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Giro 2022 - Stage 5: Catania – Messina 174 km ***Spoilers***

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  • ProssPross Posts: 36,340
    Horrible surface through the village
  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 14,603
    Is cav in the demare group yet?
    "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
  • No_Ta_DoctorNo_Ta_Doctor Posts: 12,203
    Just for info, yes, I am fully aware that my predictions for this Giro have been astoundingly wrong. Please don't bother listening to me in the future
    “Road racing was over and the UCI had banned my riding positions on the track, so it was like ‘Jings, crivvens, help ma Boab, what do I do now? I know, I’ll go away and be depressed for 10 years’.”

    @DrHeadgear

    The Vikings are coming!
  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 14,603
    This descent is harder than I thought
    "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
    1or2 k left on this climb

    Just for info, yes, I am fully aware that my predictions for this Giro have been astoundingly wrong. Please don't bother listening to me in the future

    It's why we love the giro ...always delivers the unexpected
    "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
    Cav isn’t getting back
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 14,603

    Cav isn’t getting back

    Surprising ..
    "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
    Long way to go ..give it 10 k
    "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
  • ProssPross Posts: 36,340

    This descent is harder than I thought

    Pretty flat isn't it, not helping Cav's chase.
  • pblakeneypblakeney Posts: 22,875
    Top tip for anyone doing the PTP.
    Look at my pick and choose someone else. 🤣
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  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 14,603
    Max effort cab
    "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

    Long way to go ..give it 10 k

    Gap has stabilised, they aren't going to close it.
  • ProssPross Posts: 36,340
    How far behind are the team cars likely to stretch? 2 minutes plus is going to be a struggle.
  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 14,603
    Clawing it back a sec at a 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
    Pross said:

    How far behind are the team cars likely to stretch? 2 minutes plus is going to be a struggle.

    They pulled them out? They should tbh
    "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 think it's looking very hard 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
  • ProssPross Posts: 36,340
    Ewan chasing hard which seems odd as there seems no chance of him getting back. Cav could do with him and his team but too many teams working at the front so seems unlikely even his group will make it. It's reminding me of the London Olympics and I can see him sitting up soon
  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 14,603
    andyp said:

    Long way to go ..give it 10 k

    Gap has stabilised, they aren't going to close it.
    Yeah looks like it's done
    "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
    It's a good parcours as it provides incentives for this sort of action
    "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
    Kamna thinking of the jersey on blockhaus
    "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
  • DeadCalmDeadCalm Posts: 4,028
    Has Cav sat up?
    Team My Man 2022:

    Antwan Tolhoek, Sam Oomen, Tom Dumoulin, Thymen Arensman, Remco Evenepoel, Benoît Cosnefroy, Tom Pidcock, Mark Cavendish, Romain Bardet
  • No_Ta_DoctorNo_Ta_Doctor Posts: 12,203
    Wonder how the lead out will go, with the two biggest sprint teams off the back and the others worked hard to put them there?
    “Road racing was over and the UCI had banned my riding positions on the track, so it was like ‘Jings, crivvens, help ma Boab, what do I do now? I know, I’ll go away and be depressed for 10 years’.”

    @DrHeadgear

    The Vikings are coming!
  • notquite6footnotquite6foot Posts: 248
    edited May 2022
    DeadCalm said:

    Has Cav sat up?

    Yes, according to the Giro live text.

    Almeida gets a couple of bonus seconds at the intermediate behind Ben Swift, who's won his first sprint in God knows how long. As far as I know, anyway.
  • JimD666JimD666 Posts: 1,438
    Hatch has just confirmed that QS and Lotto have all sat up.
  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 14,603
    Finishing well early
    "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
  • rick_chaseyrick_chasey Posts: 67,498 Lives Here

    Finishing well early

    Scheduled to finish an hour early to make it easier to get over to the mainland.
  • blazing_saddlesblazing_saddles Posts: 20,652
    The Swamp of Messina.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 14,603
    McEwan Kelly in the box are great bouncing off each other
    "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

    Finishing well early

    Scheduled to finish an hour early to make it easier to get over to the mainland.
    I mean finishing well early of that ..
    "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
    Demare deserved that ...girmay boxed
    "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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