Giro 2014 - Stage 16: Val Martello *Spoilers*

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,163
    Surely the riders should have enough common sense to regulate their riding to the conditions? I assume that's what they used to do. Maybe they really have turned into robots unable to think without a DS shouting in their ear.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,163
    Above The Cows wrote:
    The Stelvio is the 4th highest road, second highest pass in Europe.

    FUN FACTS!

    Always thought it was the highest pass.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,643
    Pross wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    The Stelvio is the 4th highest road, second highest pass in Europe.

    FUN FACTS!

    Always thought it was the highest pass.

    Iseran...
  • hammerite
    hammerite Posts: 3,408
    ThomThom wrote:
    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..

    I agree. It's a lovely road to include, but too unpredictable.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Pross wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    The Stelvio is the 4th highest road, second highest pass in Europe.

    FUN FACTS!

    Always thought it was the highest pass.

    2770 m Col de l'Iseran
    2757 m Stelvio Pass
    Correlation is not causation.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Cataldo over the top... now what happens?
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Heck, if they crash they are even protected by snow..
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    The Stelvio is the 4th highest road, second highest pass in Europe.

    FUN FACTS!

    Always thought it was the highest pass.

    2770 m Col de l'Iseran
    2757 m Stelvio Pass

    Didn't the Iseran cheat by building an extra road? I may have dreamed that though.
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    Strava is not Zen.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    @EisengaL As long as it snows on the decent of the stelvio, there will be a moto with a yellow flag in front of the peloton.Eq safety car
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Respect to Cataldo. Big move.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,163
    ThomThom wrote:
    Heck, if they crash they are even protected by snow..

    I can picture some cartoon type crash where a rider disappears into a snow bank and comes out completely white.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Lots of riders stopping to get more clothes on at the top.
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Cataldo refusing to be neutered.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    calvjones wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    The Stelvio is the 4th highest road, second highest pass in Europe.

    FUN FACTS!

    Always thought it was the highest pass.

    2770 m Col de l'Iseran
    2757 m Stelvio Pass

    Didn't the Iseran cheat by building an extra road? I may have dreamed that though.

    Isn't that a film with Hugh Grant?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    This is the side I'll be going up in a fortnight.

    Weather permitting :shock:

    On the Brompton :shock: :shock:
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    Strava is not Zen.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    calvjones wrote:
    This is the side I'll be going up in a fortnight.

    Weather permitting :shock:

    On the Brompton :shock: :shock:

    Are you mad?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,163
    Stopping and changing wardrobes at the top.
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Pantano nearly went down.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,163
    Did the memo about neutralising not reach the leaders then?
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Must't have. Dupont is definitely pushing on a bit.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Pross wrote:
    Did the memo about neutralising not reach the leaders then?

    From what I am reading it will be neutralized only if it snows.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Got to imagine the leaders are going to take it more gingerly though. Leaders could get a nice advantage here.
  • d_o_g
    d_o_g Posts: 286
    calvjones wrote:
    Didn't the Iseran cheat by building an extra road? I may have dreamed that though.

    Isn't that the Bonette, they built a little loop around the top to get it to be the highest road in the Alps, IIRC.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Live betting -> A fiver on Cataldo with the way he's going downhill here..
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,163
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Did the memo about neutralising not reach the leaders then?

    From what I am reading it will be neutralized only if it snows.

    I think a few of the Maglia Rosa group will be annoyed, they seemed to think they had time to go shopping for a new outfit before starting the descent.
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Cataldo, Dupont, and whichever Colombia rider that is could be sneaking away.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    D O G wrote:
    calvjones wrote:
    Didn't the Iseran cheat by building an extra road? I may have dreamed that though.

    Isn't that the Bonette, they built a little loop around the top to get it to be the highest road in the Alps, IIRC.

    FUN FACTS CONTD...

    The highest road in Europe is the 2830 m Ötztal Glacier Road in Autria, it is a dead end. The Cime de la Bonette at 2802 m is a loop road and not the highest anyway.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    Last time I descended the Stelvio it was 0 at the top and I only had normal mitts on. Couldn't feel the brakes after about the sixth bend; a very unsettling experience indeed until I got down to the valley floor and warmth
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    GC guys racing too. Splits.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Uran taking it very slow. Quintana may have gapped him.

    Dupont descending well.
    Contador is the Greatest

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