.4%, max: 14%), Passo Giau at 145k (length: 9.8km, gain: 922m, avg: 9.4%, max: 14%), Passo Tre Croci at 170km (length: 8k, gain: 578m, avg: 7.2%, max: 12%) and the final climb to Tre Cime Di Lavaredo (length: 7.2km, gain: 547m, avg: 7.6%, max: 18%)

  59. -**** - Welcome to LIVE comments from stage 15 of the Giro. The 184km trek from Trento to Tre Cime di Lavaredo. This could well be the key stage of the tour with four big climbs to be negotiated.