Nibbles has blasted off… truly in a class of his own.  Looks like 3 colombians next over the line. Cuddles is battling… but I think he’s dropping to 3rd. »

@Buck Rogers Brilliant… »

Uran has a gap on Cadel…Come on Rigo, 12 seconds and you can help me get at least a few points out of my VSP! »

There goes Nibbles! »

Movistar making a play another stage victory..what a great Giro for them so far. »

Speaking of rule V – this guy just showed a fair amount of it riding his wheelchair up di laverado: »

@ped Holy smokes …even his book title follows rule V. »

@strathlubnaig +1! »

@Beers I envy you being able to keep your head in the sand and simply enjoy, I did the same for over 15 years… just haven’t got it in me anymore I guess. I want to have my cake and eat it too (i.e. great and clean racing). So far so good in this Giro,… »

@strathlubnaig That’s me. Too bad we aren’t still playing by the old swap rules… I’d be killing it right now! »

@unversio Very true indeed. Just to be clear – I did not want him to not ride to his fullest abilities, but rather, I wanted his abilities to be not too much better than the other riders -thereby reducing the amount of suspicion that will inevitably fo… »

Nibali’s win in stage 18 is one which – based on his personal history – should rightfully be celebrated as a victory that cements his place in the top echelon of competitors in the peloton today. Should he maintain his current 4 plus minute lead all the w… »

Say it ain’t so… http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gavia-and-stelvio-cut-from-stage-19-of-the-giro-ditalia »

@frank Will be rooting like mad for Uran to make this happen… that way I could at least salvage 8 points. Of course with my luck Evans will completely crack tomorrow and saturday, drop down past 3rd and I’d be back to 1 point again. Oh well, either … »

@frank My math is confirmed…. »

Gesink is done as is my VSP. Down to 2 of the top 5 and neither in the right place….including my 5 pt penalty for swapping Evans in on the 1st rest day my calculations have me at a whopping 1 point. My only hope was that somebody could pull a miracle a… »

Uran lost another 25 secs, Evans somewhere around 45. Gesink has yet to finish. »

Santambroggio takes the win with Nibali on his wheel! »

Apparently the fireworks have started as Sky has sent Henao up the road on the Jafferau. The RAI sport feed shows a light snow falling at the finish line.     »

And now the Galibier is confirmed removed from tomorrows stage….dUran dUran is running out of vertical meters to pull time back from Nibali and Evans… “AFP are confirming, via French officials that the Galibier and the Col du Mont Cenis have been wit… »

@Buck Rogers So good….such a great movie and scene. I’ll need to find that DVD and watch again. »

todays “5 reasons” in Paved was about Hampsten. Some good video of him racing in the ’85 and ’88 Giros: http://www.pavedmag.com/featured/5-reasons-why-he’s-andy-hampsten-and-you’re-not/ »

@LA Dave http://www.bicycling.com/video/jens-voigt-attacking-confidence#/video/all/created/d/1?cm_mmc=Twitter-_-Bicycling-_-Content-Video-_-jens-attacks »

Jens was at it again in the TOC. Best quote of the day: “Once I go I’m committed, and yeah, I actually have, sometimes I have confidence beyond reason, you know you can’t beat that out, I’m motherf*cking Jens Voigt, their not gonna catch me, right?” »

On a completely different note – halfway across the globe good ‘ol Jensie was doing his best to animate an otherwise hohum day at the TOC: “The third stage of the Amgen Tour of California saw the first appearance of RadioShack-Leopard’s Jens Voigt, one o… »