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Giro d'Italia Stage 1 Jerusalem - Jerusalem ITT 9.7 K

  • 04-05-2018 10:00am
    #1
    neris
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    For the first time in history the Giro starts outside of Europe. The first stage is a short ITT in West Jerusalem and it's an interesting one, quite technical and with some gradients (although the profile is inflated, you can find some 4-5% here and there). All in all is quite a nice prologue, where maybe some significant gaps can be made.

    G18_T01_Jerusalem_alt_jpg.jpg

    G18_T01_Jerusalem_ITT_plan_jpg.jpg

    Irish interests are
    Ryan Mullen
    Nico Roche
    Sam Bennett

    **Breaking News** :D:D
    Chris Froome encountered the first setback in his bid for the Giro d'Italia title before the race had even begun, as the Team Sky rider crashed while carrying out a recon of the opening-day time trial course on Friday.
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/chris-froome-crashes-in-giro-ditalia-time-trial-recon/

    Stage 1 winner 24 votes

    Chris Froome
    0% 0 votes
    Tom Dumoulin
    16% 4 votes
    Jesus Christ
    33% 8 votes
    Ronan Dennis (its how sean kelly says Rohan)
    12% 3 votes
    Ryan Mullen
    29% 7 votes
    Mohammed on his Green Bianchi ascending to heaven
    8% 2 votes


Comments

  • #2
    HugoMyBoss
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    .


  • #3
    HugoMyBoss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 180 ✭✭HugoMyBoss


    Sorry


  • #4
    dastardly00
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    LIVE coverage has started on Eurosport2

    Jonathan Edwards is in studio with Brian Smith and special guest Daryl Impey


  • #5
    neris
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    https://twitter.com/Bahrain_Merida/status/992348235992846338


  • #6
    retalivity
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    Smart ploy froomey, crashing on the recon. Will make that TUE request easier!


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  • #7
    MPFGLB
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    Hasnt MAL had a crash as well ?


  • #8
    dastardly00
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    Eurosport have said that Miguel Angel Lopez had a crash during the TT recon also


  • #9
    irishrover99
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    Maybe its Israeli snipers taken them down.
    I believe they are good at that.


  • #10
    Macy0161
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    Lots of wailing with all the crashes....


  • #11
    neris
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    Broken vertebraes for the Bahrain rider according to rob hatch


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  • #12
    dastardly00
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    Sam 12:28
    Ryan 13:50
    Nico 14:43 (third last to start)

    ^^^
    Irish time


  • #13
    Chips Lovell
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    Some amount of crashing going on. Must be a tricky circuit.


  • #14
    neris
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    Baron de Charlus wrote: »
    Some amount of crashing going on. Must be a tricky circuit.

    lots of turns on the course.

    theyve shown a video of froome after his crash and he looks like hes limping on 1 side


  • #15
    Cee-Jay-Cee
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    Maybe CF wont be able to win it now as he's injured so there's no issue with stripping him of it once the other matter is concluded....


  • #16
    [Deleted User]
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    Go Dan!!!!!!!! :pac:


  • #17
    Macy0161
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    Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »
    Maybe CF wont be able to win it now as he's injured so there's no issue with stripping him of it once the other matter is concluded....
    John on the Velocast preview had an interesting theory that Froome would be trying to recreate the conditions to replicate the AAF in Giro ahead of the Tour, so might have even bigger repercussions.


  • #18
    MPFGLB
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    Macy0161 wrote: »
    John on the Velocast preview had an interesting theory that Froome would be trying to recreate the conditions to replicate the AAF in Giro ahead of the Tour, so might have even bigger repercussions.

    1.Froome is at his best when ill :D

    2. Theory does not stand up as Giro conditions very different to Spain in autumn


  • #19
    dastardly00
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    Mullen 10 sec behind Dennis at intermediate time check


  • #20
    MPFGLB
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    Jasus Carlton Kirby !! ...David De la Cruz was not riding for SKY last year at the Vuelta
    ...also Luis Leon Sanchez has a great record in TT not a poor one


  • #21
    dastardly00
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    Not the best performance from Mullen :(


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  • #22
    MPFGLB
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    dastardly00 wrote: »
    Not the best performance from Mullen :(

    Heat and climbs an issue....not plan flat at all


  • #23
    dastardly00
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    MPFGLB wrote: »
    Heat and climbs an issue....not plan flat at all

    Still would have hoped for a better time


  • #24
    MPFGLB
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    dastardly00 wrote: »
    Still would have hoped for a better time

    Yes...bet he is very disappointed

    But maybe will rally for the next TT


  • #25
    dastardly00
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    Wow, great TT from Yates


  • #26
    retalivity
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    Lol pozzovivo 7th!


  • #27
    scott1974
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    Who is Ronan Dennis?? LOL...


  • #28
    dastardly00
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    Tom D looking mighty fine in his World TT skin suit


  • #29
    Miklos
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    Christy Froome going arse-over-tit in the recon..


  • #30
    godtabh
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    Frrome looked poor there


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  • #31
    godtabh
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    Poor TT from roche


  • #32
    dastardly00
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    Nico 1'12" behind Ronan Dennis


  • #33
    godtabh
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    dastardly00 wrote: »
    Nico 1'12" behind Ronan Dennis

    TTs are not his thing but that seemed bad even by his standards


  • #34
    [Deleted User]
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    Hard to know if it's form or the fall there with Froome.


  • #35
    MPFGLB
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    godtabh wrote: »
    TTs are not his thing but that seemed bad even by his standards


    Hasnt raced for over 6 weeks and has only been climbing and losing weight

    Not great but think his condition is better than that and he wil improve as Giro goes on


  • #36
    godtabh
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    MPFGLB wrote: »
    Hasnt raced for over 6 weeks and has only been climbing and losing weight

    Not great but think his condition is better than that and he wil improve as Giro goes on

    He'll improve as the weather warms up. His SB article suggested that the cold affects his muscles and thats why he cant preform in it. Note sure if 5 weeks in Wicklow would cure that.


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  • #37
    check_six
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Hard to know if it's form or the fall there with Froome.

    I'm not a multi Grand Tour winning cyclist, but I didn't like the look of the line Froome took into that corner on the recon run.

    He lost a lot of time in the TT. If his allergies and associated complaints don't kick in soon he could be in trouble already.


  • #38
    neris
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    didnt see alot of the race today but the helicopters got some great shots of the city


  • #39
    Bugsy2000
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    check_six wrote: »
    I'm not a multi Grand Tour winning cyclist, but I didn't like the look of the line Froome took into that corner on the recon run.

    He lost a lot of time in the TT. If his allergies and associated complaints don't kick in soon he could be in trouble already.

    It was hard to see unless you zoomed in on the video but the front wheel slipped when he rolled over a manhole cover. It would have been hard to avoid as he would have saw it late coming round the bend.


  • #40
    Keeks
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    Bugsy2000 wrote: »
    It was hard to see unless you zoomed in on the video but the front wheel slipped when he rolled over a manhole cover. It would have been hard to avoid as he would have saw it late coming round the bend.

    I thought nk he was going down before he hit the manhole cover.....it looks more like he took a bad line through the corner and skidded on the paint from the pedestrian crossing....


  • #41
    RacoonQueen
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    Bugsy2000 wrote: »
    It was hard to see unless you zoomed in on the video but the front wheel slipped when he rolled over a manhole cover. It would have been hard to avoid as he would have saw it late coming round the bend.

    Yeah I thought he slipped on paint watched it about 10 times to try figure out where he went. Manhole cover would make more sense as had looked like he had cleared the paint by the time the front wheel went.


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