Cav kicks ass once again - his team need some mechanics who know what they are doing. Every race they have a bike break at a critical time

I think Nibali will win the Giro this year

Great start for Cav yesterday though

Great start for Cav in spite of his team not having a clue. They came to the front far too early and he won in spite of his team.

Great TTT from Sky, Astana and Movistar. Appalling from anyone else who was fancied. Hesjadal has time he needs to make up.

Great stage yesterday - ignore what I said about the potential of this being a boring procession. I think yesterday was about Astana and Garmin telling Sky they weren't going to be allowed to boss the climbs this year.

I fancy Pozzovivo or Santambrogio for the win today.

Been an interesting last few days.

Omega Pharma Quick Step worked well to deliver Cav to the line yesterday. Good lead out and great work by Steegmans.

Questions marks over what shape Wiggins is in. Remember 2010/11 when he was always in the wrong place getting caught up behind crashes? Remember 2012 when he and his team were not getting caught up in crashes? Well, looks like we're seeing the earlier vintage again.

40 riders were not caught in the crash yesterday. What on earth is Bradley doing more than 40 riders back?

Maybe he is so certain of putting 3 or more minutes into his GC rivals in the TT but he would do well to remember the broken collarbone that arguably robbed him of winning the 2011 Tdf.

For me the jury is out on Wiggo until after the TT.

He punctured and was just getting back. Not sure there was a lot he or the team could have done about it.

Tough one today. Barely a flat section in sight.

That would certainly explain it - but he also lost time 2 days previous.

Today is described as medium mountains. Remind me never to go out on a ride with anyone who would describe today as 'medium mountains'.

He did, and when you add it all up it appears to make a pattern, but I'm not too sure there's one to see. It has been a far from comfortable first week though.

Wiggins has stacked it. He's in deep, deep trouble

It's been a far more enjoyable (and unpredictable) first week than I thought we were in store for.

I've had my suspicions about Wiggins form before the race even started. I suppose we'll know more soon enough.

Just tuned in - weather looks nice. Guess he went down due to the conditions.

Yep. Nibbles hit the tarmac too, but only after breaking away a bit, so managed to stay with the peloton.
If Sky did have a plan B, that's gone now with Henao and Urán waiting for Wiggins. Lost 90 seconds to the other main GC contenders.

Wiggins only hope is to put 4 minutes plus into his main GC rivals in the TT. He could do that with Nibbles but not Ryder.

My bet on Hesjadal is looking better today after that.

When will Sky learn that they need a 'plan B'?

It only looks like there is a plan B when plan A works. Wiggins wins Le Tour, but there's Froome next to him on the podium and they can say 'well if anything had happened to Brad, we'd have had someone able to take over'. They can keep telling themselves that, but it doesn't make it true. Urán's slipped 20 places today and is no longer in a position to take over as leader.

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I can guarantee that if anything had happened to Brad they'd have sent Froome 'back' to look after him thereby taking care of Plans A & B in one fell swoop.

Some interesting chat coming out from David Walsh yesterday that Uran and Henao had been told to stay put and not to come back to pace Wiggo back to the group. Plans B & C finally coming out but not until both plans had been compromised pacing Wiggins back earlier in the week.

I've said right from the start that I'm not sure about Bradley Wiggins. He is not in the kind of condition he was in last year and I would not be surprised if we do not see him again after the rest day today.

However - it could of course be that he has been telling the truth about becoming more of an explosive climber and he is lulling everyone into a false sense of security.