Giro d'Italia, stage 2: Haifa - Tel Aviv 167 km

neris

Day two stage 2 and the real Big Tom whos alive and well is in pink. flatish stage with a few lumps for a sprint finish

Technical Overview:
The second stage starts from Haifa and at first heads north, until the town of Acres, where the first intermediate sprint takes place. There, the peloton will make a short loop to get back south, passing also though the hills, with the first categorized climb of this edition, Zikhron Ya'Aqov (GPM4, 2.6 at 5.3%). Once past that, the race goes back to the coast to stay. The second intermediate sprint in Caesarea opens a long coastal section of around 60 km, all the way to Tel Aviv, the capital of Israel, the one that is internationally recognized, that is.

dastardly00

Go Sam!!!!

Not long in from my own spin but caught sight of Acre from the helicopter shots, looked amazing.

Was just about to ask why Laura wasn't there and Rob Hatch answered that for me, seems she's expecting a baby soon.

MPFGLB

BMC looking to put Dennis in Pink ???

MPFGLB

And just after that checked the diary and it seems BMC want pink

https://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/cycling/rohan-was-within-two-seconds-of-taking-the-jersey-36875790.html

dastardly00

Dennis in virtual pink now

Miklos

It'd be nice for Dennis to be able to dedicate his jersey to Andy Rihs. I'm sure that's the goal.

neris

Miklos wrote: »

It'd be nice for Dennis to be able to dedicate his jersey to Andy Rihs. I'm sure that's the goal.

they wanted it yesterday, interview with the DS on the cycling podcast last night and they were gutted

neris

is anyone else using the eurosport app and chromecast to watch this? just wondering if its my set up that keeps buffering and going back and forward in the broadcast

MPFGLB

Nico did a great job holding off the sprint teams for Dennis

retalivity

this reminds me of the worlds in abu dhabi or wherever it was a few years ago, boring straight motorways.

also, fcuk israel.

funnights74

Why in the name of God are there people encroaching onto the road. Madness, dangerous.

dastardly00

Viviani too good

retalivity

excellent sprinting by viviani, on his own after coming from miles back and straight onto mareczko once he came past

Lumen

retalivity wrote: »

also, fcuk israel.

Sunny though, I've heard.

neris

neris wrote: »

is anyone else using the eurosport app and chromecast to watch this? just wondering if its my set up that keeps buffering and going back and forward in the broadcast

Usually only happens if someone else in the house decides to use netflix in another room or if I've downloads running.

neris

Deleted User wrote: »

Usually only happens if someone else in the house decides to use netflix in another room or if I've downloads running.

just me at home and nothing be downloaded. streamed fine on my ipad when i turned chromecast off for the last 5km. its a pain in the arse coz its only eurosport ot happens with and not netflix or youtube

Brian

How does the finish line position factor in with GC position? Commentators were saying Dennis was in pink with 50 km to go.

Miklos

Brian wrote: »

How does the finish line position factor in with GC position? Commentators were saying Dennis was in pink with 50 km to go.

He had bonus seconds from the intermediate sprint.

Hurrache

retalivity wrote: »

this reminds me of the worlds in abu dhabi or wherever it was a few years ago, boring straight motorways.

I thought it was just me unimpressed with the scenery, it was a pretty boring looking stage, the bits I watched anyway.

Maybe it's just the years upon years of Israel Tourism ads on Eurosport having us expect too much.

Kaisr Sose

retalivity wrote: »

also, fcuk israel.

It’s sport.

Sports and Politics should never meet

wanderer 22

Weepsie wrote: »

They've been mixed for a long time for all sorts reasons and will forever be mixed

No need for it to be dragged into the cycling forum though. It's a dangerous precedent to let posts like the above in.

Kaisr Sose

Weepsie wrote: »

They've been mixed for a long time for all sorts reasons and will forever be mixed

Some interweaving is essential (funding, infastructure) but sport has no place in the pure political/nationalistic stuff. I referring to the anti Israel comment!! No call for that.