Giro 2018, Stage 21: Criterium in Rome - 115 kilometres, *Spoilers*

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  • topper_harley
    topper_harley Posts: 597
    GC riders not liking this route it seems
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    It’s been a great race, the race people claim the Giro is every year when it generally isn’t.

    By my count, only the third "great" in the past 13 years, with a couple of good editions here and there.
    2010 and 2015 the other two?

    2005 and this year.
    I thought you were discounting 2005 (hence the unusual 13 years) making '10, '15 and '18 the three.
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  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    Topper harley wrote:
    GC riders not liking this route it seems
    Can’t say I blame them, bits look fairly sketchy.
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    Viviani wins the jersey for the most stickiest bottle. Sponsored by Loctite
    "The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    edited May 2018
    OK, my brain fart, 14 years then.

    There seems to be an issue with today's course. There's a lot of chat going on....
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    I've been doing some work.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    Viviani not happy with the course ?
    "The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    theres no protocol culture in the giro for this sort of ending. lot of discussions.
    "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
    This is hilarious! Who signed off on a route like this?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    This is starting to look a bit daft
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    its a bit narrow in parts...just neutralise the gc 3laps to go or something?
    "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: 18,912
    yeah....piano till last 2 laps
    "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
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    Viviani talking to Froome, looks like he wants the whole stage nutualised. Is it the cobbles he doesn't like?
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    The real epic scandal is: Who ate the sausages Mads Pedersen had bought for a BBQ he owed to Mads Wurtz Schmidt for finishing behind him? #Sausagegate https://twitter.com/Eurosportdk/status/ ... 1153763329
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,183
    :?: Those Sagan glasses in the ad......
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Froome played patron there. I guess he's earnt the role.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    that narrow section widening onto cobbles with posts in the road is a bit much.
    "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
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    Eurosport saying a rider ( maybe on the Soudol team ? ) stopped to let some air out of his tyres to soften the ride over the cobbles.

    He should try riding over the UKs third-world road surface with our gigantic potholes. I don't think I could ever go back to running 23's with high pressure again
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    The race begins.
    Good luck and stay safe.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Race neutralized after lap 3, GC is over, only the stage win counts now.
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  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Cycling fans breathe a sigh of relief. Rob Hatch time.

    Amazing how CK knew, he knew I tell you, exactly what the riders were thinking.

    Think I have said shut up Carlton at least 6 times out loud already
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,823
    I just turned it on to find Froome 3 minutes out the back and was very confused.

    But now I understand the GC has been neutralised
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    It was very cruel to give the entire Sky team pink bar tape
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    The new Giro trophy.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw0cCYNY4qg

    :P :wink:
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    The new Giro trophy.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw0cCYNY4qg

    :P :wink:

    Naughty.

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    Correlation is not causation.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Things splitting up a bit after Viv drops his chain.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Bennett from Viviani
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    bennet...easy
    "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: 18,912
    total confidence from bennet there.
    "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
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Ireland win the Giro! :lol:
    That was his turd stage.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.

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