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GIRO D'ITALIA - STAGE 16 SACILE-CORTINA D’AMPEZZO

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    #32
    lissard
    Registered Users Posts: 531 ✭✭✭lissard


    It looks properly miserable - I shudder to think how cold it will feel @ 2200m totally sodden. Tough day to be a pro cyclist.


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    #33
    Tim76
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    lissard wrote: »
    It looks properly miserable - I shudder to think how cold it will feel @ 2300m totally sodden. Tough day to be a pro cyclist.

    Meh - looks worse out my window here.


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    #34
    Mefistofelino
    Registered Users Posts: 1,751 ✭✭✭Mefistofelino


    Break

    Gorka Izagirre Insausti APT
    Joao Pedro Gonçalves Almeida DQT
    Antonio Pedrero Lopez MOV
    Vincenzo Nibali TFS
    Amanuel Gebreigzabhier Werkilul TFS
    Davide Formolo UAD

    Chasing Group @ 35 seconds

    Geoffrey Bouchard ACT
    Louis Vervaeke BEL
    Jan Tratnik TBV
    Giovanni Visconti BCF
    Samuele Zoccarato BCF
    Matteo Fabbro BOH
    Felix Grossschartner BOH
    Lorenzo Fortunato EOK
    Jan Hirt IWG
    Daniel Martin ISN
    Koen Bouwman TJV
    Harm Vanhoucke LTS
    Einer Augusto Rubio Reyes MOV
    Davide Villella MOV
    Tanel Kangert BEX
    Nicolas Roche DSM
    Gianluca Brambilla TFS
    Diego Ulissi UAD


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    #35
    dastardly00
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    Sebastian Reichenbach has abandoned the race according to ProCyclingStats


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    #36
    Paddigol
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    Doesn't Nico tend to suffer badly in crap weather? Put paid to his Vuelta podium hopes a few years back if I remember correctly?

    Think the same was said of Dan on the really miserable weather-stage last week that he actually did really well in.

    Would be the stuff of dreams for those two to combine - Nico to get stage and Dan to get back into GC top ten. Can't see either happening myself though.


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    #37
    [Deleted User]
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    Their group is 1:32 down on the Nibali group now.


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    #38
    gavinoontheweb
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    Would love some footage of the chase group with Roche et al. Must be fairly disorganised if they are making this much of a bags of it.


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    #39
    Mefistofelino
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    gavinoontheweb wrote: »
    Would love some footage of the chase group with Roche et al. Must be fairly disorganised if they are making this much of a bags of it.

    UAE, Trek and Movistar have all got riders in the front 6, so they won't help in the chase.


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    #40
    dastardly00
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    Dan Lloyd just said that the helicopters are not flying because they don't have authorisation because of the route change, rather than because of the poor weather


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    #41
    lissard
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    2C and snowing now at the top of the Giau. I briefly experienced this type of weather a few years ago descending off the Col du Lauteret - I honestly thought I had a mechanical - turned out it was my uncontrollable shivering. I think it is unpredictable what will happen in GC when these types of conditions prevail - otherwise strong riders might well hit the wall. Look how empty MvDP finished after his attack in Tireno Adriatico in March.


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    #42
    Mefistofelino
    Registered Users Posts: 1,751 ✭✭✭Mefistofelino


    I think Moto 1 would have a better quality picture if he left the lens cap on.


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    #43
    Mefistofelino
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    Now that we can see, that break is working very well. No screwing around.


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    #44
    neris
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    Bernies at the top and 1 degree and snow falling but roads are salted heavilly


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    #45
    neris
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    the astana lads look like a bunch of deliveroo delivery riders with those rain jackets


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    #46
    Large bottle small glass
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    CantGetNoSleep wrote: »
    It seems these days a lot of bike riders have gone soft. Bettiol saying a lot of them want to race the full thing. A joke really, same last year when they got into buses for two hours because it was raining and they were cold.

    Ahem
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=113938692&postcount=1

    "I'm the type who tends to roll over in bed when I hear the rain for the club ride but I'm determined to go tomorrow"


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    #47
    dastardly00
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    Mefistofelino wrote: »
    Now that we can see, that break is working very well. No screwing around.

    Unfortunately the same can't be said for the chasing group that includes Dan & Nico. They are going to be caught by the peloton soon :(


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    #48
    neris
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    https://twitter.com/cycling_podcast/status/1396801388169019396?s=19


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    #49
    breezy1985
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    CantGetNoSleep wrote: »
    It seems these days a lot of bike riders have gone soft. Bettiol saying a lot of them want to race the full thing. A joke really, same last year when they got into buses for two hours because it was raining and they were cold.

    The riders have gone soft.
    The riders wanted to race the full stage.

    Something doesn't add up there ?


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    #50
    retalivity
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    breezy1985 wrote: »
    The riders have gone soft.
    The riders wanted to race the full stage.

    Something doesn't add up there ?

    Sounds like maybe a few influential riders/teams didn't want to ride the full stage and leaned on the organisers...


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    #51
    velo.2010
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    This happens all too often at the Giro. I accept the decision to shorten the route, but it only hurts the race and could somewhat diminish Bernal's likely GC victory. And it could be the second time Bernal wins a curtailed grand tour.

    Time to look elsewhere for the Giro organisers even if it means less visits to the Alps and Dolomites and more to the Apennines.


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    #52
    neris
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    velo.2010 wrote: »
    This happens all too often at the Giro. I accept the decision to shorten the route, but it only hurts the race and could somewhat diminish Bernal's likely GC victory. And it could be the second time Bernal wins a curtailed grand tour.

    Time to look elsewhere for the Giro organisers even if it means less visits to the Alps and Dolomites and more to the Apennines.

    Problem is they loose a lot of mountain height by not going there and it lowers the quality and reputation of the race but the weather seems to be a big issue for the Giro last few years


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    #53
    retalivity
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    neris wrote: »
    Problem is they loose a lot of mountain height by not going there and it lowers the quality and reputation of the race but the weather seems to be a big issue for the Giro last few years

    That was always the allure of it though, and to a lesser extent the Vuelta with Galicia in September - the weather is always crap and makes the race more exciting, compared to the Tour. Seems to be more pushback from riders/teams now though...


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    #54
    neris
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    Who Carthy


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    #55
    retalivity
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    Evanepoel 2mins off the back already, stage hunting next week so


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    #56
    Tim76
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    retalivity wrote: »
    Evanepoel 2mins off the back already, stage hunting next week so

    I'd be surprised if he has anything left in the tank.


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    #57
    [Deleted User]
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    Wow small group for the GC lads.


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    #58
    retalivity
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    Not gonna be Yates's day...


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    #59
    [Deleted User]
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    From this group I'd love to see Bardet take a win.


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    #60
    Brian?
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    I have no idea what’s going on

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #61
    neris
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    retalivity wrote: »
    Not gonna be Yates's day...

    Bernal procession around northern italy from wednesday to sunday


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