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

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  • blazing_saddlesblazing_saddles Posts: 20,652
    Demare
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • TheBigBeanTheBigBean Posts: 18,485
    MVDP sat up for some reason.
  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 14,603

    MVDP sat up for some reason.

    Too hectic
    "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
    Hard earned win by FDJ then, chased on then went to the front to kill Cav's chance of getting back
  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 14,603
    Electric gear issue for gavira?
    "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:

    Hard earned win by FDJ then, chased on then went to the front to kill Cav's chance of getting back

    Yeah they deserved it as much as any other team who made the race today
    "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
  • TheBigBeanTheBigBean Posts: 18,485

    MVDP sat up for some reason.

    Too hectic
    McEwen thinks he lost some spokes or similar.

  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 14,603

    MVDP sat up for some reason.

    Too hectic
    McEwen thinks he lost some spokes or similar.

    Bl00dy hell
    "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
  • ddraverddraver Posts: 25,572

    Finishing well early

    Yup, popped in for an idea of how far it was to go and saw the result... 😭

    Biniam needs to sharpen them elbows...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • kingstongrahamkingstongraham Posts: 23,895

    Electric gear issue for gavira?

    Looked like his bike started jumping around as he crossed the line too. Lucky he got control of it before it hit demare properly.
  • ddraverddraver Posts: 25,572
    I don't think it was the bike doing that...

    (possible whoosh..?)
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • JimD666JimD666 Posts: 1,438
    So after I was fairly sure that the hill in the middle wouldn't do much.....Cav and Ewan roll in 12 minutes after Demare crossed.
  • No_Ta_DoctorNo_Ta_Doctor Posts: 12,203
    The day Girmay gets out of the box is going to be special. He looks like he's got some serious power to put down at the moment
    “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’.”

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    The Vikings are coming!
  • ddraverddraver Posts: 25,572
    For the first time English language Cycling Content has the best sprinter of the previous generation. Why are they not using him during the live coverage? I like the Blythe McEwan Sky Sports post-match analysis, but it's not the best use of his skillz.

    Millar calling a sprint live is one of the best things in Sport to watch. Why are ES doing this to themselves?!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • rick_chaseyrick_chasey Posts: 67,498 Lives Here
    Client literally called at 800m to go ffs.
  • twotoebennytwotoebenny Posts: 1,317

    Client literally called at 800m to go ffs.

    surely you were "at the loo" and called client back after the finish?
  • rick_chaseyrick_chasey Posts: 67,498 Lives Here

    Client literally called at 800m to go ffs.

    surely you were "at the loo" and called client back after the finish?
    There are times when things are time critical and times when they are not.
  • Dorset_BoyDorset_Boy Posts: 6,104

    Client literally called at 800m to go ffs.

    surely you were "at the loo" and called client back after the finish?
    There are times when things are time critical and times when they are not.
    Nah, the only time something is truely critical is if they are about to die or something is about to explode.
  • DeadCalmDeadCalm Posts: 4,028
    Well, that worked out well for Alpecin...
    Team My Man 2022:

    Antwan Tolhoek, Sam Oomen, Tom Dumoulin, Thymen Arensman, Remco Evenepoel, Benoît Cosnefroy, Tom Pidcock, Mark Cavendish, Romain Bardet
  • kingstongrahamkingstongraham Posts: 23,895
    ddraver said:

    I don't think it was the bike doing that...

    (possible whoosh..?)

    Indeed. The censored almost took out the winner.
  • JimD666JimD666 Posts: 1,438
    I do love the BBC's reporting of sports it really has no clue about...

    "Britain's Mark Cavendish, looking to win his second stage of this year's Giro, was heavily fancied but fell away with several kilometres to go."
  • bobmcstuffbobmcstuff Posts: 10,626
    ddraver said:

    For the first time English language Cycling Content has the best sprinter of the previous generation. Why are they not using him during the live coverage? I like the Blythe McEwan Sky Sports post-match analysis, but it's not the best use of his skillz.

    Millar calling a sprint live is one of the best things in Sport to watch. Why are ES doing this to themselves?!

    McEwan was commentating earlier on, along with Blythe - they switched over to Hatch and Kelly so that Blythe could go get ready for the breakaway. Not sure if McEwan was on that too.
  • pblakeneypblakeney Posts: 22,875

    ddraver said:

    I don't think it was the bike doing that...

    (possible whoosh..?)

    Indeed. The censored almost took out the winner.
    I didn't think the finish was that close. 🤔
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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  • ddraverddraver Posts: 25,572

    ddraver said:

    For the first time English language Cycling Content has the best sprinter of the previous generation. Why are they not using him during the live coverage? I like the Blythe McEwan Sky Sports post-match analysis, but it's not the best use of his skillz.

    Millar calling a sprint live is one of the best things in Sport to watch. Why are ES doing this to themselves?!

    McEwan was commentating earlier on, along with Blythe - they switched over to Hatch and Kelly so that Blythe could go get ready for the breakaway. Not sure if McEwan was on that too.
    well exactly!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • gsk82gsk82 Posts: 3,296

    Client literally called at 800m to go ffs.

    surely you were "at the loo" and called client back after the finish?
    There are times when things are time critical and times when they are not.
    The poo you "needed" is a prime example of time critical.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • blazing_saddlesblazing_saddles Posts: 20,652
    edited May 2022
    JimD666 said:

    I do love the BBC's reporting of sports it really has no clue about...

    "Britain's Mark Cavendish, looking to win his second stage of this year's Giro, was heavily fancied but fell away with several kilometres to go."

    Indeed.
    Their headline is even worse: "Cavendish Caught as Demare wins Giro Stage 5."

    Their whole sports news section is an agenda driven joke.

    We all know that Wimbledon is the one and only sports event that they will never relinquish.
    So, despite headlines everywhere regarding the crisis the All England is facing the ATP stripping all ranking points from the Grand Slam, turning it into a glorified exhibition event, there not one word on the BBC website.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • bobmcstuffbobmcstuff Posts: 10,626
    ddraver said:

    ddraver said:

    For the first time English language Cycling Content has the best sprinter of the previous generation. Why are they not using him during the live coverage? I like the Blythe McEwan Sky Sports post-match analysis, but it's not the best use of his skillz.

    Millar calling a sprint live is one of the best things in Sport to watch. Why are ES doing this to themselves?!

    McEwan was commentating earlier on, along with Blythe - they switched over to Hatch and Kelly so that Blythe could go get ready for the breakaway. Not sure if McEwan was on that too.
    well exactly!
    I guess the trade off is whether you want those two on the Breakaway doing the analysis or commentating on the finale...
  • kingstongrahamkingstongraham Posts: 23,895
    pblakeney said:

    ddraver said:

    I don't think it was the bike doing that...

    (possible whoosh..?)

    Indeed. The censored almost took out the winner.
    I didn't think the finish was that close. 🤔
    He only got close a few metres after the line.
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