Giro stage 18 **SPOILER**

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  • Daz555
    Daz555 Posts: 3,976
    Such a shame Wiggo has had to drop out. I was really looking forward to seeing how he would go on a stage like this.

    I think Nibs and Evans will come first and second.
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  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    goonz wrote:
    LeicesterLad wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    It's a bit dull.............................and the weather is overcast, too.

    Cuz it's a TT 'innit

    And its uphill!

    I find even the flat, fast, technical ones drab. Just not my thing and not sure it makes for good televisual viewing unless of course it's the last stage of an epic race and the two favourites are seperated by 1 second and it's all guns blazing time. Never wanted to ride a TT either. I'm also a miserable b*stard.
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  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    Sky have just posted a photo of Uran on a TT bike on their facebook page.... I'm wondering if it's from the earlier TT as I would have expected riders to be on road bikes, maybe with TT bars.
  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    Graeme_S wrote:
    Sky have just posted a photo of Uran on a TT bike on their facebook page.... I'm wondering if it's from the earlier TT as I would have expected riders to be on road bikes, maybe with TT bars.

    Looks like most are, but some riders have road bikes with clip TT bars & a few going full TT bike set up (Boaro in 3rd on a TT bike)
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  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    edited May 2013
    1. S. Pauwels Omega Ph.-Q-Step 22:07

    the man to beat at the split
  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    LeicesterLad wrote:
    goonz wrote:
    LeicesterLad wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    It's a bit dull.............................and the weather is overcast, too.

    Cuz it's a TT 'innit

    And its uphill!

    I find even the flat, fast, technical ones drab. Just not my thing and not sure it makes for good televisual viewing unless of course it's the last stage of an epic race and the two favourites are seperated by 1 second and it's all guns blazing time. Never wanted to ride a TT either. I'm also a miserable b*stard.

    Remind me never to come to Leicester! :lol:
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  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    Doh - Pirazzi starts his time trial late, because his team had the time wrong.
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  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    Capecchi Mov has the new best time at 46.55
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  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    Cataldo going good at splits?
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  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    Cataldo takes the lead at 46.11
  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    edited May 2013
    D Cataldo Sky new fastest time 46:10 - looks like his time might stand for a while then? Not sure if anyone else near this start time is a mountain/TT specialist.
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • johnboy183
    johnboy183 Posts: 832
    Banking on velodrome at start looks steep!
  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    Danlikesbikes wrote:
    D Cataldo Sky new fastest time 46:10 - looks like his time might stand for a while then


    Or not!
  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    Stef Clement (BLA) 1st 46´05
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  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    oneof1982 wrote:
    Danlikesbikes wrote:
    D Cataldo Sky new fastest time 46:10 - looks like his time might stand for a while then


    Or not!

    Indeed :oops:
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  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    edited May 2013
    johnboy183 wrote:
    Banking on velodrome at start looks steep!

    Looks a bit like Roubaix - old school. Shouldn't be overly steep. Can't find anything about it on line, but these 450m-550m velodromes are ususally around 30Degrees, compared to the indoor "Olympic" style 42Deg (London) or 45 (Glasgow) - 250metres.
  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    Is it just me, or is this not rather dull?

    No peleton, no tactics, no attacks, no breakaways, no lead-outs, not even a feed zone!

    :wink:
  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Is it just me, or is this not rather dull?

    No peloton, no tactics, no attacks, no breakaways, no lead-outs, not even a feed zone!

    :wink:

    This is V dull. So dull in that I CBA going to do something more interesting. Trance like state on the sofa. 8)
  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    Is Cav in yet? Did he have a beard today?
  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    Where's that thing which shows the names of each rider as they progress past the time splits, or is that only for the Tour? It's not on yahoo sport.
  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Is Cav in yet? Did he have a beard today?

    about 6 minutes behind the pace I think!
  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    edited May 2013
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Is Cav in yet? Did he have a beard today?

    Check out page 1, some nice user posted a pic of him getting ready to go & of him out on the course.
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  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    Anyone betting on Betancur?
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  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    Danlikesbikes wrote:
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Is Cav in yet? Did he have a beard today?

    Check out page 1, some nice user posted a pic of him getting ready to go & of him out on the course.

    Copy that.

    Thanks Dan.
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Is Cav in yet? Did he have a beard today?

    In fact he tweeted this morning that the two words feared by any sprinter are uphill and timetrial (assuming one classes Timetrial as one word of course)
  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    SaxoBank man just started out wearing pointy helmet. Will that be any help on this course?
  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    kleinstroker wrote:
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Is Cav in yet? Did he have a beard today?

    about 6 minutes behind the pace I think!

    Ah cav the GC pretender! :D
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  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    Good Lord, there's a mini peleton at last.

    (3 riding in a row)
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    santambrogio looks like he should be the milk monitor at school. :lol:
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  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Good Lord, there's a mini peloton at last.

    (3 riding in a row)

    Thought peloton was more than 3?
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