Giro Stage 6 - Palmi to Scalea (192km)

mewso

Despite yesterdays fun early on this is likely to be a fairly standard sprint stage but if Adam Blythe on Eurosport is to be believed then we might get echelons. Maybe that's just wishful thinking on his part but we live in hope. Surely it's Caleb Ewan's turn. He is running out of chances and it would be a shame if the quickest guy here can't nab a win. I still believe if Girmay got into a good position he could do it. Maybe MvdP just decides to go on a break in the last 50k.

Betting

Caleb Ewan 2/1

Mark Cavendish 9/4

Arnaud Demare 11/2

Fernando Gaviria 9/1

Biniam Girmay 10/1

Giacomo Nizzolo 11/1

Velogames Update: despite bankruptcy Borris Becker is leading our league. I jumped a couple of places from 3rd last to 5th last but then I'm playing the long game.

Dcully

Girmay has been unlucky in his positioning but certainly seems to have the pace, would be nice to see him win today.

Anyone but Cav really :P

I hope Blythe is correct , echelons are always fun to watch.

Poor Diego Rosa, it's one of those days you pray for a serious cock up from the peloton and he actually makes it.

dastardly00

For any listeners of The Cycling Podcast, they mentioned last night on the pod that Daniel Friebe and Rob Hatch used to share a flat together! I wonder did they spend hours discussing how to pronounce words correctly 😂

I was only listening to that this morning and then the pronunciation used for pistachio had me thinking that's how hatch would say it too

dastardly00

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119051261#Comment_119051261

I had a good laugh when thet name of their plant was mentioned... Marco Plantini 😂

retalivity

This stage has been a great advertisement for Aurum bikes, I've been looking them up for the last 15 minutes

Mefistofelino

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119051980#Comment_119051980

D.

I've been tracking the price of diesel, 1.84 at the starting town. Went as low as 1.79 and just saw it there now for 1.82 a litre.

retalivity

There was a lot goin on in that last k, multiple deviations and people peeling off

mewso

Gaviria livid again but it was of his own making from what I saw.

Mefistofelino

Great gallop, that. Pity it took all day to get there.

dastardly00

Great finish. As Robbie McEwan said, Cavendish probably went too early, and then Ewan went too early as well. Superb by Demare.

I don't know how there wasn't a huge crash between Gaviria and the DSM lads.

Morris Garren

Off topic a bit, but Orla Chennaoui looked great in the green jersey today.

Now, back to the cycling...

Dodge

sprint was great. Even if it was 45 minutes late

Haven't seen many this close

Melodeon

That's our elderly mother's first question every day: "What's Orla wearing today?" 😀

retalivity

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119053828#Comment_119053828

Is "Has Adam Blyth found a pair of socks?" the second?

Melodeon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119054501#Comment_119054501

Adam's outfits are a constant source of entertainment, and she reckons the only way they could make Dan look somewhat stylish would be to get Sean back on the panel! 😆

mewso

Edit*: wrong thread.

retalivity

They are all in on the sock thing anyway

https://twitter.com/SportsOrla/status/1525041847080558592