Sella Again; Contador in Pink

Emmanuele Sella isn;t going to win the Giro. But he sure has lit up the two big mountain stages. Another solo break, and another win for the little green climber. The expected domination by Astana didn't exactly materialize. Both Kloden and Leipheimer rode themselves out of the race. Contador was dropped at the end too, but only by a few seconds. So he interits the pink jeersey from Bosisio. Of the main contenders, it was Ricco who looked best today. But Di Luca came on strong at the end as well. Tomorrow's uphill TT should continue to mess with the GC. More from CN.

In the FGBC Pool, Andy's team, A Predator Posing as a House Pet, had another strong day with 295 points. But it was Ian's Controlled Destruction that picked up the stage win with 310 points. James' Grande Latte Enema rounded out the podium with 250 points. A Predator Posing as a House Pet has now moved into second overall. But the lead is still over 500 points. I'd Fight Gandhi is still in third. Not bad for a built around sprinters.

Top 20:

1 SELLA Emanuele ITA CSF 4:53:24 0:00 20"
2 POZZOVIVO Domenico ITA CSF 4:55:29 2:05 12"
3 RICCO' Riccardo ITA SDV 4:55:35 2:11 8"
4 DI LUCA Danilo ITA LPR 4:55:44 2:20
5 SIMONI Gilberto ITA SDA 4:55:51 2:27
6 CONTADOR Alberto ESP AST 4:55:51 2:27
7 MENCHOV Denis RUS RAB 4:55:58 2:34
8 VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen BEL SIL 4:56:42 3:18
9 BRUSEGHIN Marzio ITA LAM 4:56:46 3:22
10 VALJAVEC Tadej SLO ALM 4:56:51 3:27
11 PELLIZOTTI Franco ITA LIQ 4:56:51 3:27
12 BALIANI Fortunato ITA CSF 4:57:13 3:49 4"
13 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin ESP GCE 4:58:31 5:07
14 NIBALI Vincenzo ITA LIQ 4:58:34 5:10
15 IGLINSKIY Maxim KAZ AST 4:59:19 5:55
16 DE GREEF Francis BEL SIL 4:59:37 6:13
17 CARDENAS Felix Rafael COL BAR 5:00:16 6:52
18 VOIGT Jens GER CSC 5:00:50 7:26
19 SZMYD Sylvester POL LAM 5:00:51 7:27
20 KLODEN Andreas GER AST 5:01:11 7:47


GC after stage 15:

1 CONTADOR Alberto ESP AST 68:06:43 0:00
2 RICCO' Riccardo ITA SDV 68:07:16 0:33
3 DI LUCA Danilo ITA LPR 68:07:38 0:55
4 BRUSEGHIN Marzio ITA LAM 68:08:01 1:18
5 MENCHOV Denis RUS RAB 68:08:03 1:20
6 SIMONI Gilberto ITA SDA 68:08:09 1:26
7 PELLIZOTTI Franco ITA LIQ 68:09:10 2:27
8 VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen BEL SIL 68:09:33 2:50
9 POZZOVIVO Domenico ITA CSF 68:10:47 4:04
10 SELLA Emanuele ITA CSF 68:11:24 4:41
11 NIBALI Vincenzo ITA LIQ 68:11:27 4:44
12 VALJAVEC Tadej SLO ALM 68:12:41 5:58
13 KLODEN Andreas GER AST 68:13:09 6:26
14 BALIANI Fortunato ITA CSF 68:15:18 8:35
15 LARSSON Gustav Erik SWE CSC 68:15:36 8:53
16 CARDENAS Felix Rafael COL BAR 68:15:50 9:07
17 SAVOLDELLI Paolo ITA LPR 68:16:00 9:17
18 BOSISIO Gabriele ITA LPR 68:18:59 12:16
19 LEIPHEIMER Levi USA AST 68:19:08 12:25
20 SZMYD Sylvester POL LAM 68:19:46 13:03


Today's Results:

Controlled Destruction (Ian) 310
A Predator Posing as a House Pet (Andy) 295
Grande Latte Enema (James) 250
Gasoline and Frozen Orange Juice (Paddy) 200
The Most Beautiful Day of Raymond K. Hessel's Life (Charlene) 170
Listen Up Maggots (Arlene) 160
Stomach Full of Xanax (Laura) 160
Tonight We Make Soap (Rachel) 100
Grade School Girlfriend (Adam) 95
B Times C Equals X (Hal) 95
Chloe's Libido (Johnny M) 90
His Name Was Robert Paulson (Bill) 90
I am Jack's Smirking Revenge (Brad) 90
I'll Take the Parasites (Chris) 85
Ikea Nesting Instinct (Tomek) 80
A House Full of Condiments and No Food … How Embarrasing (Darryl) 70
OALETTSRFEDTZ (Colin) 65
I'd Fight Gandhi (Matt) 45
Remaining Men Together (David S) 35
Near Life Experience (LeAnn) 35
You Are Not a Beautiful or Unique Snowflake (Dallas) 5
Skinny Guys Fight 'Til They're Burger (Jonny B) 0
First You Have to Give Up (Craig) 0
Project Mayhem (Donna) 0
Chemical Burn (Cam) 0
You Met Me at a Very Strange Time in My Life (Jonny G) 0


Overall Standings:

Listen Up Maggots (Arlene) 2519
A Predator Posing as a House Pet (Andy) 2017
I'd Fight Gandhi (Matt) 1843
Gasoline and Frozen Orange Juice (Paddy) 1811
Ikea Nesting Instinct (Tomek) 1733
Grande Latte Enema (James) 1701
Tonight We Make Soap (Rachel) 1579
You Are Not a Beautiful or Unique Snowflake (Dallas) 1462
Skinny Guys Fight 'Til They're Burger (Jonny B) 1430
Controlled Destruction (Ian) 1430
I'll Take the Parasites (Chris) 1424
OALETTSRFEDTZ (Colin) 1285
Grade School Girlfriend (Adam) 1224
Stomach Full of Xanax (Laura) 1219
Chloe's Libido (Johnny M) 1210
I am Jack's Smirking Revenge (Brad) 1208
His Name Was Robert Paulson (Bill) 1131
B Times C Equals X (Hal) 1076
The Most Beautiful Day of Raymond K. Hessel's Life (Charlene) 1024
Remaining Men Together (David S) 1007
You Met Me at a Very Strange Time in My Life (Jonny G) 831
A House Full of Condiments and No Food … How Embarrasing (Darryl) 627
First You Have to Give Up (Craig) 615
Project Mayhem (Donna) 609
Near Life Experience (LeAnn) 600
Chemical Burn (Cam) 523