Giro del Trentino **SPOILER**

frenchfighter

Kreuziger, Betancour, Atapuma (Coldeportes), Dupont

afx237vi

Baffling Liquigas tactics. Riding for 2nd.

frenchfighter

SEELDRAEYERS, ROlland and one other Androni rider

afx237vi

Rujano gets to the front for Pozzovivo. Small man solidarity.

afx237vi

Not enough people in this world called Hubert. I presume he has brothers called Cuthbert and Tarquin.

Le Commentateur

Last couple of kms

frenchfighter

Poz on the front riding too hard for anyone to come past.

afx237vi

Easy for Pozzovivo.

Le Commentateur

Cunego's on the wrong side of that gap.

frenchfighter

COLDEPORTES WINS

WOW WOW WOW

Lol, jumped in the last 300m but still, Hehe

afx237vi

Nice win for Colombia. That Betancour chap is shaping up quite nicely, too - he was up there in that monster 8 hour stage in the Giro last year.

frenchfighter

Very impressive from all those finishing around about now. Great climb, great riding.

Massive congratulations to Pozzivivo - clearly the best.

frenchfighter

afx237vi wrote:

Nice win for Colombia. That Betancour chap is shaping up quite nicely, too - he was up there in that monster 8 hour stage in the Giro last year.

Yeah, 4th (just checked) although 58th overall.

His win in Giro dell'Emilia was good.

ocdupalais

Always like Harmon's sarky comments on Eurosport: "And here comes DiLuca - a man a shadow of his former self...for one reason or another"...

ocdupalais

afx237vi wrote:

Not enough people in this world called Hubert. I presume he has brothers called Cuthbert and Tarquin.

Darwin! That's a pretty good first name, too.

afx237vi

OCDuPalais wrote:

afx237vi wrote:

Not enough people in this world called Hubert. I presume he has brothers called Cuthbert and Tarquin.

Darwin! That's a pretty good first name, too.

According to Inrng his first name is John. Presumably he's also been Colombian long-distance canoeing champion.

iainf72

Bit better from Basso today. And at least now Rick can't say he's not finished a race

roypsb

Stage 3 was bloody awesome - really enjoyed watching that (HD was fab) and can't wait for the Giro now. Fleche was incredibly boring in comparison.

Rujano is one weird looking fella - spooks me out a bit actually! :twisted:

iainf72

RoyPSB wrote:

Stage 3 was bloody awesome - really enjoyed watching that (HD was fab) and can't wait for the Giro now. Fleche was incredibly boring in comparison.

At the risk of being a terrible bore.....it wasn't in HD.


I wish the Italians would broadcast their races in HD, they deserve it.

ocdupalais

iainf72 wrote:

At the risk of being a terrible bore.....it wasn't in HD.
I wish the Italians would broadcast their races in HD, they deserve it.

You are not a bore.

This is a MASSIVE grievance of mine: and I, am a MASSIVE bore about it.
So I've spent a ludicrous amount on a snazzy HD telly... I spend a dizzying amount on my Sky HD subscription... and then these tosspots pump out pictures of races (that had me champing at the bit) that look like a teenager's YouTube phone video from 2005.

Same thing happens every year at the Tour: I get a couple of choice days watching the entire output of stages put out in "proper" HD (which currently means switching between Eurosport HD and iTV4HD: unbeatable Dave 'n Sean, in my book - can't bear Phil 'n Paul - but really like Ned Boulting) and then bang on about why that justified the whole year's subscription.

Who am I kidding, Iain: I was just being polite... I bet you're a massive bore, too. Big up, The Bores!

roypsb

RoyPSB wrote:

Stage 3 was bloody awesome - really enjoyed watching that (HD was fab) and can't wait for the Giro now. Fleche was incredibly boring in comparison.

Rujano is one weird looking fella - spooks me out a bit actually! :twisted:

Oh well, picture looked good to me. But then again, my eye test results last week did say I need new lenses!

Goon to see some glimpses of Nicholas Roche as well. Reading his book at the moment which is pretty decent.

rick_chasey

iainf72 wrote:

Bit better from Basso today. And at least now Rick can't say he's not finished a race

:P

I didn't realise the Giro route was so heavily weighted towards the back end.

In light of that, maybe Basso & Scarpo being rubbish now isn't so bad. If you need to be good at the back end of May, mid-April form isn't much use.

Then again, you do need a certain amount of form going into the Giro to make sure you're not totally shagged come week 3.

So we can expect Cunego to be rubbish then.

frenchfighter

ms_tree

Enjoyed this race - and Dan Lloyd in the commentary box too.

rick_chasey

Ms Tree wrote:

Enjoyed this race - and Dan Lloyd in the commentary box too.

Yup.

frenchfighter

iainf72 wrote:

Bit better from Basso today. And at least now Rick can't say he's not finished a race

Down 2mins. I guess that is decent. I thought he'd roll in 5mins down.

frenchfighter

St 3 (this. climb. is. bruuuuuuuuuuuuuutal.)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xq8lqy ... rch_algo=1
St 4
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xq9jt3 ... rch_algo=1

jerry3571

Great race. Nothing like a bit of Torture Telly. Crackin racing!
Dan the man did good too!