Giro 2020 SPOILERS !!

[mjr]

That's only an inch taller than me. Clearly I have the ideal build to be a pro. If only someone would have mentioned it to me when I was younger, I coulda been a contender.

Nah, you'd never've had class!

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=efHzGxEzDQA

 

[nickyboy]

I kind of hope he does, if only to stop the commentators going on about the 'gap' in his palmares!
Ullissi will fancy this one too

Ullissi FTW methinks. He looked unbeatable on Stage 2. I think he'll handle the Millotta climb fine as it's not dissimilar to the final S2 climb, leaving the final 800m ramp to go for it on.

 

[matticus]

Back to the race I'm going with Sagan for tommorows stage....he got to win sometime and this looks as good as any 😁

Are you guys aware of The Boulting Prophecy on this matter?

 

[mjr]

Are you guys aware of The Boulting Prophecy on this matter?

The Boulting Prophecy that Sagan will never win another race or stage? Yeah, I wonder if he's got money on the opposite and is trying to invoke the more famous Commentator's Curse.

 

[matticus]

That's it. It was always going to be a long-shot, but it's become a really interesting talking point! You can imagine how Sagan is getting ever more desperate each time he's outsprinted by Bennett (or one of a stable of teenagers that seem to be swamping the podiums this year). And as confidence is such a big factor for sprinters, it's starting to become A Thing :P


(I might try and dig a relevant tweet out later.)

 

[cyberknight]

You are probably right! I was really trying to say what @nickyboy posted later...


Exactly!


Eurosport/GCN/Quest are all owned by the same company so the Quest highlights ARE Eurosport coverage, but with studio chat added before and after.

Eurosport highlight shows have always been very bad. They don't do what Channel 4 used to do and ITV4 does, which is to summarise the day's events and edit clips together sensibly. A typical Eurosport highlights show is... Peloton crawling along for 25 minutes. Suddenly the riders are 100 km further down the road, having done a big climb and descent which we didn't get to see. Oh, there is a breakaway with a 10 minute lead. Ad break. The breakaway must have been caught during the ads because we are now 5 km from the finish and building up to a sprint...!

Indeed and half the time if like me you record the highlights on Eurosport you will get another sport entirely.i do have euro and as I am on nights atm I can usually wangle watching the live feed in the afternoon whilst Mrs CK does the school run but I record the quest show as I miss the end half the time when everyone gets back

 

[cisamcgu]

I’ve recorded these shows and it never catches the start!
Then, on average, you get 10 minutes of content and 5 minutes of adverts in each section. Dreadful ratio. Gotta love my FFWD button.

To redeem it they had Pippa York on the sofa and in commentary yesterday. Brilliant contributions.

Her contributions may have been brilliant, but her delivery was about as dull as it is possible to be.

 

[Adam4868]

Demare ! Nobody can touch him in a sprint..

 

[beastie]

Demare ! Nobody can touch him in a sprint..

That was superb! It reminded me of Cav at his best, the way he picked his way through a messy peloton and then just blew them all away with the full gas sprint!!

 

[roadrash]

how the feck did he come from where he did, no one any where near him

 

[rich p]

Amazing sprint.
We had speculated if he could have won the green jersey in the Tour.

 

[Eziemnaik]

That's it. It was always going to be a long-shot, but it's become a really interesting talking point! You can imagine how Sagan is getting ever more desperate each time he's outsprinted by Bennett (or one of a stable of teenagers that seem to be swamping the podiums this year). And as confidence is such a big factor for sprinters, it's starting to become A Thing :P


(I might try and dig a relevant tweet out later.)

Sagan is fututre HOF rider, one of true greats, one of my favourites, but...Sagan was lucky where his career peaked - some rider were on a downhill, others were yet too young and should he had raced a couple of years later or earlier he wouldn't have won nearly as much as he did.

 

[Adam4868]

Amazing sprint.
We had speculated if he could have won the green jersey in the Tour.

I don't think there's much doubt should of took him,fastest man out there at the moment.

 

[Adam4868]

Bling looks like Sagan-lite these days...
So I suggest you put your shirt on him for today's stage

Why did I not back him e/w !

 

[Adam4868]

Looking like a Demare v Gaviria day tommorow.