Giro 2019 SPOILERS ! (provided by rich p)

[rich p]

Although, I don't know how Yates can recover from being so poor until now.

 

[rich p]

I haven't a clue, I just like watching!

I think the 'having know clue' applies to those of us pretending we do!

 

[roadrash]

I don't even bother pretending anymore

 

[rich p]

As my walking chum used to say...
lots of ups and downs but not much alongs

 

[roadrash]

only 14km of flat today out of 131km

 

[yello]

French commentator has more or less said 'the next bit's a bit boring so we'll have some ads'.... but he said it the other way around; 'ads now so you don't miss an interesting bit coming up'

 

[mjr]

I wonder what that Nibali-Landa chat ending with a fist bump was about?

Oomen of sun web abandoned, no reason given in German commentary. More hints that Dumoulin may go for the Tour?

 

[mjr]

Flecha opined that the final descent would be decisive. I wonder if he's right. Could that be the reason for a Landa (climb)-Nibali (descent) alliance?

 

[yello]

Darned fine effort by Yates to get back on.

 

[Crackle]

Carapaz is threatening overall here

 

[yello]

They let Yates go?

 

[Crackle]

They let Yates go?

He's at least three minutes down on the others

 

[yello]

I don't think I realised how far back he was and/or how much of a threat the others didn't regard him as!

Edit: 5:28 down after today. No, I hadn't realised that.

 

[yello]

Superb ride from Carapaz. Went for it and made it stick.

 

[nickyboy]

Race feels really nicely poised. Carapaz, the best climber of the favourites, needs more time because Roglic will get time back on the TT. He has to attack again and Roglic will have to respond. Landa can follow and go for stages. The loser feels like Nibali who doesn't seem to be able to outclimb Roglic and can't out-TT him either.

Loads of good stages to come so I'll probably be completely wrong