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Giro 2022 - Stage 2: Budapest – Budapest 9.2 km ITT ***Spoilers***

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  • wavefrontwavefront Posts: 343
    Where did that come from!
  • JimD666JimD666 Posts: 1,438
    Yates 5 seconds faster than Tom :o
  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 14,603
    Bardet good time
    "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
  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 14,603
    Nibali not bad either
    "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
  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 14,603
    They are all matching each other now ...
    "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
  • poweredbyidrispoweredbyidris Posts: 705
    This is teeing up a great finish with MvdP still to go
  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 14,603
    Ineos Vs jumbo team prize energy
    "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
  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 14,603
    Yates looks like he has put 15 to 20 secs into all the GC guys
    "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
  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 14,603
    Jaysus
    "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
  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 14,603
    I thought Yates would do well but not win
    "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
  • andypandyp Posts: 9,426
    Ben Tullett fifth, wow!
  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 14,603
    Really interesting course
    "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
  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 14,603
    Yates was the fastest on the flat ... preparation
    "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
  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 14,603
    Good 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
  • blazing_saddlesblazing_saddles Posts: 20,652
    So, Yates wins his second ever TT and MvDP retains the maglia rosa by some margin.
    Both are upbeat.
    In contrast, we get third placed Tom Dumoulin, giving an interview that oozes misery.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • red.riderred.rider Posts: 923
    Cracking TT stage that!
  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 14,603
    TD may come good in the third ...either that or he just dies in the second with a lack of Kms in his legs
    "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
  • andypandyp Posts: 9,426
    edited May 2022
    I didn't realise Marco Pinotti was working with Team BikeExchange-Jayco now. Might be part of the reason behind Yates' success today.

  • TheBigBeanTheBigBean Posts: 18,485
    If we follow the @rick_chasey theory a good prologue means a good overall three weeks. I don't agree with the theory, but Yates does look good.
  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 14,603
    edited May 2022
    andyp said:

    I didn't realise Marco Pinotti was working with Team BikeExchange-Jayco now. Might be part of the reason behind Yates' success today.

    He was a great tester ..looking fit too
    "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
  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 14,603
    TheBigBean said:

    If we follow the @rick_chasey theory a good prologue means a good overall three weeks. I don't agree with the theory, but Yates does look good.

    To be the fastest guy on the flat is kinda special ..hard to understand how that's possible . I had him down to be the best of the climber GC guys but not win .
    "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
  • thegreatdividethegreatdivide Posts: 5,689
    It’s the GC he wants the most. It’s the one he goes all in for, and obviously the one he has history with. I’m not surprised by that performance at all. Game on.
  • carbonclemcarbonclem Posts: 1,382
    Point of interest today. Riders finishing their TT’s and no staff about, riding through the crowds, getting changed on busy pavements.
    Ineos had booked rooms at the Buda Castle Hotel. Van outside for bikes, riders straight in for showers etc …. literally at the finish line.
    2020/2021/2022 Metric Century Challenge Winner
  • pblakeneypblakeney Posts: 22,875
    carbonclem said:

    Point of interest today. Riders finishing their TT’s and no staff about, riding through the crowds, getting changed on busy pavements.
    Ineos had booked rooms at the Buda Castle Hotel. Van outside for bikes, riders straight in for showers etc …. literally at the finish line.

    No excuses for lack of preparation then.
    You must applaud the management for that level of detail.
    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.
  • rick_chaseyrick_chasey Posts: 67,498 Lives Here
    mididoctors said:

    TheBigBean said:

    If we follow the @rick_chasey theory a good prologue means a good overall three weeks. I don't agree with the theory, but Yates does look good.

    To be the fastest guy on the flat is kinda special ..hard to understand how that's possible . I had him down to be the best of the climber GC guys but not win .
    Matt White has been banging on about their kit this year - that matters in TTs
    _
  • ddraverddraver Posts: 25,572
    edited May 2022
    ES Producer - Sean, we've really got to big up tue action today, lots of energy and excitement right?

    Sean - sure sure, bring de craic, I'll do me best so...

    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • pblakeneypblakeney Posts: 22,875
    edited May 2022
    Kelly sends me to sleep. Someone needs to slip him some coke or adrenaline.
    Are him and CK supposed to balance out? Doesn't work. CK needs some downers. 😉
    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.
  • ocdupalaisocdupalais Posts: 4,134
    No one should be surprised at Yates’s TT - his Paris Nice TT was brilliant (5th: and check out those in front of him) - then he used that prowess to seriously trouble Roglic and WVA on final stage…
  • m.r.m.m.r.m. Posts: 3,027
    Yeah he has been constantly improving and has had increasing good results.

    Gratuitous self quoting from the pre race thread:
    m.r.m. said:

    Love the Yates odds. Think he is stronger than Carapaz, but Carapaz has the better team. If there were more TT km's, I'd pick Yates. I wouldn't bet it, because while the odds are good, I don't think he will win.

    PTP Champion 2019 & 2022
  • rick_chaseyrick_chasey Posts: 67,498 Lives Here
    rick_chasey said:

    mididoctors said:

    TheBigBean said:

    If we follow the @rick_chasey theory a good prologue means a good overall three weeks. I don't agree with the theory, but Yates does look good.

    To be the fastest guy on the flat is kinda special ..hard to understand how that's possible . I had him down to be the best of the climber GC guys but not win .
    Matt White has been banging on about their kit this year - that matters in TTs
    Friebe making the same argument on the podcast
    _
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