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

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    DeadCalm said:

    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.

    He's riding better than ever, good to see.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    The thinking is the giro.makes it to the next rest day . Not sure that's wise. Awesome 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
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
    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
    "Everything you thought you knew about race commentary, well you can rip it up, burn it, nuke it from space, stamp on it then dump it in the Marina trench in a meter of concrete, that is just how hyperbolick this commentary is today, we'll not hear the like of this nonsense again, ever"
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  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    Blimey... feel that passion. Sagan pulls off a ride like that and most of the talk on the thread is negative about the commentator or PTP.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    ocdupalais said:

    Blimey... feel that passion. Sagan pulls off a ride like that and most of the talk on the thread is negative about the commentator or PTP.

    Was a awesome ride... A riders ride .
    "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
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    ocdupalais said:

    Blimey... feel that passion. Sagan pulls off a ride like that and most of the talk on the thread is negative about the commentator or PTP.

    It's been about 3 or 4 comments. I like Hatch, I got a reminder of how good he is when I was exposed to Kirby for GW at the weekend. Lots of appreciation on here for Sagan's ride and the stage as a whole.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    mididoctors said:

    The thinking is the giro.makes it to the next rest day . Not sure that's wise. Awesome stage

    Not sure why you think it so unwise.
    Riders remain under team medical staff care whether they are in or out of their bubbles.

    Does anybody know if Kruijswijk and Matthews got a second test before confirmation?
    I ask because both riders had displayed zero symptoms and wonder if either could be another potential false positive situation.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    blazing_saddles said:

    mididoctors said:

    The thinking is the giro.makes it to the next rest day . Not sure that's wise. Awesome stage

    Not sure why you think it so unwise.
    Riders remain under team medical staff care whether they are in or out of their bubbles.

    Does anybody know if Kruijswijk and Matthews got a second test before confirmation?
    I ask because both riders had displayed zero symptoms and wonder if either could be another potential false positive situation.
    False negatives are more common than false positives...
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    blazing_saddles said:

    mididoctors said:

    The thinking is the giro.makes it to the next rest day . Not sure that's wise. Awesome stage

    Not sure why you think it so unwise.
    Riders remain under team medical staff care whether they are in or out of their bubbles.

    Does anybody know if Kruijswijk and Matthews got a second test before confirmation?
    I ask because both riders had displayed zero symptoms and wonder if either could be another potential false positive situation.

    I saw somewhere that Matthews was negative. But as pointed out the accuracy of these tests is pretty ropey
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    edited October 2020
    RichN95. said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    mididoctors said:

    The thinking is the giro.makes it to the next rest day . Not sure that's wise. Awesome stage

    Not sure why you think it so unwise.
    Riders remain under team medical staff care whether they are in or out of their bubbles.

    Does anybody know if Kruijswijk and Matthews got a second test before confirmation?
    I ask because both riders had displayed zero symptoms and wonder if either could be another potential false positive situation.

    I saw somewhere that Matthews was negative. But as pointed out the accuracy of these tests is pretty ropey
    Same thing has been posted in the other thread: now tested negative.
    If it's true, after the way Sunweb pushed him sideways towards the exit, I bet he's chuffed!

    Yup, Sunweb had a re-test done and it was negative , which explains why he had no symptoms.

    https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/giro-ditalia/michael-matthews-retests-negative-for-coronavirus-after-leaving-giro-ditalia-472670

    Kelderman will be relieved.
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  • notquite6foot
    notquite6foot Posts: 248
    Perhaps rather late to be saying this, but apparently this stage was Sagan's first international* road race win in a normal trade team jersey since stage 3 of the 2011 Tour de Suisse.

    In-between - he's worn rainbow jerseys, Slovakian champ jerseys, Slovakian team jerseys, and various race classification jerseys. (He would have raced in the European champ jersey too had he not bested Cav in Doha).

    [* Not including the joint Czech/Slovak championships, of course]

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