Pablo Lastras Garcia

May 26, 2013

2013 Giro d’Italia Ends Without Fulcrum

The 2013 Giro d’Italia ended with an even number of riders coming home, so no Point d’Appui could be awarded. Les Cuspides on the final stage were Danilo Wyss of BMC Racing and Pablo Lastras Garcia of Movistar, both of whom held the fulcrum at different stages during the race.

  • Stage 1: Ricardo Mestre
  • Stage 2: Carlos Julian Quintero
  • Stage 3: Leonardo Fabio Duque
  • Stage 4: No fulcrum (abandon by Sandy Casar, who was just two spots out of the middle after Stage 2)
  • Stage 5: John Degenkolb
  • Stage 6: No fulcrum (Ji Cheng of China did not start)
  • Stage 7: Gert Dockx (Mattia Catteneo did not finish, just outside fulcrum after first stage; two others did not start)
  • Stage 8: No fulcrum (Julien Berard did not start)
  • Stage 9: Koen De Kort
  • Stage 10: Pablo Lastras Garcia
  • Stage 11: No fulcrum (Sylvain Georges did not start)
  • Stage 12: No fulcrum
  • Stage 13: Stefano Locatelli
  • Stage 14: No fulcrum
  • Stage 15: No fulcrum
  • Stage 16: Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa
  • Stage 17: No fulcrum
  • Stage 18: Danilo Wyss
  • Stage 19: Canceled due to snow: Danilo Wyss continues as Point d’Appui
  • Stage 20: No fulcrum
  • Stage 21: No fulcrum
August 25, 2012

Vuelta Remains in Les Cuspides Since Stage 4

When a sailing ship hits the duldroms and the winds cease, the crew grows restless and starts doing ridiculous things like swabbing the deck. The Vuelta a España has gone three stages without a Point d’Appui, an even number of riders coming home each day. It got so bad that after Stage 7, the Vuelta’s website showed 194 riders finishing the stage but 196 still in contention for the general classification.

Suffice to say we don’t know how that works except that either there are two tandem bicycles out there or the Vuelta has entered its own period of blah.

Les Cuspides for the last few stages have been:

  • Stage 5 – Denys Kostyuk of Lampre-ISD and Zdenek Stybar of Omega Pharma-Quickstep.
  • Stage 6 – Bruno Pires of Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank and Assan Bazayev of Astana Pro Team.
  • Stage 7 – Pablo Lastras Garcia of Movistar Team and Rafael Valls Ferri of Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team.

Whether we find a new fulcrum on the first really tough mountain finish is yet to be seen. Maybe it will shake up the scorekeepers enough to get the number of riders correct.