Giro 2018 "contains spoilers"

[smutchin]

Less than 20km to the start of the Passo Duron. Looks nasty...

 

[Crackle]

Back in good time for Monty Zonkolan as Brian Smith has it. Which makes it sound a bit pythonesque.

 

[rich p]

I've got to go out to some fecking cultural experience in the Brighton Festival. Record and avoid the result till later.

 

[smutchin]

This descent looks terrifying.

Kirby is right (for once) - they really need to get the feckin camera motos out of the way.

 

[Dave Davenport]

He (Kirby) has also put me right on what the bags are called that are handed up in the feed zone, there's me thinking they were called musettes when it would seem the correct term is 'knap sack'.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

He (Kirby) has also put me right on what the bags are called that are handed up in the feed zone, there's me thinking they were called musettes when it would seem the correct term is 'knap sack'.

He also made a reference to bouche amuses earlier. What a headknob!

 

[smutchin]

Aru and Formolo have gone pop with 5.8km to go. Dumoulin still hanging on. Poels looking very strong.

 

[Bollo]

Dumoulin looks relatively comfortable, but I don’t think he’ll be able to respond to any kind of attack.

 

[smutchin]

Pinot looks like he's finding it hard to hang on to Dumoulin's wheel.

Yates is looking very comfortable. Biding his time before an attack...

 

[smutchin]

Pozzovivo and Lopez are looking relatively untroubled so far as well.

 

[smutchin]

Froome has a gap!

Lopez, Pozzovivo and Yates following. Pinot and Dumoulin losing time.

 

[Crackle]

Oooh.

 

[Bollo]

Froome takes off, but looks like Yates is riding to a plan.

 

[smutchin]

looks like Yates is riding to a plan.

I was just thinking the same thing. He's riding very patiently.

 

[Beebo]

Can’t see Froome holding for the win.