Giro Stage 1 TTT *Spoilers*
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Am I the only person who thinks J-Rod can't win a grand tour?
He can podium but he can't win. Unless the Giro bust out that sepia lens they used back in 05 againFckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.0 -
RichN95 wrote:
He's 100-1 with most bookies which seems like good each way value to me. I can't see Astana backing Scarponi 100% - he'll have his own race to ride.Pross wrote:Aru is going to be interesting to watch. Dark horse or too early for him (or will he just have to sacrifice himself for Scarponi)?
I'm not a gambler but quite fancy a tenner on that.
From that photo above it's amazing how long a stretch the riders went down over, really high speed crash that one. I think they showed Sky doing nearly 60kmh in that stretch.0 -
As SK in commentary suggested, I think the steel manhole had a lot to do with it - he wobbled and then went straight down.0
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iainf72 wrote:Am I the only person who thinks J-Rod can't win a grand tour?
He can podium but he can't win. Unless the Giro bust out that sepia lens they used back in 05 again
I have a lot of time for you generally Mr f72 but any more of that slack Yankee verb-creep and we'll be having words.
Grammatically correct ones.___________________
Strava is not Zen.0 -
Pross wrote:I can never decide about TTTs. I'm not a huge fan but it provides balance as teams with loads of climbers will tend to struggle. Unfortunately one incident can ruin the race for an entire team rather than just one rider. One thing I don't like is having them as an opening stage.
I'd rather have them at the start of the whole thing than have them shake up the GC halfway through - it always makes me feel like the first portion of racing was a bit of a con and the TTT has reset the clock. Personally I'd rather not have them at all - if a team wants to stuff their roster with climbers then so be it, as (perhaps naively of me) it simply means that there's one more way to win the GC instead of defaulting to whoever can be there or thereabouts on the mountains and dominant in the ITTs.0 -
calvjones wrote:iainf72 wrote:Am I the only person who thinks J-Rod can't win a grand tour?
He can podium but he can't win. Unless the Giro bust out that sepia lens they used back in 05 again
I have a lot of time for you generally Mr f72 but any more of that slack Yankee verb-creep and we'll be having words.
Grammatically correct ones.
The joy of English is that any noun can happily be verbed - it's hardly an American invention.0 -
underlayunderlay wrote:calvjones wrote:iainf72 wrote:Am I the only person who thinks J-Rod can't win a grand tour?
He can podium but he can't win. Unless the Giro bust out that sepia lens they used back in 05 again
I have a lot of time for you generally Mr f72 but any more of that slack Yankee verb-creep and we'll be having words.
Grammatically correct ones.
The joy of English is that any noun can happily be verbed - it's hardly an American invention.
Are you looking for a shoeing?___________________
Strava is not Zen.0 -
Don't you just love the lottery of the TTT.
Imagine if they'd had proper Irish weather."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
Thanks Ron and Rich for updates on the Garmageddon.Correlation is not causation.0
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:roll:Contador is the Greatest0
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Looks like Tuft is going to get a big feel!Contador is the Greatest0
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Contador is the Greatest0
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I was hoping that someone on the course would have painted a mural of Roche, Kelly, Froome and Wiggins.frenchfighter wrote::roll:Twitter: @RichN950 -
Contador is the Greatest0
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Jonathan Vaughters @Vaughters 2h
So sad. Nothing to be done. Professional bike racing is cruel.
Nicholas Roche @nicholasroche · 2h
Crap for @DanMartin86 !!! Get well cousin.. So sorry about that unlucky strike you have been going throughContador is the Greatest0 -
frenchfighter wrote:
That's amazing :shock: Armalites & Aero bars....a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.0 -
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frenchfighter wrote::roll:
I know. If Torsten Schmidt saw that set of profiles he would do his nut.0 -
frenchfighter wrote::roll:
Ignoring the murals, that looks like a triathlon club out on a Sunday ride, except with sleeves...0 -
FTFYMacaloon wrote:frenchfighter wrote:
That's amazing :shock: AK47s & Aero bars.0 -
Poor Dan Martin
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Look more like a pro team on a training ride to me...JackPozzi wrote:Ignoring the murals, that looks like a triathlon club out on a Sunday ride, except with sleeves...
Gutted for Dan Martin. Again. I would blame it on him spending too much time on foreign roads but you've got to blame whoever was at the front of the line for riding right over the manhole covers. I would've thought the teams might have spent a fair chunk of time reccying the course but maybe not judging from that incident and the number of teams that seemed surprised by some if the corners.0 -
chris juul-jensen @JensenJuul 1h
Wow...Amazing atmosphere..so many people....Almost got carried away and attacked on the small hills trying to go solo...0 -
Prime586 wrote:
FTFYMacaloon wrote:
That's amazing :shock: AK47s & Aero bars.
Pity: Armalite & ballot box...a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.0 -
Red helmet looked pretty awful imo:
Apparently Giro came and delivered all the helmets the same day.Contador is the Greatest0 -
Unfortunately, it's a UVF muralMacaloon wrote:Prime586 wrote:
FTFYMacaloon wrote:
That's amazing :shock: AK47s & Aero bars.
Pity: Armalite & ballot box
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