Giro d'Italia 2021

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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    bobmcstuff said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    bobmcstuff said:

    Anyone else get the Cycling Podcast Giro d'Italia wine box?

    Just trying to work out which wine relates to which stage now 😆

    Check the stage thread. Red for the start, white for the finish.
    Yeah, for this stage though?

    The box has 6 different wines in it, but I'm going to have to listen through the podcast to see which relates to which stage...

    This is what was in the box:



    Got some friends coming round later and we are going to go through them anyway.
    Bit blurry, so hope these are right.

    Today is the furthest south, so the San Marzano Negroamaro Il Pumo from a lot further south than today's start in Puglia has to be the one.

    Then the Abruzzo white for tomorrow or Monday (if you haven't already), Tuscan red for the Siena day. The Prosecco is from Veneto, not far from Monte Grappa, so the Zoncolan day start is closest. Then the Trentino Alto Adige is closest to the Sega Di Ala day. Turin is in Piedmont, so that's for the last day.

  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    edited May 2021
    From what I can make out on there, the first two are for Verona and a Dolomite/Trentino stage.
    The third wine you should have drunk during the week for the Abruzzo or Le Marche stages.
    I think number 4 is best suited for Monday's stage. Number 5 is Wednesday's stage.

    Number 6 seems to be your wine for today, as I think it's a Apulia Negroamaro?
    It's production area includes a small part of the province of Foggia, which was today's start town.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    Get yersen doqn t'Viccy wines for a nice bottl or 5 of Montepulciano.

    Gents, you be heading to the capital of wild boar sausages, vino rosso fatto a casa and the smell of wood smoke wafting across stunning empty silent vallies.
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    edited May 2021
    kingstongraham said:

    bobmcstuff said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    bobmcstuff said:

    Anyone else get the Cycling Podcast Giro d'Italia wine box?

    Just trying to work out which wine relates to which stage now 😆

    Check the stage thread. Red for the start, white for the finish.
    Yeah, for this stage though?

    The box has 6 different wines in it, but I'm going to have to listen through the podcast to see which relates to which stage...

    This is what was in the box:



    Got some friends coming round later and we are going to go through them anyway.
    Bit blurry, so hope these are right.

    Today is the furthest south, so the San Marzano Negroamaro Il Pumo from a lot further south than today's start in Puglia has to be the one.

    Then the Abruzzo white for tomorrow or Monday (if you haven't already), Tuscan red for the Siena day. The Prosecco is from Veneto, not far from Monte Grappa, so the Zoncolan day start is closest. Then the Trentino Alto Adige is closest to the Sega Di Ala day. Turin is in Piedmont, so that's for the last day.

    Must be bikeradar compressing the image...

    Maybe this will be higher resolution:



    In any case there is an accompanying podcast with Friebe and the guy from the wine company, which I am sure will explain it too 😉
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    Pecorino Abbruzzese e per domani.
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    Has to be the Apulia red today anyway


  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    MattFalle said:

    Pecorino Abbruzzese e per domani.

    Cataldi Madonna is smack in between Chieti, L'Aquila and Campo Felice, making it a very versatile wine!
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    Agree compleyely - Pecorino is really nice - if we have to buy wine when we go home its up there
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    My head hurts :'(
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    A good job well done then!

    Hair of the dog needed....
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    bobmcstuff said:

    My head hurts :'(

    Get back on the beer, Bob.

    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • singleton
    singleton Posts: 2,523
    First half of the race has been pretty bad for me, I need a new strategy for picking winners.
    I'm thinking I may go with random guessing as it can't be any worse than my efforts thus far.....
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,490
    singleton said:

    First half of the race has been pretty bad for me, I need a new strategy for picking winners.
    I'm thinking I may go with random guessing as it can't be any worse than my efforts thus far.....

    Random guessing hasn't worked out for me. Have a rethink.
    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.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    Stages ranked for this viewer's enjoyment so far:

    3 (Taco)
    9 (Bernal)
    4 (Dombrowski)
    10 (Sagan)
    8 (Lafay)
    6 (Mader)
    7 (Ewan)
    1 (Ganna)
    2 (Merlier)
    5 (Ewan)
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    kingstongraham said:

    Stages ranked for this viewer's enjoyment so far:

    Interesting to rank by number of posts on spoiler threads:

    6 231 Mader
    5 148 Ewan
    9 137 Bernal
    4 133 Dombrowski
    1 114 Ganna
    7 91 Ewan
    8 90 Lafay
    3 84 Taco
    10 66 Sagan
    2 57 Merlier

    Not casting aspersions, but it appears that what the people really want is crashes (5 was Landa/Dombrowski, 6 Serry, 9 Mohoric)...
    Twitter: @canocola @thedreadships
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,490
    Crashes warrant discussion.
    Doesn't mean that is what we want to see.
    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.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    The Taco stage had Bora executing their plan to very, very, near perfection. Loved it.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    The next week has gravel, Tuscan scenery, Zoncolan and Dolomites. What's not to love with this race?
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    edited May 2021
    pblakeney said:

    Crashes warrant discussion.
    Doesn't mean that is what we want to see.

    My tongue was very firmly in my cheek :D

    (it's also not what was driving the discussion in at least two of those cases, either!)
    Twitter: @canocola @thedreadships
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    edited May 2021
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    kingstongraham said:

    The next week has gravel, Tuscan scenery, Zoncolan and Dolomites. What's not to love with this race?

    Just going to put the thread and a little strade supplement up, as I think we have waited long enough.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Merlier abandons citing fatigue, apparently
  • singleton
    singleton Posts: 2,523
    bobmcstuff said:

    Merlier abandons citing fatigue, apparently

    And I picked him for yesterdays stage... sigh.
  • jimmyjams
    jimmyjams Posts: 784
    bobmcstuff said:

    Merlier abandons citing fatigue, apparently

    This morning I heard he would be a DNS tomorrow because of stomach-intestinal problems – and they can be very fatiguing.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    jimmyjams said:

    bobmcstuff said:

    Merlier abandons citing fatigue, apparently

    This morning I heard he would be a DNS tomorrow because of stomach-intestinal problems – and they can be very fatiguing.
    They said on commentary a few days back that he'd had a Dumoulin moment.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Looking ahead to the forthcoming big mountain stages and it's pretty definite that the weather hasn't finished effecting this Giro. Rain is forecast for pretty much the whole of tomorrow's Zoncolan stage and a wet weather warning is already in place for Cortina and Monday's Queen stage. Heaven knows what the 2000 metre passes will be like.


    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • vincesummerskRoxcBTr
    vincesummerskRoxcBTr Posts: 1,199
    How did DiMarchi crash? Didn't spot it on video but sounds nasty
  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    vincesummerskRoxcBTr said:

    How did DiMarchi crash? Didn't spot it on video but sounds nasty

    Fortunately it wasn't caught on camera, so we weren't subjected to multiple reruns of the incident. Not seen anyone with an explanation of it either. No info from ISN other than the list of broken bones. At least he seems to be in good cheer
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    There was an update on the giro website at the time it happened that Demarchi and Dekker had been involved in a crash, but nothing more than that.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,823
    edited May 2021
    Goosens was involved in the crash too and abandoned yesterday. The camera showed him with mud on his arse but he didn't look injured

    Edit - The censored word is a four letter version of bum

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