Giro stage 17 **SPOILER**

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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Team Flouro to the front
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    Very difficult and technical according to Davide Cassani.
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  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    smithy21 wrote:
    Team Flouro to the front

    Yup. Highlighters are going to try to get some time back for their guy today.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,174
    OPQS rider indicating a right turn like a good boy.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,174
    Break onto the climb now.
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Start of the climb & Cavendish where he needs to be.
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    So meanwhile, once this climb and descent is dispensed with and while we wait for the inevitable sprint (and Cav win), what Quigley Bingo words could we have ?

    My pet hate is "facility", as in "he rode up that climb with a great degree of facility". He must use that word over 100 times each broadcast
  • Squaggles
    Squaggles Posts: 875
    People think 'Killer' is just a nickname
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Durbridge looks like he's about to topple off sideways at any moment.
  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    Lets hope Cav can get over this speed bump ok...

    In terms of comparison, what hill in the UK would compare to the height/gradient of what they are about to climb?
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,174
    Anyone spot Cav?
  • doug5_10
    doug5_10 Posts: 465
    Cav hanging in there so far
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  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    Cav still in contention but at towards the rear of the peloton as Lampre put the pressure on to chase down Di Luca
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    He's hanging in there.
  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    Now that is the face of pain there on Cav
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    Cav is done.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Dropped.
  • doug5_10
    doug5_10 Posts: 465
    oh, nope, he's goosed
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  • MrTapir
    MrTapir Posts: 1,206
    dsoutar wrote:
    So meanwhile, once this climb and descent is dispensed with and while we wait for the inevitable sprint (and Cav win), what Quigley Bingo words could we have ?

    My pet hate is "facility", as in "he rode up that climb with a great degree of facility". He must use that word over 100 times each broadcast

    Every time a new rider gets on the front he is "to the fore". He did the commentary for last year's tour series and he used it a billion times a stage.

    He will also say such and such a team will be "lining it out".
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    edited May 2013
    Going out the back. Will surely get back on the descent....maybe not.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,174
    goonz wrote:
    Lets hope Cav can get over this speed bump ok...

    In terms of comparison, what hill in the UK would compare to the height/gradient of what they are about to climb?

    Probably similar to some of the first cat climbs in the Tour of Britain. Length wise it is about the same as something like The Tumble but not as steep on average.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,174
    I reckon he'll get back on.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    smithy21 wrote:
    Going out the back. Will surely get back on the descent....maybe not.

    Not a hope.
  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    Pross wrote:
    I reckon he'll get back on.

    Lets hope so
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    goonz wrote:
    Lets hope Cav can get over this speed bump ok...

    In terms of comparison, what hill in the UK would compare to the height/gradient of what they are about to climb?
    Holme Moss, more or less. A bit harder. More than 300 elevation meters, a km at 10%
    It's much harder than a 4th cat in the Tour de France
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    afx237vi wrote:
    smithy21 wrote:
    Going out the back. Will surely get back on the descent....maybe not.

    Not a hope.

    No, I thought they were closer to the top for some reason.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,174
    Thought they were nearer the top.
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    Surely with 10 km after the descent it's plenty of time for OP to get anyone in the lead back ?
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    Depends... 16 kms is a long way, he may get back if in a big enough chasing group and the leaders aren't going at top speed.
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  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    Cav 1 minute behind Nibali's group.
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