Giro 2023: Stage 19: Longarone – Tre Cime di Lavaredo 183 km The Mega Mountain Stage ***Spoilers***

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    mididoctors said:

    Pross said:

    mididoctors said:

    Swift off the group ...may get back on the descent

    Still clinging on the back. Commentators (rightly) praising his effort but overlooking Puccio’s contribution. He’s been massively under appreciated for the work he’s done at Sky / Ineos over the years.
    Hatch is reading the thread
    Happens quite often that something discussed on here gets mentioned shortly after in commentary
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    It’s raining but it’s stopped.
    Really pointless stuff from Eurosport’s roving reporter.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Pross said:

    10-44 cassette on Roglic’s spare bike. That seems crazy.

    Rain ahead.

    If you needed a bike change in the last 4 k getting going it would help . ..you think a push would be enough though ?
    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Swift at the back
    "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
  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,953
    It feels like the rest are playing into Ineos hand here by not forcing the pace.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Puccio now hanging on the back hoping to make it to the descent. Swift seems to have properly gone now.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    mididoctors said:

    Pross said:

    10-44 cassette on Roglic’s spare bike. That seems crazy.

    Rain ahead.

    If you needed a bike change in the last 4 k getting going it would help . ..you think a push would be enough though ?
    It's his mountain TT road bike
    "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
  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,312
    44? No wonder I struggle going around on a 29. Life so much easier on that size of cassette.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    phreak said:

    It feels like the rest are playing into Ineos hand here by not forcing the pace.

    Well they need to do something
    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Pross said:

    Puccio now hanging on the back hoping to make it to the descent. Swift seems to have properly gone now.

    I thought that was swift at the back
    "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_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    I bet that both Swift and Puccio will be back by Cortina.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • poweredbyidris
    poweredbyidris Posts: 848
    blazing_saddles said:

    I bet that both Swift and Puccio will be back by Cortina.

    Nah, Ineos use Mercedes for their team cars

    I'll get my coat. It's been a long Giro...
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Puccio times it perfectly and gets back on the front as the descent flattens a bit.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Into ‘For Your Eyes Only’ territory
  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,312
    blazing_saddles said:

    I bet that both Swift and Puccio will be back by Cortina.

    For you younger people a Ford Cortina is something your Grandfather drove.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Wabasse reaching out
    "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
    bike change
    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.
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,437
    Rog changes to his mountain TT bike
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Struggling to understand the point.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Roglic has just swapped onto the giant cassette bike... With a 1x?
  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,953
    Given that they'll be doing 1500+ VAM up Tre Cime, I struggle to understand how any pro could need 40 teeth on the rear cassette.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Roglic on the bike
    "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
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Pross said:

    Struggling to understand the point.

    Mind games?
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,437
    The jumps between the gears must be horrible on a cassette with that big a range
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,654
    Would laugh my tits off if Thomas attacked on the downhill while Roglic has that daft single ring
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Well if he smashes this it will have paid off
    "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: 43,463
    Sponsor will be happy with all the attention it’s getting.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,559
    r0bh said:

    The jumps between the gears must be horrible on a cassette with that big a range

    Yes will be big.
    Seems a bit odd tbh.

    Onto wet roads.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Raining
    Cancel the stage
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Abrupt edge of the rain
    "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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