Giro 2021:- Stage 6: Grotte di Frasassi – Ascoli Piceno (S.Giacomo) 160 km **Spoilers**

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    blazing_saddles said:

    andyp said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    Rai have forgotten to put a Euro in the metre again and Hannah Barnes has turned up to give her twopence worth.

    It's Hannah Walker, not Hannah Barnes.
    Oh, okay. I heard Rob H call her Hannah and I assumed it was her.
    I can't recall Hannah Walker.

    Made the same assumption, had to look her up. Seems pretty knowledgeable though.

    Remember her dad well though, Raleigh Banana were my favourite team back in the late 80s / early 90s and my first proper bike was a team replica.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    edited May 2021
    I am behind now.
    Was waiting on Wallonie and that failed to materialise on time too.

    If they can’t cope with bad weather at 1000 metres they had better pray to the weather gods before the Dolomites arrive
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,313
    tried S4C but showing yesterdays stage (again)
  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    edited May 2021
    Ineos pressing on, DeMarchi dropped, breakaway being reeled in. Weather still horrible.
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,269
    That split in the peloton happened quickly. Would be good to know who else in there bar Ineos.
  • jam1e
    jam1e Posts: 1,068
    ECHELONS!

    (sort of)
  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    Wind blowing them to bits.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    This is fascinating - all the remaining Ineos riders making it absolutely miserable for everyone else.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Belgium comes to Italy
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Ineos brutalising the bunch
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    Ineos go full echelon across the road, a gap opens, and suddenly people are sprinting like mad to ty and get back on. Quickly settles back down, but quite amusing moment.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Ineos trying to create echelons on a categorised climb :smiley:
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Wow
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,489
    amrushton said:

    tried S4C but showing yesterdays stage (again)

    They all use the same feed.
    One goes, they all go.
    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
    Has anyone significant missed the break?
  • jam1e
    jam1e Posts: 1,068
    Not really for the GC, Pozzovivo apparently.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Boring old Ineos, driving the pace along and smashing up the race.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    edited May 2021
    Bettiol getting a bit fed up in the break / chasing group (I haven't got a clue what's what now)
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    I really want to see Ganna having a full blown crack at the Classics, especially P-R.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    A 40km descent in that weather is filthy.
  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,313
    But now its on - last few km. Filthy weather
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Ganna seems to enjoy these conditions, he could be an honourary Belgian..
  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    Brutal conditions, a few clearly suffering.
  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,313
    Pross said:

    Ganna seems to enjoy these conditions, he could be an honourary Belgian..

    Just looked like he was being sprayed with a hosepipe. Guess george Bennett wont be happy
  • jam1e
    jam1e Posts: 1,068
    Some of those roads look slippery as ****.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    What happened to De Marchi, couldn't he have kept up with this?
  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,313
    edited May 2021
    like an express train going thro that chasing group. Why are Ineos dishing it out? Distance a few?
  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    The Maglia Rosa group is now over 6 minutes behind the peloton.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Still smashing it on the front at the start of the climb and even his own team are struggling to follow his wheel.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Mader, Mollema, Cataldo out front with 2.37 as they start going up the climb

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