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

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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    Yates's skinsuit cost a mere £2,750 apparently!
  • bm5
    bm5 Posts: 599
    Rik Zabel repeated his KOM trick by taking it easy to the climb then being fastest up it. Same points as vdp so he'll have the jersey today.
  • bm5
    bm5 Posts: 599
    Great to see Yates so happy. Let's hope it continues.
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,269
    pblakeney said:

    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. 😉

    I was thinking Sean Kelly is coming over better in company of Lloyd, Hatch, McEwen et al compared to the Wittermouth combo. I reckoned I could detect the 'wtaf' element in his voice when having to respond to Kirby's babbling.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    bm5 said:

    Rik Zabel repeated his KOM trick by taking it easy to the climb then being fastest up it. Same points as vdp so he'll have the jersey today.

    Indeed.
    Here's an interesting comparison (the middle column) to see how the GC men fared on yesterday's climb.
    Only a 2 and a half minute effort, but still. For instance, Carapaz didn't make the top 25 on the climb.


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  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    pblakeney said:

    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. 😉

    this, totes

    as has been discussed before, yup, he knows his stuff and has been there done that but he's utterly totally boring.

    give him a personality and he'd be a winner but he's just so dull.
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    edited May 2022
    Falling asleep and waking up when it kicks off is a big part of watching cycling - always has for me anyway. But then I always have dipped in the afternoon, since forever.
    _
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    MattFalle said:

    pblakeney said:

    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. 😉

    this, totes

    as has been discussed before, yup, he knows his stuff and has been there done that but he's utterly totally boring.

    give him a personality and he'd be a winner but he's just so dull.
    People keep saying things like this as if it's a bad thing.
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    he's like the bloke next to you that goes on and on and on and on and its actually a relief to have to run out and have people try to do horrible things to you.

    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,486
    edited May 2022
    kingstongraham said:

    MattFalle said:

    pblakeney said:

    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. 😉

    this, totes

    as has been discussed before, yup, he knows his stuff and has been there done that but he's utterly totally boring.

    give him a personality and he'd be a winner but he's just so dull.
    People keep saying things like this as if it's a bad thing.
    It wouldn't be so bad if he would say something new. A bot could do the job.
    I know exactly what he is going to say before says it, cos it's always the same.
    Then there is the tone of voice, Zzzzzzzzzzz....
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    pblakeney said:


    I know exactly what he is going to say before says it, cos it's always the same.

    He's said it a number of times over the past number of years.
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,108
    MattFalle said:

    pblakeney said:

    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. 😉

    this, totes

    as has been discussed before, yup, he knows his stuff and has been there done that but he's utterly totally boring.

    give him a personality and he'd be a winner but he's just so dull.

    Nah Kelly is great - he's been much missed this season. He's actually much more insightful than most he just doesn't treat the viewer like they've never watched a bike race before.
    He's got a great dry sense of humour too .
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    I wonder what our erstwhile Bianchiphile would make if the fact that Green Edge are saying how much better their technology is this year...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    ddraver said:

    I wonder what our erstwhile Bianchiphile would make if the fact that Green Edge are saying how much better their technology is this year...

    Doesn't look as good though, does it? 😉

    I reckon Bianchi have fallen behind as their models are a few years old now. And the colour scheme they had with greemedge was rubbish...
  • bm5
    bm5 Posts: 599
    I saw / heard somewhere that Matt white said Bianchi did not want to put the money into TT bikes as they have so few sales

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