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Giro D'Italia 2019 - General Thread

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    #62
    dastardly00
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    I wonder why the double accent of the Mortirolo is not a runner


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    #63
    Finnrocco
    Registered Users Posts: 604 ✭✭✭Finnrocco


    dastardly00 wrote: »
    I wonder why the double accent of the Mortirolo is not a runner

    Some lads might be lapped


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    #64
    Steve SilverMint
    Registered Users Posts: 139 ✭✭Steve SilverMint


    Not much interest in todays stage, pan flat boring cycling. At least once today is out of the way the next few stages look really good.


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    #65
    Finnrocco
    Registered Users Posts: 604 ✭✭✭Finnrocco


    I actually don't really like the high mountain stages.

    Usually nothing really happens until the last few kms.

    I know you have long range breaks but typically one strong team just rides and gets rid of everyone bar the 4 or 5 strongest team leaders, most lads are hanging on and trying to protect their GC place.

    Maybe its for the better in general that no one is capable of doing 200 kms jaunts across 4 big mountains and winning by 7 minutes.


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    #66
    Lumen
    Registered Users Posts: 31,008 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Finnrocco wrote: »
    I actually don't really like the high mountain stages.

    Usually nothing really happens until the last few kms.

    I know you have long range breaks but typically one strong team just rides and gets rid of everyone bar the 4 or 5 strongest team leaders, most lads are hanging on and trying to protect their GC place.

    Maybe its for the better in general that no one is capable of doing 200 kms jaunts across 4 big mountains and winning by 7 minutes.

    Yeah, but Team Idiots aren't anywhere near the GC lead and the other contenders have to break Roglič.

    I hope the brief pre-Giro Nibbles-Yates Twitter spat doesn't get in the way of them tag-teaming Roglič. Maybe there will be a mass pile-on from the assembled ranks of young riders with nothing to lose.


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    #67
    lissard
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    dastardly00 wrote: »
    I wonder why the double accent of the Mortirolo is not a runner

    Apparently it would make a long ridiculously tough stage even longer.


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    #68
    velo.2010
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    Not looking good for Slovenian cycling. All stemming from that Austrian/German Operation Aderlass. Initially, it was thought the impact on pro cycling would be limited to the Austrian cyclists that were busted, but this news points to a larger doping ring... potentially!
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bahrain-meridas-milan-erzen-under-uci-investigation-for-doping-links/


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    #69
    [Deleted User]
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    velo.2010 wrote: »
    Not looking good for Slovenian cycling. All stemming from that Austrian/German Operation Aderlass. Initially, it was thought the impact on pro cycling would be limited to the Austrian cyclists that were busted, but this news points to a larger doping ring... potentially!
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bahrain-meridas-milan-erzen-under-uci-investigation-for-doping-links/



    Not good for Bahrain, they already have a DS and rider suspended as part of this.


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    #70
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 27,867 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Conor Dunne's tour diary... sounds like the hotel from hell.
    https://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/cycling/conor-dunnes-giro-ditalia-diary-of-the-fiveandahalf-hour-stage-fourandahalf-of-that-was-a-cafe-ride-38139529.html

    With mould on the walls, holes in the bedclothes and a severe lack of toilet paper, our post-apocalyptic overnight dormitory was the kind of place you'd have second thoughts sheltering in if it was the only building standing in a storm. Thankfully, there was no restaurant and we had to go next door for dinner...

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #71
    Daroxtar
    Registered Users Posts: 4,319 ✭✭✭Daroxtar


    I know it sounds like a bit of a tired cliche but I'd say you'd enjoy going for a few pints with Conor


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    #72
    neris
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    Gavias out for Tuesday and new route
    The Passo Gavia has been removed from Tuesday’s queen stage of the Giro d'Italia to Ponte di Legno, with race director Mauro Vegni confirming that the risk of further snow, avalanches and ice-covered roads made it too risky to cover the highest climb of this year's race

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/giro-ditalia-passo-gavia-removed-due-to-avalanche-threat/


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    #73
    retalivity
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    Where are the stage threads for yday or today? Or were there any??


