Did they run out of Capuccino?

What is going on at the Giro today? Naturally, there has been some rain but that is to be expected at this point. My main point is how do you let a 56 man breakaway go up the road. On top of that, how do you let that 56 man group gain 17 minutes on the peloton? And even worse, how do you let that group contain guys like Wiggins and Sastre who were languishing 10 minutes behind the leader.

With only 100km left, they main peloton still needs to make up 16 minutes to catch the breakaway. That seems like a tall order at this point. They may shrink the lead some but why give guys like Sastre a fighting chance just before they go into the mountains?

You could argue that there is a a reason Sastre and Wiggins were 10 minutes behind and that this time gain will only be temporary. This reminds me a little bit of the 2006 Tour when Landis let Pereiro become a challenger again, because Phonak let a breakaway get big time gains.

Should be an interesting end to the stage.