Giro Pre Race Chat - Not for Spoilers!
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philbar72 wrote:stage win for the "contrabandista pastel" Betancur?
He'll be scanning the roadbook for one where you can win your weight in cheese."In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"
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disgruntledgoat wrote:philbar72 wrote:stage win for the "contrabandista pastel" Betancur?
He'll be scanning the roadbook for one where you can win your weight in cheese.
Go back a month or so and this would've been pie in the sky.0 -
I'll give Betancur a little credit for going out front rather forlornly in LBL for all of... 17 seconds*. Don't know why he didn't pick a downhill section to kick off - all that momentum, geez !
*That's quite a career high of late.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Pinno wrote:I'll give Betancur a little credit for going out front rather forlornly in LBL for all of... 17 seconds*. Don't know why he didn't pick a downhill section to kick off - all that momentum, geez !
*That's quite a career high of late.
He did it a few times at LBL, but was closed down.0 -
Joelsim wrote:Betancur is now riding the Giro.
My man.
He's riding it now, because that way he might make it to the end at the same time as the rest.
(I'm fully aware that he's actually quite svelte and showing some sort of form now, and that this joke is two months out of date)Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy0 -
The_Boy wrote:Joelsim wrote:Betancur is now riding the Giro.
My man.
He's riding it now, because that way he might make it to the end at the same time as the rest.
(I'm fully aware that he's actually quite svelte and showing some sort of form now, and that this joke is two months out of date)
It's still a good'un
It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:Anyone fancy a flutter on Hugo Houle to win?
Seen odds for him at 245,075/1.
Hahaaa.
At those odds it would be worth putting £100 on him and then hiring someone to take out the whole of the rest of the peloton! 0 -
In ThomThom related news, sound the klaxon! Lars Bak is riding.
Everyone else may as well just pack up and go home.Warning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
Worthy of a bump.
I was surprised at the odds on Chaves for this one, given his efforts at the Vuelta last year. Is this because of the amount of TT in the Giro this time around?
Hard to tell from the team selected by OGE, but are they looking for stage wins or does Chaves have any recognised protection for the MTFs?0 -
RonB wrote:Worthy of a bump.
I was surprised at the odds on Chaves for this one, given his efforts at the Vuelta last year. Is this because of the amount of TT in the Giro this time around?
Hard to tell from the team selected by OGE, but are they looking for stage wins or does Chaves have any recognised protection for the MTFs?
He's going for GC. Plaza and Txurruka to help him.0 -
RonB wrote:Worthy of a bump.
I was surprised at the odds on Chaves for this one, given his efforts at the Vuelta last year. Is this because of the amount of TT in the Giro this time around?
Hard to tell from the team selected by OGE, but are they looking for stage wins or does Chaves have any recognised protection for the MTFs?
Pick the team to bits:
Orica – GreenEdge
CHAVES RUBIO Johan Esteban
BEWLEY Sam - 81kg's: Lead balloon
EWAN Caleb - Former track rider.
HEPBURN Michael - Another former track rider.
HOWSON Damien - Some TT credentials, not a climber
MEZGEC Luka - Very dotted career with some TT ability.
PLAZA MOLINA Ruben - Mountain goat
TUFT Svein - 'The Oldest tour rookie of the modern era', no spring chicken.
TXURRUKA Amets - Flighty 56kg bloke.
So he has only 2 Sherpa's. No ambitions of a high GC placing there?!seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Yo Pinno, don't be knocking my man Svein... man's a legend.0
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Zing!0
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Pinno wrote:dish_dash wrote:Yo Pinno, don't be knocking my man Svein... man's a legend.
No not knocking him but is he going to be able to assist Chaves in a GC bid?
Yes, he is - but in subtle ways that only a canny DS would appreciate.
In the race, he'll provide an endless supply of Werthers Originals: at the dinner table, the faint smell of wee and endless stories of the olden days is a sure-fire way to get the youngsters off to bed early for maximum recovery.0 -
Svein Tuft is old. but he's a monster on a bike, very strong rider even now. chaves didn't have much support at the Vuelta and still entertained and got a stage or 2. suspect that's what he'll do here. top 5 is probably about where he sits in this race based on everyone not having bad days.0
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Fantastic weather forecast for the whole of the time that the race is in the Netherlands.
More like mid-Summer than the freezing conditions of last week."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Pinno wrote:RonB wrote:Worthy of a bump.
I was surprised at the odds on Chaves for this one, given his efforts at the Vuelta last year. Is this because of the amount of TT in the Giro this time around?
Hard to tell from the team selected by OGE, but are they looking for stage wins or does Chaves have any recognised protection for the MTFs?
Pick the team to bits:
Orica – GreenEdge
CHAVES RUBIO Johan Esteban
BEWLEY Sam - 81kg's: Lead balloon
EWAN Caleb - Former track rider.
HEPBURN Michael - Another former track rider.
HOWSON Damien - Some TT credentials, not a climber
MEZGEC Luka - Very dotted career with some TT ability.
PLAZA MOLINA Ruben - Mountain goat
TUFT Svein - 'The Oldest tour rookie of the modern era', no spring chicken.
TXURRUKA Amets - Flighty 56kg bloke.
So he has only 2 Sherpa's. No ambitions of a high GC placing there?!
To be honest you only need loads of help in the mountains for mechanical reasons, unless you are one of the absolute favourites. If OGE are clever they will save Plaza and Txurruka until later in the race, for the second week Chaves can just sit in.0 -
Sky Team:
Landa
Nieve
Lopez
Roche
Seb. Henao
Knees
Deignan
Viviani
Boswell
Not a bad team considering the injuries, illness and other issues they've had. Would have liked to have seen Swift going as a flat/hilly domestique with an eye on stages too tough for Viviani but not sure who'd you'd drop without weakening Landa's GC chances. Prob Viviani but given he's an Italian rider, in Italy with a very good chance of winning the proper sprints that would never happen.0 -
jam1e wrote:Sky Team:
Landa
Nieve
Lopez
Roche
Seb. Henao
Knees
Deignan
Viviani
Boswell
Not a bad team considering the injuries, illness and other issues they've had. Would have liked to have seen Swift going as a flat/hilly domestique with an eye on stages too tough for Viviani but not sure who'd you'd drop without weakening Landa's GC chances. Prob Viviani but given he's an Italian rider, in Italy with a very good chance of winning the proper sprints that would never happen.
Interesting team, will be keeping an eye on Boswell as I like him, and this is his chance to show his progression. Will this be Viviani's last road race before going to the track? I seem to remember some Brits doing that in 2012.0 -
Good to see Adam Hansen racking up another GT (or at least planning to)0
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manic_esso wrote:Good to see Adam Hansen racking up another GT (or at least planning to)
He gave an interview saying he is planning all 3 again this year0 -
OCDuPalais wrote:
I thought that the job of boring the youngsters off to bed would be the job for the Australian contingent. After all,boring people into submission comes naturally to them.
The conclusion therefore, is that Esteban probably refers to Svein as 'Daddy'.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Awesome!Shadowrider wrote:manic_esso wrote:Good to see Adam Hansen racking up another GT (or at least planning to)
He gave an interview saying he is planning all 3 again this year0 -
So we get an Albanian rider at the Giro but not a single British rider eh?0
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No, I don't abhor any riders for their nationality. What a bizarre statement.0
