Giro: Tappa 12 'spoiler'

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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Simmotino wrote:
    Sure, why not.

    Beats the usual bullcrap from the know it all types who could ride/direct/produce/climb/sprint/commentate better than the pros.

    I don't think I've ever seen anyone claim they could do anything on a bike better than the pros.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    A lot of guys have taken the day off.
    There's over 100 riders in the CavBus.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Simmotino wrote:
    I wonder why some people even bother watching cycling to be honest. All they want to do is f***ing moan.

    If you don't like it, turn the f***ing thing off! :roll:

    All very valid but I haven't seen anyone on this thread moaning about the cycling. The only moans have been about Eurosport coverage starting late yet again.
  • sportbilly1976
    sportbilly1976 Posts: 524
    Casar will be in pink if the lead holds...
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Simmotino wrote:
    Sure, why not.

    Beats the usual bullcrap from the know it all types who could ride/direct/produce/climb/sprint/commentate better than the pros.

    Fine. I can only speak for myself and a few others, but by and large, the people you refer to probably watch as much racing through the year as they can.

    I certainly love cycling more than anyone I've ever met, save for perhaps the odd one or two I met in the pub through here.

    Like those football pundits on Football weekly who say matches were dire and awful, cycling has racing which is dire and awful.

    We watch enough cycling to have opinions on what is good cycling and what isn't. Cycling on its own is no longer enough. We have seen far too many races, in some cases BEEN to so many races that we can be picky about what we like. Similarly familiarity with a subject creates a more refined taste - one that is less easily pleased.

    All die-hard fans moan about the entertainment value of their sport from time to time. Football fans moan the last world cup final was a poor match, F1 fans regularly say that despite the Monaco GP being a very exciting setting with history, the track more often than not provides poor races.

    What you forget is that the same guys on here also call last year's Tour a "Stone cold classic" and the 2010 Giro as "the best GT ever since 1989 TdF" - and they get all excited about old clips, great attacks etc.

    Luckily, we forget the rubbish stages over time, so we're left with the memories of the best bits.

    A peloton pootling at 35-40kph on the flat with only 5 riders from a few teams interested in chasing down a breakaway of lowly placed GC riders is not an exciting spectacle. We get it's a part of cycling, and 3 weeks of solid racing can't always be exciting ALL THE TIME, but it doesn't mean we can't say that, by comparison to what we like, it's rubbish.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Eisel looking at the route card to work out if it's worth trying to get back on at the foot of a 2nd cat climb ;) I previously thought him and Cav were leading the peloton!
  • camerone
    camerone Posts: 1,232
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    A lot of guys have taken the day off.
    There's over 100 riders in the CavBus.
    Surely that is the main peloton?
  • sportbilly1976
    sportbilly1976 Posts: 524
    Into the last 40kms and the lead is now 6'32
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,891
    Simmotino wrote:
    Sure, why not.

    Beats the usual bullcrap from the know it all types who could ride/direct/produce/climb/sprint/commentate better than the pros.

    The majority of sports fans do the following:

    1. In the event of something dull / poor perforamce etc, declare the sport, teaam, player useless, and not like the good old days
    2. In the event of something exciting / good performance etc declare the sport, team, player the best thing ever and forget that item 1 was only yesterday, or half an hour earlier in the pro bike race.

    This is not unique to cycling. This means that a flat stage goes from "seriously how bad is cycling these days" to "that was the best sprint ever" or "that's the greatest breakaway and will never be repeated".
  • sportbilly1976
    sportbilly1976 Posts: 524
    Well then last 4 minutes or so have been very interesting....a piece on the podium girls

    superb scenery ;)
  • sportbilly1976
    sportbilly1976 Posts: 524
    Not sure when it grew from 6, but the break has 8 riders in it...they seem to be starting to try and attack each other now too.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Katusha really need to think about this! Any PTP picks in the front group?
  • Simmotino
    Simmotino Posts: 295
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Fine. I can only... *snip*

    I get that people watch cycling. I get that people watch a lot of cycling. I watch cycling. I watch a lot of cycling.

    Doesn't mean I feel the need to whine and moan like a Schlek brother every day until something happens that I like though.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Simmotino wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Fine. I can only... *snip*

    I get that people watch cycling. I get that people watch a lot of cycling. I watch cycling. I watch a lot of cycling.

    Doesn't mean I feel the need to whine and moan like a Schlek brother every day until something happens that I like though.

    That's kinda what a forum's for, isn't it?

    Expressing opinion about something - in this case, professional cycle races.
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  • alan_a
    alan_a Posts: 1,587
    Funniest mechanic push ever
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  • Paulie W
    Paulie W Posts: 1,492
    Simmotino wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Fine. I can only... *snip*

    I get that people watch cycling. I get that people watch a lot of cycling. I watch cycling. I watch a lot of cycling.

    Doesn't mean I feel the need to whine and moan like a Schlek brother every day until something happens that I like though.

    But here's the thing you're the only one "whining" on this thread.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Bak's stage if he makes it over the final climb with the rest of them. Be nice if Keiser gets it though.
  • Simmotino
    Simmotino Posts: 295
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    That's kinda what a forum's for, isn't it?

    Expressing opinion about something - in this case, professional cycle races.

    You're missing my point. Expressing the same opinion EVERY day (and often before the stage has even bl*dy started) is a bit pointless, no?
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Simmotino wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Fine. I can only... *snip*

    I get that people watch cycling. I get that people watch a lot of cycling. I watch cycling. I watch a lot of cycling.

    Doesn't mean I feel the need to whine and moan like a Schlek brother every day until something happens that I like though.

    It seems odd that you have chosen the one stage where no-one is whining and moaning to whine and moan about people whining and moaning!
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Simmotino wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Fine. I can only... *snip*

    I get that people watch cycling. I get that people watch a lot of cycling. I watch cycling. I watch a lot of cycling.

    Doesn't mean I feel the need to whine and moan like a Schlek brother every day until something happens that I like though.

    Speaking of Schlek brother moaning... http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/schleck ... 11th-stage
  • sportbilly1976
    sportbilly1976 Posts: 524
    Liquigas now at the front of the peloton
  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    How many KM's left?
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  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    We need some form of tiered analysis to identify which complaints are top-class and which are just chipper whinges.
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • andyjr
    andyjr Posts: 635
    ~33
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    Going for the win, 31kms out.
    Un uomo solo al commando
  • Simmotino
    Simmotino Posts: 295
    LangerDan wrote:
    We need some form of tiered analysis to identify which complaints are top-class and which are just chipper whinges.

    Clearly I'm the "chipper" for daring to complain :roll:
  • sportbilly1976
    sportbilly1976 Posts: 524
    31kms and the gap now 5'15 or so
  • sportbilly1976
    sportbilly1976 Posts: 524
    Superb descent currently for the leaders...but the type that would be a nightmare to enjoy if you have traffic to think about!!
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    sportbilly1976 wrote:
    Superb descent currently for the leaders...but the type that would be a nightmare to enjoy if you have traffic to think about!!
    Just trundle down at 20km/h and enjoy the scenery.
    Un uomo solo al commando
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Gap coming down fast now, can't see them holding on over the final climb :(

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