Giro stage 21 -> Verona ITT (Spoilers)

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    That ramp at the end is a nice touch.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Yeah Nibs
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Flippin' hell man, take your helmet off.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    That ramp at the end is a nice touch.

    'Ramp' is something of an understatement. A great way to finish a GT.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Congratulations Gustav!

    That overall top ten is a really tight one. Basso a worthy winner. Great Giro.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    RichN95 wrote:
    That ramp at the end is a nice touch.

    'Ramp' is something of an understatement. A great way to finish a GT.

    used to live in verona and been to the odd concert in that amphitheater...extraordinary atmosphere....

    god know what it was like when the crowd was waiting to watch men hack each other to bits back in the day!


    so nibs hung on... which was ok in my book

    Basso ...can he challenge in the tour...rode at a level higher than i expected but still looks short... Find it hard to believe the guys are going to be in a fit state..we will see..

    that was quite a race

    Scarponi was unambitious IME it was up to him to attack nibs in the mountains more for the podium


    Evans...well a team would have helped.
    "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 pm
  • luckao
    luckao Posts: 632
    Loved the finish

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    Great race. Let's hope the riders' reputations stand the test of time so that it isn't tarnished.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Another shot of Gibo:
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  • The Mechanic
    The Mechanic Posts: 1,277
    Is it just me are does anyone else think Wiggo is too far behind averyone to look like standing a chance in the Tour
    I have only two things to say to that; Bo***cks
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    We might have said the same thing last year about Wiggins. Your question can't be answered until July really.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    Is it just me are does anyone else think Wiggo is too far behind averyone to look like standing a chance in the Tour

    Do you consider Armstrong a candidate for the victory?

    Contador hasn't raced since Liege, is he considered a candidate given we've no idea what his form is like?

    Andy Schleck was getting dropped by average riders at the ToC, do you think he's a candidate based on that evidence or not?

    The point being that we've no idea who'll be on form or not at the Tour just yet. We can look at previous performances as an indicator, but until the racing starts then we've no idea who has perfected their fine tuning and who hasn't. Every year a GC contender will get it wrong and struggle, as an example, last year did anyone expect both Evans and Sastre to be so far off the pace?
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    wiggins looked on track or there abouts compared to last year...

    I think kleber is right we will have to wait and see
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  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    He's there or thereabouts for July I think...............but his time yesterday was not great considering how focused he was on doing "a ride" in it. 7th spot behind a lot of tired GC riders was a poor performance.

    Gustav Larsson must have some fine handling skills as he nailed the second half of the TT on the downhill sections.