Good job by Liquigas.

Yeah, DiLuca was shouting at Gasparatto as they crossed the finish line, but was quick to downplay it, saying that he wasn't upset, and was happy for the team. Just the heat of the moment, I guess.

Believe it or not, I was going to pick Liquigas as a surprise team in yesterday's thread.

Nice job by them to get some time on Savoldelli, Cunego, Simoni, etc.

DiLuca for sure have some nice early leads but ultimately the winner will be decided in the last week of a knee-killing mountains stages. i expect alot of riders to be abanon somewhere between stage 15th and 17th.

That was one of the most entertaining TT's I've seen. Simoni's off to a bad start vs the competition but it was interesting to see them finish with only their climbers left at the finish. I don't think I've seen that before in a TTT. Mayo's form must not be too bad since he was still there.

Other interesting thing was how disgusted Cunego was when he looked back and saw the small time gap at the line. Obviously had high expectations for once in a TT.

The big loser today was Simoni, no doubt. He won't be able to make up that lost time in the ITT (maybe the mountain TT), so he will need to be even more aggressive on the climbs. Savodelli and DiLuca with today's efforts have sort of given themselves a decent handicap against Cunego and Gibo on the climbs.

Will be interesting to see how Popo feels the next few days. He didn't appear to get road rash, but he should have a nasty bruise around his rib cage area.

Great TTT. I like a technical TTT instead of a straight drag-race. I wish the Tour would pay attention and come up with creative routes.

Dr. Ferrari must be proud