Giro 2017: Stage 1:-Alghero › Olbia. *Spoilers*
blazing_saddles
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I'll start the ball rolling, as everybody else appears to be playing chicken and the race starts in 15 minutes.
Stage 1:-Alghero › Olbia (206k)
Start Time 12-10 CEST.
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Stage 1:-Alghero › Olbia (206k)
Start Time 12-10 CEST.
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"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
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It's possible the sardine could have been named after Sardinia.0 -
Race underway and we have had Bardiani rider sightings."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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Well, all at least the thread title is apt ... Jonathan F'ing Edwards has spolied my viewing after less than a minute (and as a 'presenter' who learned his craft under the wing of the BBC, the first thing he talks about is doping in cycling) … Why are all Olympians ar$eholes ...Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it.0
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18 kms covered, a breakaway of 6 riders is 7 minutes clear already apparently. Not sure of the composition, but Daniel Teklehaimanot is there for Dimension Data.0
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Matt Hayman sounds exactly like Richie Porte: half asleep.
JE: "Matt, how is it different to be team leader in a GT."
MH: "I dunno because I've never been team leader."
Nice one Johnny. :oops:
It's all so dull.
Making Ashley and Juan Arrow look like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Annoyingly, it looks like Ashley and Juan Antonio are actually doing coverage, but most likely just for ES International ... Edwards needs to up his trouser game as a MINIMUM ...Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it.0
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Break:-
Mirco Maestri (Bardiani-CSF), Cesare Benedetti (Bora-Hansgrohe), Marcin Bialoblocki (CCC Sprandi Polkowice), Pavel Brutt (Gazprom-Rusvelo), Daniel Teklehaimanot (Dimension Data) and Eugert Zhupa (Wilier Selle Italia)"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Lovely. Headwind followed by crosswinds for the later stages.
Could be fun."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
I was in both Olbia and Alghero last summer. Very nice but hardly a tough test.'Performance analysis and Froome not being clean was a media driven story. I haven’t heard one guy in the peloton say a negative thing about Froome, and I haven’t heard a single person in the peloton suggest Froome isn’t clean.' TSP0
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We are now live with Rob Hatch and 173kms to polish off."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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can we have a prize for the worst bike and clothing?
I nominate CCC...Facts are meaningless, you can use facts to prove anything that's remotely true! - Homer0 -
I think after a few shows Edwards will come good. He loves cycling.
Really excited for the first GT of 2017. Hope it's raced hard0 -
Has anyone got the <<ECHELONS>> klaxon ready?0
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where is edwards commentating?0
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LOLOLOLyourpaceormine wrote:Has anyone got the <<ECHELONS>> klaxon ready?0 -
yellow rims and a red bike is minging, totally without class0
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Absolutely. This is Italia! The land that spawned Colnago, Campagnolo, De Rosa, Ferrari, the fashion houses of Milan etc etc. I am surprised they were allowed to start with that combo.Vino'sGhost wrote:yellow rims and a red bike is minging, totally without class0 -
Vino'sGhost wrote:yellow rims and a red bike is minging, totally without class
Is Zhupa the Albanian champion? (Flashbacks to uni and a fascination with King Zog, Enver Hoxha, the Glorious Revolutionary Tractor Factory in Tirrana, the Albanian shop in Covent Garden...)0 -
Benedetti takes the first GPM ahead of Zhupa0
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yourpaceormine wrote:
Absolutely. This is Italia! The land that spawned Colnago, Campagnolo, De Rosa, Ferrari, the fashion houses of Milan etc etc. I am surprised they were allowed to start with that combo.Vino'sGhost wrote:yellow rims and a red bike is minging, totally without class
The jersey's alright though.0 -
yourpaceormine wrote:
Absolutely. This is Italia! The land that spawned Colnago, Campagnolo, De Rosa, Ferrari, the fashion houses of Milan etc etc. I am surprised they were allowed to start with that combo.Vino'sGhost wrote:yellow rims and a red bike is minging, totally without class
Sounds like they are perfectly on message then
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i might go and watch on my turbo. This would be my Giro Debut LOLOLOLOL0
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those arent yorkshire crowds for sure0
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going to be won or lost on punctures if the new rules are enforced0
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Of course there has to be a Yin to a Yang even with Italian design. For what other reason does Mario Cippolini exist?0
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19 seconds from the front to the back of the peloton!0
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yourpaceormine wrote:Of course there has to be a Yin to a Yang even with Italian design. For what other reason does Mario Cippolini exist?
He exists to avoid tax and shag 0 -
Daniel Teklehaimanot on the attack and mercifully we are "The Tickler" free."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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Teklehaimanot went long for the 2nd GPM, but got mugged by Benedetti and Zhupa on the line0
