Giro Stage 10 *Spoiler*
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Phew... another one out of the way. I have about as much enthusiasm as Greipel does for these stages.0
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Can see it breaking up a bit tomorrow. It's a very long stage, and the run-in looks fairly lumpy.
Either that or a big breakaway could win by 20 minutes and the GC riders have the day off.0 -
Pross wrote:DaveyL wrote:Seriously, did you see what caused the crash?
Who me? No, that's why I said I didn't see this one....
Looks like I jinxed Henderson, thought he'd be good at the end of a long stage.
No, I was asking Pokerface. The cameras didn't catch what caused it, but he obviously did, since he decided the Sky rider's poor bike handling skills had caused him to go down...Le Blaireau (1)0 -
afx237vi wrote:Can see it breaking up a bit tomorrow. It's a very long stage, and the run-in looks fairly lumpy.
Either that or a big breakaway could win by 20 minutes and the GC riders have the day off.
pelizotti could make a surprise move"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
mididoctors wrote:afx237vi wrote:Can see it breaking up a bit tomorrow. It's a very long stage, and the run-in looks fairly lumpy.
Either that or a big breakaway could win by 20 minutes and the GC riders have the day off.
pelizotti could make a surprise move
What, admit to doping?"I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)0 -
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.0
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Wiggins was kinda mean about Hondo's effort a couple of days ago:
http://twitter.com/bradwiggins/status/13983648368It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.0 -
Timoid. wrote:Wiggins was kinda mean about Hondo's effort a couple of days ago:
http://twitter.com/bradwiggins/status/13983648368
Yeah, the Lampre boys have been waiting to tweet that Sky made it through a stage without falling off.
Hopefully tomorrow.
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.0 -
Timoid. wrote:Wiggins was kinda mean about Hondo's effort a couple of days ago:
http://twitter.com/bradwiggins/status/13983648368
Yeah, that carphedon must really mess with your mind....Le Blaireau (1)0 -
Don't let the Aussies see this;Jack Bobridge wrote:“Jesus, this race is very hard!” the 20 year old from Goolwa in South Australia said in Avellino at the start of stage 10. “It’s a lot different than other ProTour races. It’s very different from the Tour Down Under!”
One assumes he'll have his passport rescinded when he returns Down Under next.
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Old Willunga Hill is a bit like the Zoncolan... isn't it?0
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andyp wrote:One assumes he'll have his passport rescinded when he returns Down Under next.0
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"This is Jack Bobby. He thinks the Tour Down Under is a proper bike race. HTFU Jack Bobby..."Le Blaireau (1)0
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andyp wrote:Don't let the Aussies see this;Jack Bobridge wrote:“Jesus, this race is very hard!” the 20 year old from Goolwa in South Australia said in Avellino at the start of stage 10. “It’s a lot different than other ProTour races. It’s very different from the Tour Down Under!”
One assumes he'll have his passport rescinded when he returns Down Under next.
Crikey, didn't realise he was just 20. Isn't he kind of young to be doing a GT? Especially one as hard as this.It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.0 -
He'll be pulled out in the next couple of days apparently.0
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Jack Bobridge wrote:It’s very different from the Tour Down Under!”
Wait until he does the Tour, every rider says this is even harder. Moreno Argentin said going to the Tour de France was like going to university after being in nursery school (vivaio) during the rest of the year.0 -
Kléber wrote:Wait until he does the Tour, every rider says this is even harder. Moreno Argentin said going to the Tour de France was like going to university after being in nursery school (vivaio) during the rest of the year.
But over the last 10 years, it seems to have been going increasingly from the gun............for instance stage 7 (Strada biance) had an average speed of 44kph before they hit the mud roads.
Maybe not quite as frantic as the Tour still, but it can't be far off and the route of this Giro seems especially difficult.0 -
That's true but those days of piano, piano ended in the late 80s, when FICP points were introduced. I think it was Chavanel who said the Tour was different in that you had to concentrate on every bend, even taking the wrong line round a corner meant an extra effort to close the gap in front, there was not recovery.0
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Kléber wrote:That's true but those days of piano, piano ended in the late 80s, when FICP points were introduced. I think it was Chavanel who said the Tour was different in that you had to concentrate on every bend, even taking the wrong line round a corner meant an extra effort to close the gap in front, there was not recovery.
seen plenty of piano stages in the Giro in recent years (last decade or so) that were very Piano... my fav... that stage Mckenzie won with a solo break because the peloton stopped for cake from Bettini's mum then couldn't chase (full of cake)"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
I can see today's stage being piano, especially if it's warm. A break of around 15, maybe and Astana can't be arsed to chase so hand the jersey over for a few days0
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TakeTheHighRoad wrote:I can see today's stage being piano, especially if it's warm. A break of around 15, maybe and Astana can't be arsed to chase so hand the jersey over for a few days
nah too many looking for the win plus i think vino wants(thinks?) to use stages like this to gain time before the big stuff"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0