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    #74
    gordongekko
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    retalivity wrote: »
    Where are the stage threads for yday or today? Or were there any??

    Here's yesterday's. https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057983172

    Feel free to set up today's


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    #75
    dastardly00
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    gordongekko wrote: »
    Here's yesterday's. https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057983172

    Feel free to set up today's

    That was Fridays stage


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    #76
    retalivity
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    #78
    CramCycle
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    Spoilers, no matter how minor in the relevant stage threads.


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    #79
    Finnrocco
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    Finnrocco wrote: »
    I actually don't really like the high mountain stages.

    Usually nothing really happens until the last few kms.

    I know you have long range breaks but typically one strong team just rides and gets rid of everyone bar the 4 or 5 strongest team leaders, most lads are hanging on and trying to protect their GC place.

    Maybe its for the better in general that no one is capable of doing 200 kms jaunts across 4 big mountains and winning by 7 minutes.

    I actually love the high mountain stages, loads of things happen from the first kms.

    Guess when there's no team controlling the race you get more lads giving it a go.........


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    #80
    neris
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    5


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    #81
    velo.2010
    Registered Users Posts: 3,010 ✭✭✭velo.2010


    D7isQnnU8AEeUue.jpg:large
    The Night's Watch choose a new form of transport to defend the Wall!


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    #82
    Tim76
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    velo.2010 wrote: »
    D7isQnnU8AEeUue.jpg:large
    The Night's Watch choose a new form of transport to defend the Wall!

    :D


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    #83
    [Deleted User]
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    Brilliant Velo !!!! :D


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    #84
    cunavalos
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    https://video.eurosport.nl/wielrennen/giro-d-italia/2019/de-fietswissel-van-roglic-beelden-van-binnen-de-ploegwagen-na-de-plaspauze_vid1201929/video.shtml

    In car footage from the Jumbo Visma car after they stopped for a nature break and then got word of Roglic mechanical. Also shows the sticky bottle that earned Roglic a 200CHF fine


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    #85
    dastardly00
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    cunavalos wrote: »
    https://video.eurosport.nl/wielrennen/giro-d-italia/2019/de-fietswissel-van-roglic-beelden-van-binnen-de-ploegwagen-na-de-plaspauze_vid1201929/video.shtml

    In car footage from the Jumbo Visma car after they stopped for a nature break and then got word of Roglic mechanical. Also shows the sticky bottle that earned Roglic a 200CHF fine


    I think he should have got a time penalty... 20 seconds maybe.
    I'm actually surprised he didn't, considering it's Italy and they ideally want Nibbles to win.


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    #86
    Raam
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    dastardly00 wrote: »
    I think he should have got a time penalty... 20 seconds maybe.
    I'm actually surprised he didn't, considering it's Italy and they ideally want Nibbles to win.

    UCI comms make the decision not the race organisers. Gotta hope that they can make decisions independent of the country that they are in. That said, when I saw it, I was expecting a time penalty.


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    #87
    [Deleted User]
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    They had it easy in 2014 vs 2019

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1ABVyCvHH4


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    #88
    nafisjedriel
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    I think it'll be Nibali, Yates, Roglic top 3 at the end but not necessarily in the that order.


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    #89
    terrydel
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    nafisjedriel wrote: »
    I think it'll be Nibali, Yates, Roglic top 3 at the end but not necessarily in the that order.

    Cant stand Yates, smug, arrogant, annoying Brit, the type you meet on ski holidays who loves to tell you how good they are.

    First Grand Tour I've watched a bit of in years, its actually been enjoyable, probably mainly due to Sky/whatever they are called now being a non factor in it.


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    #90
    Raam
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    terrydel wrote: »
    Cant stand Yates, smug, arrogant, annoying Brit, the type you meet on ski holidays who loves to tell you how good they are.

    First Grand Tour I've watched a bit of in years, its actually been enjoyable, probably mainly due to Sky/whatever they are called now being a non factor in it.


    Christ, what did I just read?


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    #91
    EC1000
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    terrydel wrote: »
    ...meet on ski holidays ....

    You mean the type of people that like to tell you that they go on ski holidays?


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