Giro d'Italia 23 Stage 11: Camaiore - Tortona, 219 km - Interesting ***SPOILERS***

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Cav blasted off the back ....they are not holding back up front
    "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
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,024
    mididoctors said:

    Cav blasted off the back ....they are not holding back up front

    They've got to ride for 40 more kilometres to hold the sprinters off though.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,024
    Cavendish back on.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    Cavendish back on. It always looked like he'd paced himself pretty well, and wasn't a million miles behind even at the top.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Cav back on very quickly .. impressive
    "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
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    Well that fucking sucks. Tao was flying.
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    gweeds said:

    Well that censored sucks. Tao was flying.

    Strongest guy in the race
    "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_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    mididoctors said:

    gweeds said:

    Well that censored sucks. Tao was flying.

    Strongest guy in the race
    Apart from the lad in the lead ;)
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    4km to go, all together.

    Lefevre saying Remco won't be going to the Tour.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Crash at around 2km to go splits the peloton.

    About 30 man group heading into the sprint
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Pedersen sets off and Cav is in his wheel.

    Cav vs Ackerman.

    Then Milan comes from nowhere on the opposite side. Ackerman vs MIlan on the photo.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,589
    Close finish, thought Cav was going to hold on but got passed by Ackerman then Milan coming through late.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,024
    Cavendish had the perfect lead out.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Close ...went too 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
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,589
    Ackerman given it by TV captions but suspect the photo is still being reviewed.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Ackerman wins by about a tire depth.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,024
    Looks like Ackerman in the photo.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,589
    Ackerman on the photo by a tyre at most but Milan made up around 10m from a terrible position. He wasn't even in shot 50m from the line
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 12,035
    ah crap, sounds like a crappy end to the stage.

    When abouts should I start watching from, though I don't want to overly see a nasty crash to be fair.

    I watched a good few k with lunch, but stopped at about 14:15.

    Any point in watching any more?
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  • josame
    josame Posts: 1,162
    Milan is going to do a Cav 2008 at the Tour if he improves
    'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,024
    Wonder whether any sprinters will quit today. A lot of mountains to come and only one sprint stage.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,691
    The speed Milan closed with was seriously impressive, he just had his timing a touch out.

    Cav is looking pretty sharp though, been close a few times while having to surf wheels

    Rare to see Mads go long and not get much out of it
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    daniel_b said:

    ah censored , sounds like a crappy end to the stage.

    When abouts should I start watching from, though I don't want to overly see a nasty crash to be fair.

    I watched a good few k with lunch, but stopped at about 14:15.

    Any point in watching any more?

    4km to go unless you want crashes.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    The speed Milan closed with was seriously impressive, he just had his timing a touch out.

    Cav is looking pretty sharp though, been close a few times while having to surf wheels

    Rare to see Mads go long and not get much out of it

    He should have won ..down hill sprint going in the last 150... just a bit of a tune up required
    "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
  • wakemalcolm
    wakemalcolm Posts: 940
    red.rider said:

    Quickstep down to 3: Ballerini, Serry, and Van Wilder

    Would the 4 team mates of Remco who 'went home with COVID' form the core of a TdeF team if QS were to refocus their GC season on July? Just curious.
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,575
    Pross said:

    Lanterne_Rogue said:

    Pross said:

    Lanterne_Rogue said:

    Not going to lie, given the reminder of Wouter Weylandt I found that second one a tough thing to see.

    I think the sign actually helped him out and took some pace off or it would have been worse. Nice passively safe sign post too so gave quite a bit but he looks pretty bad (talking though).
    Yeah, that sign was wobbling pretty violently afterwards, so you've got to assume it spread at least some of the deceleration as well.

    Sivakov reported to be riding again - there was some concern he might already have abandoned.
    Yeah, still riding but a long way back apparently. Ineos down from four in the top 10 to 2.
    They still have four in the top ten, as both Arensman and De Plus move up.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    wakemalcolm said:

    red.rider said:

    Quickstep down to 3: Ballerini, Serry, and Van Wilder

    Would the 4 team mates of Remco who 'went home with COVID' form the core of a TdeF team if QS were to refocus their GC season on July? Just curious.
    Remco not doing the TdF
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,575
    rick_chasey said:

    wakemalcolm said:

    red.rider said:

    Quickstep down to 3: Ballerini, Serry, and Van Wilder

    Would the 4 team mates of Remco who 'went home with COVID' form the core of a TdeF team if QS were to refocus their GC season on July? Just curious.
    Remco not doing the TdF
    Not wanting to be harsh, but all those who wet their pants about that clearly have no idea of how riders prepare for major objectives these days. There was no chance of Remco being able to reset and peak again for the Tour, even if he recovered from Covid in a couple of days.
  • jimmyjams
    jimmyjams Posts: 784
    mididoctors said:

    Looks bad

    Bouwman, who stopped at the crash scene to hand over his bike to Roglic and then waited for the Bora team car to give him a replacement, said that while lying on the road TGH told him that he thought his leg was broken.
  • wakemalcolm
    wakemalcolm Posts: 940
    rick_chasey said:


    Remco not doing the TdF

    I won't be calling my turf accountant any time soon, but he's currently 4th favourite at 12/1.
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