Giro 2021:- Stage 15: Grado – Gorizia 147 km **Spoilers**

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Tomorrow's rain arrives today.
    May is a washout across much of Europe.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    Quick one - whats the logic behind splayed out gravel-esque 'bars but inward pointing set up shifters?

    aero?
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    MattFalle said:

    Quick one - whats the logic behind splayed out gravel-esque 'bars but inward pointing set up shifters?

    aero?

    Yeah keeps you narrow and aero on the tops, but still gives you the stability benefits in the drops for descending. So the theory goes.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    edited May 2021
    I hope Campanaerts gets a win here. Him and Riesebeek for Alpecin up the road.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Christ this weather is awful
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Come on Italy you’re supposed to be distracting me from the endless bleak weather over here on this island.
    _
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Rain really coming down. I suspect the peloton will neutralise themselves.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Slightly damp now, just like here.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Looks like the downpour I got caught in last Saturday...
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    bobmcstuff said:

    MattFalle said:

    Quick one - whats the logic behind splayed out gravel-esque 'bars but inward pointing set up shifters?

    aero?

    Yeah keeps you narrow and aero on the tops, but still gives you the stability benefits in the drops for descending. So the theory goes.
    grazie! 😎
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    The DSM guy is not really getting a fair draft here. He’s about a foot higher on the drops than Campenaerts
    _
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,227
    bobmcstuff said:

    Looks like the downpour I got caught in last Saturday...

    Or yesterday in my case. My last 10km were 'fun'.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Hairy stuff from Campenaerts
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    edited May 2021
    Campanaerts pushing on...
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Hermans is really strong
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    rick_chasey said:

    The DSM guy is not really getting a fair draft here. He’s about a foot higher on the drops than Campenaerts

    Alpecin rider
    _
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    rick_chasey said:

    The DSM guy is not really getting a fair draft here. He’s about a foot higher on the drops than Campenaerts

    Alpecin, no

    Campanaerts might be doing too much work here

    Gap coming down
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Looks like they’ve blown it up front
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    Good finish, this
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Tight finish this
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    edited May 2021
    Molema ffs
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    blazing_saddles said:

    Molema ffs

    I know right
    _
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Campanaerts has to go long I guess. Can't shake him
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Good racing with the front two battering each other and not worrying about the chasers. Mollema overcooked it trying to chase. Must be horrible actually trying to race in these conditions.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Never good to be beaten by a Flemish guy with a 2006 indie neckline
    _
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    I thought Riesebeek would take the sprint there.

    Campanaerts wins!
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Victory Campenaerts
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Alpecin rider left his lead out too early and Campenaerts comes around him again to take the win. Came really close to picking Campenaerts for PTP but thought it was a bit too hilly.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    edited May 2021
    I could hardly bear watching campenaerts on those wet descents ...took a lot of risks
    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    So how is the team GC looking movistar got two in the break
    "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

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