Giro 2020 - Stage 3: Enna – Etna 150 km *Spoilers*

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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 20,642
    For those who picked Yates, it was a pretty narrow window in which to be smug.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,867
    rick_chasey said:

    He did. Quite early on in fact. Jumbo tried to chase him down without much success, then Fulgsang caused the selection behind.

    I thought so
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,941

    I'll tell you this.

    I'LL LOVE IT.

    I'LL ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT WHEN NIBALI WINS THIS

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,867
    edited October 2020
    Carapaz would be right in the mix ...his sort of field ....

    I like the lack.of riders controlling the climb early on . Rarity .
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  • yorkshireraw
    yorkshireraw Posts: 1,628
    blazing_saddles said:

    davidof said:

    Thomas finishing more than 11 minutes down on Nibali

    He can abandon the Giro and have a slot on the Vuelta team.
    I think Froome's is going free.

    Pello Bilbao owning the Haimar Zubeldia classification at the Giro once more.
    wouldn't they need to get special permission to start another race when the one they abandoned is still taking place?
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,588
    DeadCalm said:

    Who is Harm Vanhoucke Impressive. Only 23 apparently. I must confess that he'd passed me by until now. His best results according to PCS.

    Top results
    Piccolo Giro di Lombardia ('16)
    Flèche Ardennaise ('17)
    3rd Stage Giro d'Italia ('20)
    10th GC Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol ('20)

    There are so many young riders coming through and I know it gets said a lot then never really happens but there looks to be a real golden period coming up.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,588
    yorkshireraw said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    davidof said:

    Thomas finishing more than 11 minutes down on Nibali

    He can abandon the Giro and have a slot on the Vuelta team.
    I think Froome's is going free.

    Pello Bilbao owning the Haimar Zubeldia classification at the Giro once more.
    wouldn't they need to get special permission to start another race when the one they abandoned is still taking place?
    I assume so but think they're pretty lenient if the rider has been forced out rather than just decided to change races because it wasn't going their way.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,649
    https://twitter.com/inrng/status/1313140496773140486?s=20

    Not sure how to embed the tweet, but this is G's crash
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,005
    Thomas crash in the neutral zone

    "mama mia"


  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,816
    edited October 2020
    yorkshireraw said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    davidof said:

    Thomas finishing more than 11 minutes down on Nibali

    He can abandon the Giro and have a slot on the Vuelta team.
    I think Froome's is going free.

    Pello Bilbao owning the Haimar Zubeldia classification at the Giro once more.
    wouldn't they need to get special permission to start another race when the one they abandoned is still taking place?
    Normally yes, but I think the UCI may have waved the rule for this strange season.

    The reason I made the comment was because I recalled this:
    Phil Gilbert crashed on stage 1 of the Tour and abandoned, only to turn up and ride both the Tour de Luxembourg and the Gooikse Pijl before the Tour had finished.

    Of course this may not apply to another WT race, so I am not sure.

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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 20,642
    blazing_saddles said:

    yorkshireraw said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    davidof said:

    Thomas finishing more than 11 minutes down on Nibali

    He can abandon the Giro and have a slot on the Vuelta team.
    I think Froome's is going free.

    Pello Bilbao owning the Haimar Zubeldia classification at the Giro once more.
    wouldn't they need to get special permission to start another race when the one they abandoned is still taking place?
    Normally yes, but I think the UCI may have waved the rule for this strange season.

    The reason I made the comment was because I recalled this:
    Phil Gilbert crashed on stage 1 of the Tour and abandoned, only to turn up and ride both the Tour de Luxembourg and the Gooikse Pijl before the Tour had finished.

    Of course this may not apply to another WT race, so I am not sure.

    Traditionally, a rider needed permission from the race he left I think. I remember Cavendish dropping out of the Vuelta sick, resting up for a week or so, and then doing the ToB. To do so, he needed consent from the Vuelta (or was it UCI)


  • davieb78
    davieb78 Posts: 97
    Another view of Thomas crash. Stray bidon. About 20 seconds in.

  • commuterlegs
    commuterlegs Posts: 268
    Unfinished business or not, I don't think G will bother coming back to the Giro again.

    Depending on the extent of the injury maybe he'd be good for a shot at Flanders?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    Why are riders throwing away bidons in the neutral zone?
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,816
    davieb78 said:

    Another view of Thomas crash. Stray bidon. About 20 seconds in.

    So, going downhill at a decent lick. Looked bad and of course it was.
    He's very, very unlucky in the crash lottery.
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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    RichN95. said:

    Why are riders throwing away bidons in the neutral zone?

    Maybe bounced out of the cage?
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,400
    Why are they jettisoning bottles so early anyway? it's asking for someone to do that
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    edited October 2020
    salsiccia1 said:

    RichN95. said:

    Why are riders throwing away bidons in the neutral zone?

    Maybe bounced out of the cage?

    Yeah, I've seen someone point out a little bump in the road near the top. A full bidon is going to cause more problems
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,005
    there are several bidons around in the clip I posted
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,588
    commuterlegs said:

    Unfinished business or not, I don't think G will bother coming back to the Giro again.

    Depending on the extent of the injury maybe he'd be good for a shot at Flanders?

    He's not winning Flanders or P-R with the current crop like WVA, MvdP etc. around.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    If you're Carapaz, you're feeling sick to your stomach right now
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • Matti66
    Matti66 Posts: 190
    edited October 2020
    Is he ill too
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,100
    salsiccia1 said:

    If you're Carapaz, you're feeling sick to your stomach right now

    Not as sick as Thomas I'd wager.
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  • DeadCalm
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    davieb78 said:

    Another view of Thomas crash. Stray bidon. About 20 seconds in.

    That absolutely sucks. Obviously very nasty. He did well to hang in there as long as he did.
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  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
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    tailwindhome said:


    I'll tell you this.

    I'LL LOVE IT.

    I'LL ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT WHEN NIBALI WINS THIS

    Calm down Mr Keegan. ;):D
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,588
    Much heavier fall than I'd expected from the visible damage. Those falls where you don't slide much often feel harder. Someone right at the front looked like they nearly lost it on the rough patch of road.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    It's a horrible one, isn't it.

    Given the terrible luck he has it's almost miraculous he won the Tour once.
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 25,804
    RichN95. said:

    salsiccia1 said:

    RichN95. said:

    Why are riders throwing away bidons in the neutral zone?

    Maybe bounced out of the cage?

    Yeah, I've seen someone point out a little bump in the road near the top. A full bidon is going to cause more problems
    There were multiple bottles and I never saw anyone throw one.
    I'm guessing a lot of bottles bounced out on the bump & GT was very unlucky.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,329
    Tao now their best placed rider, 2'30" after Nibali in 24th place. With some freedom/support he could climb up to a top ten without too much bother.
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  • Ben6899
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    lettingthedaysgoby said:

    They really aren't kidding when the say the roads round this part of the world are in an absolute state, are they?

    I guess chunks of the public purse finds its way to laundries and other small enterprises... for services rendered.
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