Giro stage 5 Praia a Mare - Benevento *spoiler*
rick_chasey
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Another day of lovely weather and great vista's.
Not unlike Peterborough this morning.0 -
Tut tut. Stage thread started and no profile, let alone pics.
No wonder major PTP pink faces yesterday.
Talking of which, it's Kittel's birthday today.
Same finish as 2009 when Scarponi won from the breakaway.
"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Long stage. I may have this very wrong but I don't see Kittel having the legs at the end of this.0
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jimmythecuckoo wrote:Another day of lovely weather and great vista's.
Not unlike Peterborough this morning.
Peterboghorror surely.Ridley Helium SL (Dura-Ace/Wheelsmith Aero-dimpled 45 wheels)
Light Blue Robinson(105 +lots of Hope)
Planet X XLS 1X10(105/XTR/Miche/TRP Spyre SLC brakes
Graham Weigh 105/Ultegra0 -
Small group away - Txurruka, Brutt, Oss, Foliforov. Nothing in the profile to stop a bunch sprint imo.0
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smithy21 wrote:Long stage. I may have this very wrong but I don't see Kittel having the legs at the end of this.
Everyone else should leave it entirely to Etixx to chase the breakaway.0 -
Turfle wrote:Small group away - Txurruka, Brutt, Oss, Foliforov. Nothing in the profile to stop a bunch sprint imo.
Yeah, I thought it might be a breakaway day but it seems unlikely now0 -
Already live on Rai.
Oss has just come to grief on a descent. He's up, dusted off and trying to regain the break."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
awesome countryside round there0
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Katusha rider pays the price for trying to divebomb the corner
Greipel's done very well!
...and takes it really well! Wins from Demare by bike lengths.
That boys and girls is the difference between the 5* sprinters and the rest!We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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ddraver wrote:Not important but it's slightly unfair that Greipel has been given the same time as the rest, that Gap was Massive!
They gave a 4 second gap for the GC boys after 14th spot or so.
Zakarin moves up, Chaves down.
I think Valverde was last man.
Landa lost out along with Uran, Dumoulin and the rest"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Blazing Saddles wrote:ddraver wrote:Not important but it's slightly unfair that Greipel has been given the same time as the rest, that Gap was Massive!
They gave a 4 second gap for the GC boys after 14th spot or so.
Zakarin moves up, Chaves down.
I think Valverde was last man.
Landa lost out along with Uran, Dumoulin and the rest
Valverde does not drop the wheel...!0 -
Different class up that nasty finishing drag0 -
Top 10
1 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 05:40:35
2 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ
3 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF
4 Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx - Quick-Step
5 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
6 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Southeast - Venezuela
7 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team
8 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin
9 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
10 Alexey Tcatevitch (Rus) Team Katusha
Shout out to Mad Malx who is the only one to get 10 points on PTP! Honorable mention to TakeTheHighRoad and TheBigBean (Demare) as well as RidgeRider (Hofland).
27 picked Kittel0 -
I had an exam this morning and forgot to pick Demare. At least he didn't win though which is what usually happensTeam My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy0
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dish_dash wrote:
Shout out to Mad Malx who is the only one to get 10 points on PTP! Honorable mention to TakeTheHighRoad and TheBigBean (Demare) as well as RidgeRider (Hofland).
27 picked Kittel
Been trying to avoid the favourites & nab stages, since I have no chance on the overall season.
- although I thought Contralamontre picked him too?0 -
^Remembered the stat that he has won a GT stage every entry since 1910 or something, and any other year he would have been a favourite on today's route.0
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Looking at tomorrow's profile, will Marcel be heading for the airport in the morning?0
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Mad_Malx wrote:dish_dash wrote:
Shout out to Mad Malx who is the only one to get 10 points on PTP! Honorable mention to TakeTheHighRoad and TheBigBean (Demare) as well as RidgeRider (Hofland).
27 picked Kittel
Been trying to avoid the favourites & nab stages, since I have no chance on the overall season.
- although I thought Contralamontre picked him too?
He did! Good spot... I missed that one. I'll post up an interim update on the rest day so that everyone can check their scores.0 -
RichN95 wrote:RonB wrote:Looking at tomorrow's profile, will Marcel be heading for the airport in the morning?
Yes, stage 12 then ciao.
Surely this is too much of a giant carrot to our very fast donkey.
"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Blazing Saddles wrote:
If he can get over the climb at 88.1.0 -
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A two handed celebration by Greipel0
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Rick Chasey wrote:Less of a sprint, more of a monster late attack.
nah, that was an 1800 watt kick away from the group, then leave it in the big gear and hope!...
He made 6 or 7 bike lengths by jumping at that time then maintained it.
Demare showing the long sprint gets you a decent second place over others that have shorter fuses.0 -
dish_dash wrote:Mad_Malx wrote:dish_dash wrote:
Shout out to Mad Malx who is the only one to get 10 points on PTP! Honorable mention to TakeTheHighRoad and TheBigBean (Demare) as well as RidgeRider (Hofland).
27 picked Kittel
Been trying to avoid the favourites & nab stages, since I have no chance on the overall season.
- although I thought Contralamontre picked him too?
He did! Good spot... I missed that one. I'll post up an interim update on the rest day so that everyone can check their scores.
Thanks Malx for being so honourable! Yesterday made up for picking Van Emden over Dumoulin on stage 1. Looking forward to seeing the scores.
Rule No.10 // It never gets easier, you just go faster0 -
A silver back gorilla and an old photo of Greipel, but cant work out which ones which ?"The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby0