Giro 2014 - Stage 16: Val Martello *Spoilers*

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  • mroli
    mroli Posts: 3,622
    Yep - Roche may not be a proper GC guy, but he puts himself around a fair bit.
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Majka not a fan of gloves..
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Descent to be neutralised (somehow) apparently.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Pross wrote:
    It has to be time that the UCI insists that teams either have wet weather gear in team colours (with numbers attached) or they have to wear something transparent over their normal kit. It's a farce when you can't even identify the team of some riders in a group shot.

    They do, it's against the rules to have your number covered but the teams don't care
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Maybe just forget the Gavia and Stelvio from now on.
  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    Hope its not behind a car: they often turn out more dangerous than a non-neutralised descent.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Crampeur wrote:
    Hope its not behind a car: they often turn out more dangerous than a non-neutralised descent.
    Just said on Eurosport it will be behind a motorbike at a "safe speed".
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Cataldo leader of the race atm

    proper hard man pure racer
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Cataldo wanting the Cima Coppi.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Haha Cataldo attacks. This is going to be a big old mess.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Cataldo off on his own
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    ‏@daniellloyd1 1m
    Confirmation coming over race radio, race will be neutralised on the descent of the Stelvio.
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  • Rudd
    Rudd Posts: 264
    Cataldo trying to get to the top before they organise the Durney?
  • mechanism
    mechanism Posts: 891
    They should ski down.
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Epic looking weather.

    Descents weren't neutralised in Kelly's day, he would have been there in shorts with a short sleeve jersey and no gloves "In the earlier days" :-)
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    frenchfighter wrote:
    ‏@daniellloyd1 1m
    Confirmation coming over race radio, race will be neutralised on the descent of the Stelvio.

    Not sure how this works in practice...they take the times at the summit, tell them to cruise down and then restart them at the base with their respective gaps?
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Kom op Dario lad, rescue Team Sky's Giro, reach the highest point first.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • ThatBikeGuy
    ThatBikeGuy Posts: 394
    But if they go so slow as to bunch up on the descent then surely that is more dangerous?
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Any particular reason to neutralise the descent? The roads are wet but just fine - how is that different from any other descent in rainy weather?
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Cataldo wanting the Cima Coppi.

    I recall INRNG saying that it wasn't a separate prize this year... ?
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Presumably if the descent is neutralised then gaps and the top are reinstated at the bottom? If so it's not a bad call. That said, are these conditions really any worse than in many a past year? It may be worse at the top but at the moment the roads just look wet as they often do in Giro and even Tour mountain stages. I'm not quite sure what all the fuss is about.
  • hammerite
    hammerite Posts: 3,408
    ThomThom wrote:
    Any particular reason to neutralise the descent? The roads are wet but just fine - how is that different from any other descent in rainy weather?

    riders will be getting colder quicker than a descent in warm but wet weather. Can make it more difficult to control the bike.

    That said, riding behind a motorbike might mean they need to touch brakes more often which won't be particularly good.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    dish_dash wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Cataldo wanting the Cima Coppi.

    I recall INRNG saying that it wasn't a separate prize this year... ?

    There might be no actual prize, but it is a prize/honour.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Pross wrote:
    Presumably if the descent is neutralised then gaps and the top are reinstated at the bottom? If so it's not a bad call. That said, are these conditions really any worse than in many a past year? It may be worse at the top but at the moment the roads just look wet as they often do in Giro and even Tour mountain stages. I'm not quite sure what all the fuss is about.

    To be honest it might be to do with the riders freezing - its a long descent. Also, it is supposed to be a really tough one even in the dry.
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Hang in there, Swifty!
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    the Inner Ring ‏@inrng 2m

    Stelvio descent neutralised due to snow. But Cataldo has every reason to carry on as the Cima Coppi prize awaits at the top of the climb
    Correlation is not causation.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Above The Cows wrote:
    dish_dash wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Cataldo wanting the Cima Coppi.

    I recall INRNG saying that it wasn't a separate prize this year... ?

    There might be no actual prize, but it is a prize/honour.

    The prize is extra mountain points apparently.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    edited May 2014
    hammerite wrote:
    ThomThom wrote:
    Any particular reason to neutralise the descent? The roads are wet but just fine - how is that different from any other descent in rainy weather?

    riders will be getting colder quicker than a descent in warm but wet weather. Can make it more difficult to control the bike.

    If that's the case they should stop wasting time and energy on having this climb in the race.

    Perfect roads last year as well and they - for whatever reason - decided to neutralise that one also..
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    The Stelvio is the 4th highest road, second highest pass in Europe.

    FUN FACTS!
    Correlation is not causation.

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