Pinotti blog from Giro

iainf72

You've gotta love Pinotti

http://www.cyclingnews.com/blogs/marco- ... -crashes-1

frenchfighter

Yeah he is a top bloke. Good judgement.

I strongly agree with him re neutralising the last 3km of a sprint stage. And if someone takes off an gains some seconds, it is unlikely to be anyone with GC hopes.

Shame about Phinney - think he is a good guy and he certainly will be around for a good while.

LangerDan

Pinotti wrote:

I know the arguments against this proposal: What if a rider attacks in the last kilometre and wins solo against the whole peloton? I return the question: when has that happened in the past twenty years?

Chinny, for one

If you're a GC rider and can still get stuck into the cut-and-thrust of a bunch gallop, why shouldn't you be entitled to some reward? I'm more surprised that a team with riders of Pinotti's experience left Phinney up at the pointy end in the last couple of kilometres - mind you, that lad is soooo tall that he was probably riding down in 80th place but the front of his bike was just behind Cav.