Giro stage 17 **SPOILER**

goonz

Just watching the highlights, that really was a great breakaway win by Visconti. Great strength on the hills. Movistar have themselves a very good team, only hope they are all clean.

Anyone know whats happening with French cycling? Where are their race winners? No GC contender?

mididoctors

the points competition should be a BALANCE between the sprinters and those who can finish high on mountainous/lumpy days.

The giro has it nearly right but an unfortunate slight bias towards someone riding for GC... the tour has a bias the other way round

it can still be close.

mididoctors

that hill was 2% to steep at peak for the cavinator...gave it a dam good go

mike6

Dolan Driver wrote:

The points competition is not a "sprinter's" competition, it is a "best finisher on each stage" competition. That's why Cadel Evans is still in the mix.

If it is designed to be a sprinters-only competition, points should only be awarded on a stage when that stage win comes about as a result of a bunch sprint. If it's a solo win on the flat or a mountain stage win, you get no points. :evil: This obviously makes no sense so they have the competition that is actually in place. If Cadel wins he will be a deserving winner and so to will Cavendish if he wins the jersey on Sunday.

DD.

True, but I bet Cav would rather finish with 5 stage wins than none and the points jersey. I know I would. I bet little else in cycling compares to crossing the line first on a Grand Tour stage.

Ed-tron

Honeybadger is badass, he don't give a sh*t http://i.imgur.com/BFCHmhv.gif

danlikesbikes

frenchfighter wrote:

Just saw a clip from yesterday I think which showed Samu sitting up out the saddle and gesticulating at the others. Wonder what that was about.

In the last couple of Kms? If so the bunch he was with were looking at each other & no one was really going all out to bring the break back & there were a few riders looking at each other.

frenchfighter

inkyfingers

Interesting looking at the two descending pictures, Visconti looks to have taken a decent line, looks fast but in control, whereas the Androni guy looks like he's just trying not to crash (and only just succeeding).

goonz

Yeah great shots of both. Good line by Visconti as you mention and the other guy definitely looks like he just had to prevent himself going off the edge of the cliff! Probably wrong line in and too fast into the corner.

Bit like me actually, shite at cornering and descending.

inkyfingers

goonz wrote:

Yeah great shots of both. Good line by Visconti as you mention and the other guy definitely looks like he just had to prevent himself going off the edge of the cliff! Probably wrong line in and too fast into the corner.

Bit like me actually, shite at cornering and descending.

As a heavy guy I should have a natural advantage on the descents, but I always get left behind by those with more talent and bigger testicles.

Cleat Eastwood

And the collective caption is 'Weeeeeeee"

frenchfighter wrote:

goonz

Shouldnt those BMC guys be going for a tinkle in their p i s s pots?

knedlicky

frenchfighter wrote:

inkyfingers wrote:

Interesting looking at the two descending pictures, Visconti looks to have taken a decent line, looks fast but in control, whereas the Androni guy looks like he's just trying not to crash (and only just succeeding).

It’s Rubiano, a Colombian descending, so perhaps not totally unsurprising.

Looks like he might be trying to keep his upper body at a lesser slant angle, which is a fair enough cornering technique, but he might also have a few things wrong posturewise – outer leg not straight, outer arm perhaps too loose, upper body maybe bit high, shoulders bit twisted.
Also far too close to possible gravel at edge of road.

Yes probably entered corner too fast.

(not saying I’m any better, though – theory, practice, etc)