Giro 2018 "contains spoilers"

[Dave Davenport]

Yep, I had a stupid grin on my face watching that interview.

 

[cisamcgu]

I watched that interview, gosh the two of them looked small - rather like bicycling hobbits

 

[Shadow]

Speaking as Yates' fantasy DS I was not best pleased.

Like Mitchelton-Scott's DS, Mrs S was not displeased as she has both in her team!

EDIT: (as does @Dayvo; and TD!!)

 

[smutchin]

Just put the coverage on... 16km to go... time to make a cup of tea before we get to the interesting bit of the stage...

Bonifazio got a puncture a moment ago - that's him out of contention for the stage win then. (Let's at least pretend there's any chance of it being anyone other than Viviani.)

 

[smutchin]

They just clocked the peloton at 73kmh.

Not some individual rider descending a mountain, the whole freakin' peloton.

 

[roadrash]

sam bennet wins after shoving viviani into the barriers

 

[smutchin]

Bennett comes past Viviani in the final 50m to take it.

They've given Modolo 3rd but it looked to me like he sat up before the line and ended up 5th behind Bonifazio and Van Poppel. (ETA: now revised to Bonifazio 3rd, Modolo 4th, DVP 5th)

Bonifazio did well to get back after his puncture. Van Poppel was looking well placed on the run-in but allowed himself to get boxed in at the end.

 

[smutchin]

sam bennet wins after shoving viviani into the barriers

Eh? Am I watching a different race to you?

 

[roadrash]

i posted that as soon as he crossed the line , it was a quickstep rider he nudged into the barrier , not sure who though

 

[brommers]

i posted that as soon as he crossed the line , it was a quickstep rider he nudged into the barrier , not sure who though

Viviani was wearing the purplish points jersey, so probably a team mate

 

[roadrash]

yeah I realised that after @smutchin post

 

[smutchin]

Call me Arsene Wenger but I still can’t see it, whether it’s Viviani or whoever, even after watching the replay.

ETA: ok, just watched it again and I see what you mean - although Viviani arguably blocks his teammate first when he jumps across to get on Modolo’s wheel.
It’s at about 58 seconds in this clip: https://video.eurosport.com/cycling...through-to-win-stage-7_vid1088564/video.shtml

 

[Bollo]

Call me Arsene Wenger but I still can’t see it, whether it’s Viviani or whoever, even after watching the replay.

ETA: ok, just watched it again and I see what you mean - although Viviani arguably blocks his teammate first when he jumps across to get on Modolo’s wheel.
It’s at about 58 seconds in this clip: https://video.eurosport.com/cycling...through-to-win-stage-7_vid1088564/video.shtml

Difficult to say because of the rear angle view - there may just have been enough room for Viviani to slot in front of his teammate even though it looked close. But! Play forward a second or two and it looks like Bennett bumps and squeezes the same rider when he follows Viviani's wheel. Even if the Quickstep rider had eased up by that point, I'm surprised it didn't give the commissaires something to think about.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I have managed to watch no racing this week

 

[Dayvo]

I have managed to watch no racing this week

Your fantasy team isn't that bad, is it?