Giro 2020 - Stage 10: Lanciano – Tortoreto 177 km *Spoilers*

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    This is all rather good.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Fuglsang mechanical/puncture.....
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Unfortunately they won't quite finish before my training course restarts at 3...
  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,313
    Fulsgand a minute down. Come on Sagan!
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    TGH attacking the bunch. This is good stuff
  • roscoe
    roscoe Posts: 532
    One of the best stages yet.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Bilbao being brought back so solo Sagan ftw.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,313
    Looks like Sagan will earn his appearance fee (if he isnt finished!)
  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,313
    edited October 2020
    Missed the end thanks to a student!!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Superb!
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    Can Rob Hatch turn the hyperbole down a couple of notches please?
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Fantastic stage.
    "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
  • diplodicus
    diplodicus Posts: 722
    RichN95. said:

    Can Rob Hatch turn the hyperbole down a couple of notches please?

    Agreed. I think "the win of the century" particularly caught my attention :D
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    RichN95. said:

    Can Rob Hatch turn the hyperbole down a couple of notches please?

    He's become unbearable in a totally different way to Kirby.

    Fuglsang takes a huge hit: 70 seconds or more.

    Stupid woman leaning over the barriers, no face mask, screaming at Sagan.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,025
    Reminds me of that stage in Tirreno–Adriatico that Sagan won a number of years ago.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    It goes to show that you don't need big mountains to make a difference, just terrain that is hard to control and some sharp climbs.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    diplodicus said:

    RichN95. said:

    Can Rob Hatch turn the hyperbole down a couple of notches please?

    Agreed. I think "the win of the century" particularly caught my attention :D
    Ganna "ride of the century" last week didn't last long!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Sagan has done it before in PR.

    Still, given the season he's had.
    _
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    Very good stage that.

    Sagan benefitting from the transfer to Fuglsang of the jinx resulting from me serially picking him for PTP.

  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,025
    DeadCalm said:

    Very good stage that.

    Sagan benefitting from the transfer to Fuglsang of the jinx resulting from me serially picking him for PTP.

    I helped him out on that front too.
  • ducknumber1
    ducknumber1 Posts: 1,172
    TheBigBean said:

    DeadCalm said:

    Very good stage that.

    Sagan benefitting from the transfer to Fuglsang of the jinx resulting from me serially picking him for PTP.

    I helped him out on that front too.
    Yep, think I've gone for Sagan last 3/4 stages or so. Until today, obviously.
  • feelgoodlost
    feelgoodlost Posts: 342
    RichN95. said:

    Can Rob Hatch turn the hyperbole down a couple of notches please?

    He's a bit irritating. His pronunciation of FDJ grinds on me every time I hear it!
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    feelgoodlost said:

    RichN95. said:

    Can Rob Hatch turn the hyperbole down a couple of notches please?

    He's a bit irritating. His pronunciation of FDJ grinds on me every time I hear it!
    Because he pronounces it correctly?
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,823
    Hatch is good, in my opinion probably the best, but it does grate slightly when he hams it up. It's probably for the benefit of the social media clip or Wiggins podcast but it does sometimes seem slightly OTT
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,269
    DeadCalm said:

    feelgoodlost said:

    RichN95. said:

    Can Rob Hatch turn the hyperbole down a couple of notches please?

    He's a bit irritating. His pronunciation of FDJ grinds on me every time I hear it!
    Because he pronounces it correctly?
    It's like that French radio station NRJ = energie = clever.
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,486
    Chasey should sub in for Ridge and make his picks for the rest of the Giro! 😜

    Cats and dogs playing cards, monkeys running barber shops, PTP carnage, pure chaos in the streets! Scenes as have never been seen before!
    PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 2023
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,025
    How long has the Giro had a combativity, breakway and sprints classification?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    edited October 2020
    TheBigBean said:

    How long has the Giro had a combativity, breakway and sprints classification?


    Combativity since 2001. Bizarrely it has been won twice by Mark Cavendish
    The Breakaway Award (The Pinarello Fugue Award) since 2002.
    I think the Intermediate Sprints competition is quite old.

    There's a reduced points competition (Azzuri d'Italia) which awards just the top three on a stage which started in 2001.

    There's also the Bonacossa Trophy for the most beautiful feat of the race and Vincenzo Torriani Trophy for the winner of the stage which has the Cimi Coppi climb in it.

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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,025
    Thanks. I never noticed them. I like the idea of a combativity jersey.
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    Incidentally, that was an awesome ride from Pozzovivo to not only recover from that untimely mechanical, but subsequently attack the group of favourites as well.

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