Giro Stage 1 - Spoiler Thread

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  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
    Strange these days where they don't have a single line of riders (arrowhead). They don't seem to work together and prefer to have 2 or 3 teams doing the pulling. Looks like a 4th cat race. :?
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  • IanLD
    IanLD Posts: 423
    Getting nervous about everyone staying upright. Enough crashes already...
  • IanLD
    IanLD Posts: 423
    OPQS chaos as usual...
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Interesting - OPQS tried to hire Petacchi for Cav's leadout for the Giro. UCI stopped it.
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  • IanLD
    IanLD Posts: 423
    You can see why they needed him
  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    Interesting - OPQS tried to hire Petacchi for Cav's leadout for the Giro. UCI stopped it.

    Could have done with him. Shambles.

    Cav will do well to pull this off.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    That's ridiculously narrow for a GT peloton in full cry.
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  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
    Death and glory!! Yehah!!
    “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”- Albert Einstein

    "You can't ride the Tour de France on mineral water."
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Crash and big split.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • IanLD
    IanLD Posts: 423
    Cav got a wheel.

    Ouch!
  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    Cav is there.

    Crash and split
  • IanLD
    IanLD Posts: 423
    Yes!!!
  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    Cav came from a long way back to win that
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    That man is f***ing awesome! :D
    Correlation is not causation.
  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    cav does well!
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Holy cow. Some sprint.
  • IanLD
    IanLD Posts: 423
    Had to do that on his own.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Cav wins despite being blocked by his leadout.
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  • davelakers
    davelakers Posts: 762
    That overhead shot was amazing, shows his power!!
  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    Macaloon wrote:
    Cav wins despite being blocked by his leadout.
    Sean Kelly reckons Steegmans had gear issues.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    That's one of the best sprints I've seen him win. Twice he was beaten in the leadout to the sprint.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    edited May 2013
    Argy bargy between Bouhani and Blythe.

    Viviani is molto molto p***ed off.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,556
    Had to close the gap and then detour road the Radioshack leadout man, and still won with comparative easy - great sprint Cav!
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    That boy is good.

    Think just about everything that could have gone wrong for Cav did go wrong, and then he kicked.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    thegibdog wrote:
    Macaloon wrote:
    Cav wins despite being blocked by his leadout.
    Sean Kelly reckons Steegmans had gear issues.

    For the past 5 years?
  • philbar72
    philbar72 Posts: 2,229
    Cav is the fastest and his timing is epic....
  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    Dropped. Blocked. Long way round!!!
  • chrisday
    chrisday Posts: 300
    Not only the block, but had to go the longest way round - pure class :)
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Two Liquigas, three Oricas, two OPQS, Bouhanni, BMC rider, two RS riders.

    Orica turns the gas and gap Steegmans (apparently gear problems). Bouhanni right on Cav's wheel who has to close the gap solo. Bouhanni and BMC rider shouldering for Cav's wheel. Cav gets swamped by RS rider. Goss goes big Aussie guns but Cav comes round a huge detour to power and take the win with Vivianni close 2nd and Bouhanni who stuck like glue to Cav's wheel got 3rd.

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  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Brilliant by Cav... That Viviani is a bit of a Muppet with his banging the bars shenanigans
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