Giro d'Italia 23 Stage 13: Borgofranco d’Ivrea - Crans Montana, 75 km not so serious **SPOILERS**
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LOLgethinceri said:PCS
"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 pm0 -
"The riders are gathering on the start line. They're actually going to roll out and ride through the neutral zone to kilometre-zero, at which point they'll get into their team buses and be driven to Switzerland. "
"Stage 13 of the Giro d'Italia will start in Sembrancher in Switzerland at 14:24 local time, effectively cutting the first 119km from today's route. The stage will be 80km long, tackling the Croix de Coeur and its descent as normal before heading up the Crans Montana summit finish."
https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/giro-d-italia-2023/stage-13/live-report/1 -
Conflicting story from trek"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 pm0
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Now they say missing out the croix !"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 pm0
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Why isn't there alternative pre planned"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 pm0
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The turbos are gonna get a hammering pre-start at the foot of that climb!1
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And they're off!0
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Stage 20 which was covid not weather related- They didnt go up the agnello into Francemididoctors said:Did the 2020 Oct giro have any stages shortened ?
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Its very confusing- I think that was old news but at 1500 at Verbier forecast is hail.......mididoctors said:Now they say missing out the croix !
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13 dead in floods in Italy .. broken 100 year old rainfall records . New normal"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 pm0
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Stage 19 was shortened because it was wet and they were all knackered. Should have been 258km, was 124km.stage_hunter said:
Stage 20 which was covid not weather related- They didnt go up the agnello into Francemididoctors said:Did the 2020 Oct giro have any stages shortened ?
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Good memory ...god that's a high climb ..I did it once ..bit of a mistakestage_hunter said:
Stage 20 which was covid not weather related- They didnt go up the agnello into Francemididoctors said:Did the 2020 Oct giro have any stages shortened ?
"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 pm0 -
Bit like that grid start stage at the 2018 tourmididoctors said:
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So they could have gone over barring regulations.stage_hunter said:
Stage 20 which was covid not weather related- They didnt go up the agnello into Francemididoctors said:Did the 2020 Oct giro have any stages shortened ?
They should swap dates with the vuelta"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 pm0 -
Small peloton"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 pm0
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1:30pm UK time start"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 pm0
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Astana bus left with out the riders"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 pm1
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The riders refused to do the full distance of stage 19 - but September would be more reliable than late October.mididoctors said:
So they could have gone over barring regulations.stage_hunter said:
Stage 20 which was covid not weather related- They didnt go up the agnello into Francemididoctors said:Did the 2020 Oct giro have any stages shortened ?
They should swap dates with the vuelta
That said, I went to Italy in September and had a ride cancelled due to snow, and another one where we carried on riding through the (lighter) snow.0 -
120km? In a bus?mididoctors said:1:30pm UK time start
They are leaving now.....google maps says 2 hours 39 mins by car......mididoctors said:1:30pm UK time start
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Hmm, what do we think will happen on the Coeur? Wondering if I should start watching at 3pm post-meeting or record it all and watch when I get home!?mididoctors said:1:30pm UK time start
Tough call!
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Well maybe we just have to live with climate change and not have these high mountain stages ?kingstongraham said:
The riders refused to do the full distance of stage 19 - but September would be more reliable than late October.mididoctors said:
So they could have gone over barring regulations.stage_hunter said:
Stage 20 which was covid not weather related- They didnt go up the agnello into Francemididoctors said:Did the 2020 Oct giro have any stages shortened ?
They should swap dates with the vuelta
That said, I went to Italy in September and had a ride cancelled due to snow, and another one where we carried on riding through the (lighter) snow."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 pm0 -
That's because Google takes into account the road closures for the Giro (which presumably the Giro can get around)stage_hunter said:
120km? In a bus?mididoctors said:1:30pm UK time start
They are leaving now.....google maps says 2 hours 39 mins by car......mididoctors said:1:30pm UK time start
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Will the INEOS bus be working for JV as usual?Old, fat and that's just the bike.1
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The above was suggested by Eisel and Aldag the other day,mididoctors said:
So they could have gone over barring regulations.stage_hunter said:
Stage 20 which was covid not weather related- They didnt go up the agnello into Francemididoctors said:Did the 2020 Oct giro have any stages shortened ?
They should swap dates with the vuelta
Apparently 19 of the 22 teams wanted a shortening today.
Live Webcam at top of Croix de Coeur:
https://verbier.simwatch.ch/index.php?lieu=Croix-de-coeur
They haven't yet (at 11:45 Swiss time) put the inflatable summit arch over the road. Looks cold and miserable, no wonder only half-a-dozen people there.0 -
Climbed the Stelvio in early September 2006 and it was snowing at the summit. There's no guarantees with the high mountains.
Maybe in addition to having contingency plans to cut out passes in bad weather, they could look at having plans to 'cut in' extra climbing in later stages if the overall parcours has been flattened uncharacteristically.
(* This proposal is of course binned if Ganna is in pink due to snow in the high mountains)================================
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Looking at the map and what we know about the conditions, do you think that St Bernards pass will be much quicker?takethehighroad said:
That's because Google takes into account the road closures for the Giro (which presumably the Giro can get around)stage_hunter said:
120km? In a bus?mididoctors said:1:30pm UK time start
They are leaving now.....google maps says 2 hours 39 mins by car......mididoctors said:1:30pm UK time start
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I think accept that there will be changes whenever you run it - but if they continue to run it in May, there will be more than if it was in early September. I'm not convinced this would happen any more.mididoctors said:
Well maybe we just have to live with climate change and not have these high mountain stages ?kingstongraham said:
The riders refused to do the full distance of stage 19 - but September would be more reliable than late October.mididoctors said:
So they could have gone over barring regulations.stage_hunter said:
Stage 20 which was covid not weather related- They didnt go up the agnello into Francemididoctors said:Did the 2020 Oct giro have any stages shortened ?
They should swap dates with the vuelta
That said, I went to Italy in September and had a ride cancelled due to snow, and another one where we carried on riding through the (lighter) snow.
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Remember the stage just not the year ...was it really 258k !?kingstongraham said:
Stage 19 was shortened because it was wet and they were all knackered. Should have been 258km, was 124km.stage_hunter said:
Stage 20 which was covid not weather related- They didnt go up the agnello into Francemididoctors said:Did the 2020 Oct giro have any stages shortened ?
"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 pm0 -
Posting Andy in scuba gear gets you QI KLAXXONS 🚨🚨🚨kingstongraham said:
I think accept that there will be changes whenever you run it - but if they continue to run it in May, there will be more than if it was in early September. I'm not convinced this would happen any more.mididoctors said:
Well maybe we just have to live with climate change and not have these high mountain stages ?kingstongraham said:
The riders refused to do the full distance of stage 19 - but September would be more reliable than late October.mididoctors said:
So they could have gone over barring regulations.stage_hunter said:
Stage 20 which was covid not weather related- They didnt go up the agnello into Francemididoctors said:Did the 2020 Oct giro have any stages shortened ?
They should swap dates with the vuelta
That said, I went to Italy in September and had a ride cancelled due to snow, and another one where we carried on riding through the (lighter) snow.
"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 pm1
