Giro Stage 14 Aglie - Oropa *Spoiler*

thomthom

kamil1891 wrote:

I've been not watching pro cycling for long. Around 5 years now, but what I found is that the Giro has been always like that. Most exciting and usually less predictable than the other two grand tours. This year is just amazing so far, and it's not even in its final week!

5 years and two weeks I assume then..

This edition is finally cathing up with some great racing but saying the first 1½-2 weeks weren't predictable is surely quite a bit off, eh.. I'm terrible at betting but I've never won this much on cycling just by placing my money on the clear favorite for each stage...

thomthom

Cumulonimbus wrote:

In a medically induced coma apparently.

Terrible news.

We've got too many of these incidents lately.

Mad_Malx

ThomThom wrote:

Terrible news.

We've got too many of these incidents lately.

I can see the HSE or european equivalents getting more involved in racing soon. As well as public and marshals, the riders should have a reasonable expectation of going home uninjured after a day's work.

cc78

Richmond Racer wrote:

Mad_Malx wrote:

What we've been lacking on this tour is cheese. The region is very good.

I was up on the summit today, at the 300m to go. Eh, it were bluddy great.

Oh, and I has some of that cheese on the right. In a Marco Panini.

You were about 100m uphill from me. Top day out.

frenchfighter

Jackson Rodriguez:

frenchfighter

First to attack, almost first to finish. Respect for that ride.

frenchfighter

frenchfighter

frenchfighter

When you’re two weeks into a three-week stage race, it’s amazing the little things that make a difference.

Team Sky morale got a huge boost this morning when a jar of Nutella made an unexpected re-appearance at the breakfast table.

There’s always a big selection of stuff on the table every morning but the Nutella has been missing since Belfast as somebody on the team, most likely a nutritionist, decided it probably wasn’t the ideal way to start your day.

I don’t eat Nutella anyway, so it didn’t bother me, but for a lot of the guys it’s part of their morning ritual, so when it disappeared they were fairly pissed off about it.

But they were pretty happy about its reappearance this morning and there were pretty good vibes at breakfast this morning.

http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news ... retty-bad/

frenchfighter

1. 1999: 17:04 Marco Pantani 23.55 km/h
2. 1999: 17:50 Laurent Jalabert 22.54 km/h
3. 1999: 18:04 Gilberto Simoni 22.25 km/h
4. 1999: 18:07 Ivan Gotti 22.19 km/h
5. 1999: 18:07 Daniel Clavero 22.19 km/h
6. 1993: 18:12 Piotr Ugrumov 22.09 km/h
7. 2007: 18:12 Leonardo Piepoli 22.09 km/h
8. 1999: 18:13 Nicola Miceli 22.07 km/h
9. 1993: 18:16 Stephen Roche 22.01 km/h
10.1999: 18:18 Paolo Savoldelli 21.97 km/h
11.1993: 18:21 Moreno Argentin 21.91 km/h
12.1999: 18:23 Andrei Zintchenko 21.87 km/h
13.1999: 18:25 Daniele De Paoli 21.83 km/h
14.1999: 18:26 Davide Rebellin 21.81 km/h
15.1999: 18:26 Oscar Camenzind 21.81 km/h
16.1999: 18:26 Massimo Codol 21.81 km/h
17.2014: 18:30 Nairo Quintana 21.73 km/h
18.2007: 18:33 Marzio Bruseghin 21.67 km/h
19.2014: 18:34 Fabio Aru 21.65 km/h
20.2014: 18:34 Domenico Pozzovivo 21.65 km/h
21.1999: 18:37 José Manuel Uria 21.59 km/h
22.1999: 18:37 Roberto Heras 21.59 km/h
23.2014: 18:38 Wilco Kelderman 21.57 km/h
24.2014: 18:38 Rafal Majka 21.57 km/h
25.1993: 18:42 Claudio Chiappucci 21.50 km/h
26.1993: 18:45 Pavel Tonkov 21.44 km/h
27.1993: 18:48 Miguel Indurain 21.38 km/h
28.2007: 18:50 Danilo Di Luca 21.35 km/h
29.2014: 18:50 Wouter Poels 21.35 km/h
30.2014: 18:50 Cadel Evans 21.35 km/h

http://www.climbing-records.com/

frenchfighter

Pross

Jeez, Bertie's let himself go these past few weeks. Hope he sorts himself out for the Tour!

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