Giro 2014 - Stage 18: Rif Panarotta *Spoilers*

frenchfighter

Given the two brutish stages coming up I am guessing riders in the GC are saving themselves. All to play for. Wonderful.

Arredondo haters suck on it. Colombian haters suck on it.

frenchfighter

frenchfighter

KOM one by a pure climber. Joy.

ddraver

He's a teeny little boy isnt he...

d_o_g

frenchfighter wrote:

Colombian haters suck on it.

Are there many of them about?

blazing_saddles

The cycling world seems to love the Colombian collective, but to my mind they are a bunch of work shy opportunists.
1 did 2 today, did virtually zero pulling at any time.
They are always to be found either sitting on the back, or shooting off the front.

(just thought I'd hand frenchie some more wood for his fire)

Paulie W

D O G wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

Colombian haters suck on it.

Are there many of them about?

Well they're not very fond of each other given the 50 years of civil war.

Anonymous

frenchfighter wrote:

Given the two brutish stages coming up I am guessing riders in the GC are saving themselves. All to play for. Wonderful.

Arredondo haters suck on it. Colombian haters suck on it.

Not seen anyone hating on Colombians or Arredondo, in fact seen a lot of praise on these forums.

smokey_bacon

Aru is fast becoming one of my favorite riders to watch.

frenchfighter

Blazing Saddles wrote:

The cycling world seems to love the Colombian collective, but to my mind they are a bunch of work shy opportunists.
1 did 2 today, did virtually zero pulling at any time.
They are always to be found either sitting on the back, or shooting off the front.

They are not flat land work horses. Going solo is so much harder than riding wheels. All I saw today was Sky rider's sucking his wheel (understandable given Cataldo trying for KOM), him solo a lot, him progressing affairs and him putting on a super show for the fans.

RonB

Should do the trick

Arredondo at the finish though. It didn't look like he had anything left in the tank.

meagain

"They are always to be found either sitting on the back, or shooting off the front."

If the former allows the latter then fair play to 'em - better than plodding in the middle.

Some good riding today.

Anonymous

I've been looking on his twitter, I think I wear the same shoes as Arredondo.

frenchfighter

Check out this piece on Quintana:
http://www.cyclinginquisition.com/2014/ ... ction.html

frenchfighter

RonB wrote:

Should do the trick

Arredondo at the finish though. It didn't look like he had anything left in the tank.

Left it on the road. That is what fans want to see. Suffering for the triumph.

Anonymous

frenchfighter wrote:

RonB wrote:

Should do the trick

Arredondo at the finish though. It didn't look like he had anything left in the tank.

Left it on the road. That is what fans want to see. Suffering for the triumph.

Congratulations on being appointed head of the "what the fans want in procycling" board.

RichN95.

sjmclean wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

RonB wrote:

Should do the trick

Arredondo at the finish though. It didn't look like he had anything left in the tank.

Left it on the road. That is what fans want to see. Suffering for the triumph.

Congratulations on being appointed head of the "what the fans want in procycling" board.

Sky would call him 'Head of Marginal Opinions'

frenchfighter

GC
1. Quintana
2. Urán at 1:41
3. Rolland at 3:29
4. Aru at 3:31
5. Majka s.t
6. Pozzovivo at 3:52
7. Hesjedal at 4:32
8. Kelderman at 4:37
9. Evans at 4:59
10. Kiserlovski a 8:33

Anonymous

frenchfighter wrote:

Blazing Saddles wrote:

The cycling world seems to love the Colombian collective, but to my mind they are a bunch of work shy opportunists.
1 did 2 today, did virtually zero pulling at any time.
They are always to be found either sitting on the back, or shooting off the front.

They are not flat land work horses. Going solo is so much harder than riding wheels. All I saw today was Sky rider's sucking his wheel (understandable given Cataldo trying for KOM), him solo a lot, him progressing affairs and him putting on a super show for the fans.

I saw you maybe 3 pages ago praising Cataldo for the way he was riding. You can't even keep your story straight over one thread.

frenchfighter

Crozza

I think we could see Basso and Evans reprising their stand off on Zoncolan from 2010...

...about 25 minutes back from the leaders

TheBigBean

Now, I don't usually post on clothing matters, but the gloves, bar tape, sun glasses and helmet are a bit much.

slim_boy_fat

frenchfighter wrote:

Given the two brutish stages coming up I am guessing riders in the GC are saving themselves. All to play for. Wonderful.

Arredondo haters suck on it. Colombian haters suck on it.

Frenchie, you've got to be the person will the least amount of class and humility in 'victory' I have ever known. Why the need to always put the other 'side' down?

shazzz

TheBigBean wrote:

Now, I don't usually post on clothing matters, but the gloves, bar tape, sun glasses and helmet are a bit much.

It's a real shame. The Movistar kit is great and I reckon the blue shorts / pink jersey combo might work. As it is, we get the pink helmet.

frenchfighter

TheBigBean wrote:

Now, I don't usually post on clothing matters, but the gloves, bar tape, sun glasses and helmet are a bit much.

Agreed more or less. Socks as well. I guess he is happy - first GT GC jersey and only second ever Colombian to wear the Maglia Rosa.



I saw a photo of his pink Canyon so I expect he will be riding that too on the final stage should he remain in pink.

Best way imo is to have just pink accents on the shorts. Non standard and classy.


Go the full whack on the final day:


Imagine Froome in pink. Shudder.

TheBigBean

I'm always amazed at how quickly they manage to sort out the kit.

dolan_driver

TheBigBean wrote:

Now, I don't usually post on clothing matters, but the gloves, bar tape, sun glasses and helmet are a bit much.

I have to agree with you on this score. You can add the pink shorts to the list too but perhaps pink bar tape is a small touch that is acceptable for the leader's bike. I think Uran had the perfect combination and kept things sensible.

I haven't had a chance to see the Stelvio stage or yesterday's stage due to work but I am gutted to see Uran loose the pink jersey. It would have been the ultimate rags to riches story given his background. However the race isn't quite over yet.

It is great to see Philip Deignan getting up there on a couple of stages now and hopefully there is another grand tour stage win in his grasp soon. The Zoncolan is likely to be a GC shoot-out but you never know.

DD.

shazzz

Contador's Saxobank effort is pretty smart. I especially like the yellow/red/pink accents on the bike. If I were being picky it would be regarding the blue front hub...

Not so sure about his all pink outfit - but I suppose anything is better than the pink jersey / Astana blue shorts combo!

inseine

frenchfighter wrote:

Given the two brutish stages coming up I am guessing riders in the GC are saving themselves. All to play for. Wonderful.

Arredondo haters suck on it. Colombian haters suck on it.

Some people can always turn a positive into a negative. Why feel personally persecuted when we've all just enjoyed a good stage?

above_the_cows

frenchfighter wrote:

Farc me Nairo, Katie Price called, she wants her wardrobe back.

So I missed some cracking riding form some little Colombians and some good solid panache possible efforts from some Sky men. Anyone tweet anything we should be concerned about?