Giro 2018, Stage 20: Susa - Cervinia - 214 kilometres, *Spoilers*

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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,557
    Froome up front so he can see the motos crashing ahead trying to take him out.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Has Bilbo got out of the Astana team car, yet?
    Hurrah! Hatch is back.
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    :roll: More ads on Rai - Jeezus
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,557
    Pinot now 20 mins down
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    pottssteve wrote:
    lettingthedaysgoby wrote:
    Having tired of once for about 3 seconds before I nearly shat myself, seeing them descend at the speeds they do sat on the top tube never fails to impress me.

    It's really scary. I hit 69kph on a dead straight downhill in Japan earlier this year but I can't imagine doing it on anything with bends... :shock:

    Over 100kph coming down Crimea pass in N Wales. Perfect road for that sort of thing though
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • craigus89
    craigus89 Posts: 887
    Rob Hatch, I love you. Never leave me again.
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Craigus89 wrote:
    Rob Hatch, I love you. Never leave me again.

    :D:D:D
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    ddraver wrote:
    pottssteve wrote:
    lettingthedaysgoby wrote:
    Having tired of once for about 3 seconds before I nearly shat myself, seeing them descend at the speeds they do sat on the top tube never fails to impress me.

    It's really scary. I hit 69kph on a dead straight downhill in Japan earlier this year but I can't imagine doing it on anything with bends... :shock:

    Over 100kph coming down Crimea pass in N Wales. Perfect road for that sort of thing though

    Nice. I was on a borrowed bike, with insufficient health insurance and bottle. :)
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Nieve on the final climb - really sticking it to Yates :D
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Cycling News are really negative about Froomes win yesterday. I hope they're wrong but it seems a shame the sport has got itself in the situation where that sort stuff can't be celebrated.
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    mididoctors wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    I always thought peanut was brittle, maybe an allergy ?

    just ridden out. is it plain old pre "products" exhaustion?

    Clearly my future as a stand up will have to be put on hold
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  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Froomoulin on the final climb now. Not much of a peloton, but lots of Sky riders about.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    edited May 2018
    CN have very much for themselves into that situation...

    Gave up on them ages ago. Fed up with the 6 degrees of Sky game they constantly play with every article
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    inseine wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    I always thought peanut was brittle, maybe an allergy ?

    just ridden out. is it plain old pre "products" exhaustion?

    Clearly my future as a stand up will have to be put on hold

    yeah maybe put that career move on standby :D
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    TD doesn't look very aggressive. hanging on if anything.
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Afternoon folks!

    I want to thank Blazing for all the excellent race thread openers!

    So Pinot is corked.

    Have I missed any other shenanigans?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Guessing Felix's "sss" should be Großschartner
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    I'm the last person to cry 'doping', but CN are saying Froomes performance has sent 'shockwaves' yet everyone seems quite happy with Chaves riding super strongly, then exploding, followed by Yates riding super strongly, then exploding.
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Oh I see we're doing haikus. Can't have missed much action then.

    ddraver at least annoying coffee lady didn't want caramel syrup in her Cafe Sate. (Yes that is what I have just named soy lattes.)

    Nine K M to go.
    What is going to happen eh?
    That's a nice lake there.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Lopez and Carapaz likely to kick off before TD?
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    inseine wrote:
    I'm the last person to cry 'doping', but CN are saying Froomes performance has sent 'shockwaves' yet everyone seems quite happy with Chaves riding super strongly, then exploding, followed by Yates riding super strongly, then exploding.

    CN are just clickbait for their forum. End of.
    The tail wags the dog.
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    At what point is it too late for TD? It's not a super hard climb, how much can he take from Froome per kilometre? Must be close to too late already.
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,557
    LL Sanchez finished. Movistar train leading it up the mountain for Carapaz.

    Nieve has the stage in the bag.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Oh I see we're doing haikus. Can't have missed much action then.

    ddraver at least annoying coffee lady didn't want caramel syrup in her Cafe Sate. (Yes that is what I have just named soy lattes.)

    Nine K M to go.
    What is going to happen eh?
    That's a nice lake there.

    Thomas Dumoulin
    Famously shat in a field,
    No such fun today
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  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Carapaz might give it a go out of respect for his leadout, but I get the feeling they're all spent tbh
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,557
    Dumoulin makes his move
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    td moving up
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Tom!
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Dummy attack
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,557
    Formolo goes off the front of the MR group which is now 5.

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