Giro Stage 12 ITT (41.9km) Barbaresco - Barolo *spoilers*

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  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,853
    Audacious
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    De Gendt goes 5 seconds quickest at the finish.
  • craigus89
    craigus89 Posts: 887
    Great job by Eurosport cutting off the poor commentators mid sentence again. Shocking coverage as usual.
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    edited May 2014
    I can't say I blame them for holding back, if you don't need the time for the GC and you are no-where near in contention for the stage win it isn't worth risking an injury, especially if you're an essential domestique (Didn't see who the riders were so apologies if they aren't)
    I know Audentes fortuna iuvat and all that but in this instance with everyone crashing about all over the place it isn't worth it.

    that said with the commissars dishing out fines for eating a non regulation size banana this year I doubt they will look fondly upon this TTT!
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    No mountain points for Arredondo by the looks of it.

    Give us some time checks please Giro/Eurosport/people.
  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,853
    So, Bouhanni does 35kmh average compared to De Gendt's 42kmh. Anyone reckon they could do better than Bouhanni?
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    So, Bouhanni does 35kmh average compared to De Gendt's 42kmh. Anyone reckon they could do better than Bouhanni?
    Considering it's hilly, and De Gendt did last year's Tour de France flat timetrial at 53 km/h as benchmark, no...
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Is Bouhanni trying to get eliminated so that he won't have to actually ride the mountains and thus pay respects as the red jersey wearer?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Is Bouhanni trying to get eliminated so that he won't have to actually ride the mountains and thus pay respects as the red jersey wearer?
    Would be more logical to do that in the Oropa stage on Saturday; tomorrow he has a reasonable opportunity for another win
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    So, Bouhanni does 35kmh average compared to De Gendt's 42kmh. Anyone reckon they could do better than Bouhanni?
    Not over that distance in those conditions. Haen't seen the parcours, is it lumpy?
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  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,853
    Haven't seen any time checks for Castroviejo, shouldn't he be finishing shortly?
  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,853
    Paul 8v wrote:
    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    So, Bouhanni does 35kmh average compared to De Gendt's 42kmh. Anyone reckon they could do better than Bouhanni?
    Not over that distance in those conditions. Haen't seen the parcours, is it lumpy?

    Yes lumpy a 370m gain drag at the start and a steeper 120m ramp at the end. I wouldn't fancy it.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,180
    Paul 8v wrote:
    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    So, Bouhanni does 35kmh average compared to De Gendt's 42kmh. Anyone reckon they could do better than Bouhanni?
    Not over that distance in those conditions. Haen't seen the parcours, is it lumpy?
    About 700m of climbing
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  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,853
    EBH down 1.5minutes at first check. Ropey.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Ludvigsson down - he would have been a top 5 candidate today
  • Give me more
    Give me more Posts: 487
    Man that Ludvigsson crash was nasty as hell.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,911
    ludvigsson massive crash. Down and out.
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  • philwint
    philwint Posts: 763
    OMG that was a horrific looking crash :(
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  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,853
    Where was the crash and what happened?
  • Party Weirdo
    Party Weirdo Posts: 40
    Hope he's ok as it was a quality 'off'.
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    I think even a non TT'er would still kick most club level riders backsides in a TT. If it was flat and dry then it's not a great time but that sounds a bit bumpier than your average TT. Conditions don't look nice either
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  • Give me more
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    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    Where was the crash and what happened?

    Round a corner on one of the descents, carried too much speed on wet roads and went straight over the barrier and down the hill. Looked like he fell/rolled quite a long way.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,180
    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    EBH down 1.5minutes at first check. Ropey.
    He must have sped up. 4th at the finish. +1.33
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  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,853
    Give me more wrote:
    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    Where was the crash and what happened?

    Round a corner on one of the descents, carried too much speed on wet roads and went straight over the barrier and down the hill. Looked like he fell/rolled quite a long way.

    Thanks. Am stuck in a play centre rather than in front of TV :x
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Ouch, poor sod
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Castroviejo not taking this too seriously ; -). TT sppecialist finishing 6 minutes down
    EBH 1 and a half minutes down on De Gendt - don't think he'll be in the top 10
  • jam1e
    jam1e Posts: 1,068
    It was a bit like Kennaugh's tour crash on steroids...

    Still no ambulance though, the Giro is not the place for an off as you're pretty much left for dead.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,911
    Renowned TTist Johnny Oldcastle, 6 minutes down.
    Not the Movistar performance we expect these days.
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  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    So, Bouhanni does 35kmh average compared to De Gendt's 42kmh. Anyone reckon they could do better than Bouhanni?

    Think you have missed the point. He could be on for 5 stage wins - Kittel out , Viviani is sick he's had a rest day

    Can't see when he gets a contract they will say yeah maybe you got 3/4/5 stage wins in one Giro but you were a bit tardy on that lumpy tt
  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,853
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:
    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    So, Bouhanni does 35kmh average compared to De Gendt's 42kmh. Anyone reckon they could do better than Bouhanni?

    Think you have missed the point. He could be on for 5 stage wins - Kittel out , Viviani is sick he's had a rest day

    Can't see when he gets a contract they will say yeah maybe you got 3/4/5 stage wins in one Giro but you were a bit tardy on that lumpy tt

    That wasn't my point at all, I was being facetious. Bouhanni's actually gone rather faster than he needed to in the circumstances.

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