Giro 2019 Stage 3 - Vinci - Orbetello, 219km

13-05-2019 8:20am #1

First of a few long days this week. Looks to be another day for the sprinters?

neris · 13-05-2019 11:17am

https://twitter.com/carltonkirby/status/1127892498972594176?s=19

Raam · 13-05-2019 11:57am

Someone wake me up when something happens.

REBELSAFC · 13-05-2019 12:07pm

neris wrote: »

https://twitter.com/carltonkirby/status/1127892498972594176?s=19

Great. Send Conor up the road sheltering Eddie in his slipstream.

13-05-2019 12:22pm

Eddie having a nice chat on the front with Thomas De Gendt.

Raam · 13-05-2019 12:25pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Eddie having a nice chat on the front with Thomas De Gendt.

Two men have conversation.
We are scraping the barrel here ;-)

CramCycle · 13-05-2019 12:52pm

Lets see what type of a descender he is, no chance of him staying away but you can always dream as the peloton have still not woken up.

13-05-2019 2:00pm

Bunch are starting to ride now. Cross winds ahead maybe?

EDIT: Well that was a whole pile of nothing. Ended up bringing the break back with 75km to go.

CramCycle · 13-05-2019 3:10pm

The commentators are struggling to hold it together, 27km left and it is incredibly uninteresting, no more climbs or anything. I suspect bar the last km and the A4 style sprint, nothing of note left to happen.

Brian? · 13-05-2019 3:10pm

I thought that donkey was in serious trouble, but he seems to have allied himself with the bullocks.

Raam · 13-05-2019 3:19pm

They could just play some cool music and head off to the bar.

De Bhál · 13-05-2019 3:23pm

Seán - "tension building"

20th time repeating that phrase in the last 50km

struggling to earn a crust today

Raam · 13-05-2019 3:25pm

Rob says that it is the most exciting stage he has ever seen that has no racing.

Right.

EC1000 · 13-05-2019 3:25pm

Why doesn't someone have a go???

Have it on silent in the background but it looks like a neutralised stage?

De Bhál · 13-05-2019 3:33pm

5km to go
all together (as they have since 75km to go)

Raam · 13-05-2019 3:36pm

EC1000 wrote: »

Why doesn't someone have a go???

Have it on silent in the background but it looks like a neutralised stage?

Cos it's too fast. At least it is now.

at1withmyself · 13-05-2019 3:37pm

Crash has delayed some riders, looked like 4 or 5 from team sky and possibly Capraz caught out

13-05-2019 3:37pm

Dunbar was in that group behind the crash.

at1withmyself · 13-05-2019 3:38pm

Just turned on 5 minutes ago, looks like I missed the boring bits as quiet exciting now!

CramCycle · 13-05-2019 3:38pm

A4 sprinting beginning.

at1withmyself · 13-05-2019 3:42pm

1.5 minutes lost for Tao G Hart and 4 other sky riders, crash outside 3km safe zone but then again froome pulled back nearly 4 minutes so not ruled out yet!

Raam · 13-05-2019 3:50pm

Well, that was ****e. See you all again here tomorrow?

13-05-2019 3:52pm

Raam wrote: »

Well, that was ****e. See you all again here tomorrow?

235km tomorrow over this

at1withmyself · 13-05-2019 4:00pm

Viviani disqualified

at1withmyself · 13-05-2019 4:01pm

Gaviria takes the stage now...

Raam · 13-05-2019 4:01pm

Very harsh, if he is.

at1withmyself · 13-05-2019 4:04pm

Raam wrote: »

Very harsh, if he is.

he completely drifted from his line in fairness, went right across the road

Raam · 13-05-2019 4:06pm

Wouldn't say right across the road. Seen worse be let go.

De Bhál · 13-05-2019 4:06pm

I was surprised the commentators weren't talking about it before it happened

De Bhál · 13-05-2019 4:17pm

I think if I closed my eyes I couldn't tell the difference between Brian Smith and Greame Souness - their voices sound identical to me.

Salt Lake Stallion · 13-05-2019 4:20pm

When I was watching it I thought Viviani blocked that guy and would get penalised, but no one mentioned it on Europsort. So then I just assumed I didn't know enough about the intricacies of sprinting. Italian fans will be furious.

De Bhál · 13-05-2019 4:29pm

big sock debate here

Eamonnator · 13-05-2019 4:38pm

Weepsie wrote: »

Ah that's my velogames points gone!!

You should have done "first past the post"

Raam · 13-05-2019 4:53pm

De Bh110174534 wrote:

I think if I closed my eyes I couldn't tell the difference between Brian Smith and Greame Souness - their voices sound identical to me.

Brian sounds like Frankie Boyle to me. Both from Glasgow (well, Paisley for Brian). Graham is from Edinburgh.

cunavalos · 13-05-2019 5:29pm

Just catching up on the sprint now, I have seen worse go unpunished but it is not a natural move and shuts the door on Moshetti, notice how Demare expects greater contact between Viviani and Moschetti and heads straight for the barriers.
https://twitter.com/Eurosport_UK/status/1127967828072697857

De Bhál · 13-05-2019 6:18pm

Raam wrote: »

Brian sounds like Frankie Boyle to me. Both from Glasgow (well, Paisley for Brian). Graham is from Edinburgh.

Yeah, in fairness I haven't a clue, I'm sure to a native Scot they probably sound as different as a Cork man and a Dub.

CramCycle · 13-05-2019 9:20pm

De Bh110174453 wrote:

I was surprised the commentators weren't talking about it before it happened

Salt Lake Stallion wrote: »

When I was watching it I thought Viviani blocked that guy and would get penalised, but no one mentioned it on Europsort. So then I just assumed I didn't know enough about the intricacies of sprinting. Italian fans will be furious.

cunavalos wrote: »

Just catching up on the sprint now, I have seen worse go unpunished but it is not a natural move and shuts the door on Moshetti, notice how Demare expects greater contact between Viviani and Moschetti and heads straight for the barriers.
https://twitter.com/Eurosport_UK/status/1127967828072697857

I thought they mentioned it repeatedly, just not making it out to be a DQ offence but that it was dubious.

CramCycle · 13-05-2019 9:40pm

Is he DQd out of the race altogether, or just taken the win from him? reminds me of Sagan getting getting kicked out of the Tour, for a far more minor offence in my opinion.

13-05-2019 9:59pm

CramCycle wrote: »

Is he DQd out of the race altogether, or just taken the win from him? reminds me of Sagan getting getting kicked out of the Tour, for a far more minor offence in my opinion.

Ah no just his result not counting, he's still in the race.

dastardly00 · 13-05-2019 10:07pm

Viviani's Italian jersey is horrible

CramCycle · 13-05-2019 10:20pm

dastardly00 wrote: »

Viviani's Italian jersey is horrible

Finally, a decent reason to penalise him

13-05-2019 10:26pm

Was it Kelly who called it a pizza box Jersey earlier?

Finnrocco · 14-05-2019 8:43am

Hard decision to make - would Viviani have won without the drift across - probably.

Would Moschetti have got by him - don't know, but might have got second.

Demare moved wide as mentioned, probably cost him a place?

I suppose he didn't hold his line so by the rules gets relegated to the end of the group he was in.

Raam · 14-05-2019 8:54am

Wasn't it Demare who kick-started the Cav-Sag debacle with a switch?

Raam · 14-05-2019 8:55am

Well, maybe not but he almost took out Bouhanni

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0mMQQ1BWbs

Giro 2019 Stage 3 - Vinci - Orbetello, 219km

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