Giro 2020 - Stage 3: Enna – Etna 150 km *Spoilers*
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For those who picked Yates, it was a pretty narrow window in which to be smug.1
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I thought sorick_chasey said:He did. Quite early on in fact. Jumbo tried to chase him down without much success, then Fulgsang caused the selection behind.
"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 pm0 -
I'll tell you this.
I'LL LOVE IT.
I'LL ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT WHEN NIBALI WINS THIS
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Carapaz would be right in the mix ...his sort of field ....
I like the lack.of riders controlling the climb early on . Rarity ."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 pm0 -
wouldn't they need to get special permission to start another race when the one they abandoned is still taking place?blazing_saddles said:
He can abandon the Giro and have a slot on the Vuelta team.davidof said:Thomas finishing more than 11 minutes down on Nibali
I think Froome's is going free.
Pello Bilbao owning the Haimar Zubeldia classification at the Giro once more.0 -
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.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.
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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.yorkshireraw said:
wouldn't they need to get special permission to start another race when the one they abandoned is still taking place?blazing_saddles said:
He can abandon the Giro and have a slot on the Vuelta team.davidof said:Thomas finishing more than 11 minutes down on Nibali
I think Froome's is going free.
Pello Bilbao owning the Haimar Zubeldia classification at the Giro once more.0 -
https://twitter.com/inrng/status/1313140496773140486?s=20
Not sure how to embed the tweet, but this is G's crash0 -
Thomas crash in the neutral zone
"mama mia"
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Normally yes, but I think the UCI may have waved the rule for this strange season.yorkshireraw said:
wouldn't they need to get special permission to start another race when the one they abandoned is still taking place?blazing_saddles said:
He can abandon the Giro and have a slot on the Vuelta team.davidof said:Thomas finishing more than 11 minutes down on Nibali
I think Froome's is going free.
Pello Bilbao owning the Haimar Zubeldia classification at the Giro once more.
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.
"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
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)blazing_saddles said:
Normally yes, but I think the UCI may have waved the rule for this strange season.yorkshireraw said:
wouldn't they need to get special permission to start another race when the one they abandoned is still taking place?blazing_saddles said:
He can abandon the Giro and have a slot on the Vuelta team.davidof said:Thomas finishing more than 11 minutes down on Nibali
I think Froome's is going free.
Pello Bilbao owning the Haimar Zubeldia classification at the Giro once more.
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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Another view of Thomas crash. Stray bidon. About 20 seconds in.
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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?0 -
So, going downhill at a decent lick. Looked bad and of course it was.davieb78 said:Another view of Thomas crash. Stray bidon. About 20 seconds in.
He's very, very unlucky in the crash lottery."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Maybe bounced out of the cage?RichN95. said:Why are riders throwing away bidons in the neutral zone?
It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.0 -
Why are they jettisoning bottles so early anyway? it's asking for someone to do that0
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Maybe bounced out of the cage?RichN95. said:Why are riders throwing away bidons in the neutral zone?
Yeah, I've seen someone point out a little bump in the road near the top. A full bidon is going to cause more problemsTwitter: @RichN950 -
there are several bidons around in the clip I posted0
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He's not winning Flanders or P-R with the current crop like WVA, MvdP etc. around.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?0 -
If you're Carapaz, you're feeling sick to your stomach right nowIt's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.0
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Is he ill too0
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Not as sick as Thomas I'd wager.salsiccia1 said:If you're Carapaz, you're feeling sick to your stomach right now
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That absolutely sucks. Obviously very nasty. He did well to hang in there as long as he did.davieb78 said:Another view of Thomas crash. Stray bidon. About 20 seconds in.
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Calm down Mr Keegan.tailwindhome said:
I'll tell you this.
I'LL LOVE IT.
I'LL ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT WHEN NIBALI WINS THIS
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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.0
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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.0 -
There were multiple bottles and I never saw anyone throw one.RichN95. said:salsiccia1 said:
Maybe bounced out of the cage?RichN95. said:Why are riders throwing away bidons in the neutral zone?
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
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.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
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.Warning No formatter is installed for the format0
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I guess chunks of the public purse finds its way to laundries and other small enterprises... for services rendered.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?
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