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Giro Stage 14 Santena - Torino

  • 21-05-2022 12:25pm
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    147 km of possibly knocking lumps out of each other. Two very tough laps in the second half, including Superga



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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,748 ✭✭✭Mefistofelino


    Interesting inconsistency with the GCN commentators. Nibali, at 37, is referred to as an "old man" and therefore at the fag-end of his career ( even if he wasn't retiring). No such concerns about Cav yesterday who is now 37 too.

    Weather very hot on the stage already - probably over 30 already



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 8,808 Mod ✭✭✭✭mewso


    It looks like MvdP reckoned he needed to be in the break to have a chance here. Climbs may be short but not short enough for him.



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    Yeah he was very invested in trying to stay away there, he was out front for what 12km or so?



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 8,808 Mod ✭✭✭✭mewso


    Yates is the favourite. From nothing other than time gaps really. No evidence he is back to 100%.



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 8,808 Mod ✭✭✭✭mewso


    Well Yates must fancy it. In the break.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 13,993 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Don't think i've ever seen a man move as much on a bike as Vansevanant does



  • Registered Users Posts: 6,800 ✭✭✭CrowdedHouse


    Big Tom abandoned

    Seven Worlds will Collide



  • Registered Users Posts: 20,036 ✭✭✭✭neris


    I wonder is his head still in cycling. Heard an interview with him after jumbo won a stage and he didn't sound that enthusiastic about being getting personal results



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,748 ✭✭✭Mefistofelino


    His back has been giving him problems for the past week.



  • Registered Users Posts: 4,764 ✭✭✭griffin100


    With Bardet gone I’d like to see Guillaume Martin do something today. I’d like to see him podium overall, I like his style of racing.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 13,993 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Bora have destroyed this already!



  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    What are Bora doing here?

    Landa and Carapaz along for the ride with them from the looks of it. GC day so.



  • Registered Users Posts: 13,993 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    What is this nonsense with Wiggins and the Coppi monument doing on when the race is kicking off??

    EDIT: Anyone else's sound on Eurosport/GCN gone funny? Everyone is high-pitched??



  • Registered Users Posts: 13,993 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Carapaz on his own already. A Dunbar would have been handy!



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    Very much Dunbar terrain, he's rode a decent amount of the Italian classics with Moscon in the past.



  • Registered Users Posts: 20,036 ✭✭✭✭neris


    That climb is savage



  • Registered Users Posts: 3,330 ✭✭✭deise08


    Crikey. They'll have to do that a second time?

    Wow.

    How will the sprinters fare out with them climbs?



  • Registered Users Posts: 3,107 ✭✭✭mr spuckler


    I have to admit this is a baller move by Bora, I really hope it's not a Movistar type move of recent years where they just peel off with 20km to go and you wonder why bother!

    Hell of a stage though, love to see this kind of aggression early in a GT mountain stage.



  • Registered Users Posts: 13,993 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Some ride by Kelderman for the first lap, some heart by Lopez to stick to this so far!



  • Registered Users Posts: 20,036 ✭✭✭✭neris


    Hatch gets a bit over excited when a rider looses a wheel length.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 4,764 ✭✭✭griffin100


    This just looks like torture for the riders. It’s brilliant for the fans though!!



  • Registered Users Posts: 20,036 ✭✭✭✭neris


    Pink Jersey out the back and carapaz is going like a demon. This is a great stage



  • Registered Users Posts: 13,993 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    This is fantastic



  • Registered Users Posts: 4,764 ✭✭✭griffin100


    I’d love to see a shot from the laughing group. I’d say the sprinters are dying. Might be some outside the time limit today if the commissars apply the rules.



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,748 ✭✭✭Mefistofelino


    Pozzo going well, now he's been released from his sprint lead out duties



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 8,808 Mod ✭✭✭✭mewso


    And the bookies get it right again.



  • Registered Users Posts: 13,993 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Tight at the top on GC but then some massive gaps...basically a top 8, then Lopez, then the rest.




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  • Registered Users Posts: 533 ✭✭✭Mr. Cats


    How was it against rules?



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  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    You can't take a bike change from in front it has to be from behind.



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