Giro 2020 SPOILERS !!

[Adam4868]

Trek tried a bit today towards that last climb and I was expecting a Nibali attack...and ?
No real strong teams to control it.
I remember a time when Slovenians ruled...now it's the Portuguese that dominate 😁
Chapeau to Guerreiro for his stage win,EF are having a blinder !
Don't mince your words Larry Warbasse lol.
"Guerreiro was riding like a real peanut"

 

[SWSteve]

Quack!!!

 

[Adam4868]

Quack!!!

Clever marketing by EF/Rapha kit sold out everywhere and silly money on auction sites.

 

[SWSteve]

I was out cycling in Kent yesterday when someone passed me decked out in full HTC kit. (True story).

I don't think it was a time-travelling Cav, but you never know.

You never know...

 

[themosquitoking]

You never know...

I do. It definitely wasn't. Even at his peak he never made the required 88mph.

 

[Adam4868]

Talking of Cav...think that's the end of a era today.Brings a lump to your throat.☹️

View: https://twitter.com/gmoreira_esp/status/1315324284307476482?s=19

 

[mjr]

Sure?

View: https://mobile.twitter.com/MarkCavendish/status/1315017200974082055

 

[cyberknight]

Anyone else think the weather affected the GC race? how many didnt feel like giving it full gas in such miserable weather .

 

[rich p]

Anyone else think the weather affected the GC race? how many didnt feel like giving it full gas in such miserable weather .

Nope. I think the parcours wasn't suitable for a solo GC attack and that no team is strong enough, or has a leader strong enough, to control and direct the race.
This is a second rate field with no obvious favourite which may have the result that it's a more open and exciting race. Hopefully someone will have the guts to attack at some point and galvanize the race and the rest of the ones going for GC.

 

[nickyboy]

Anyone else think the weather affected the GC race? how many didnt feel like giving it full gas in such miserable weather .

I don't think so, but it looks increasingly likely that weather will affect the GC race in the third week. Already snowy and well below freezing on Stelvio. I can't imagine it will feature unless the weather takes quite a change. That's a pity for the high mountain specialists like Nibs and Kelderman

 

[Adam4868]

Anyone else think the weather affected the GC race? how many didnt feel like giving it full gas in such miserable weather .

I'm not sure they could.Nibali certainly couldn't yesterday which was a bit of a surprise.Out of the GC contenders maybe Fuglsang looked the strongest.The only exciting thing out of that is once teammates Nibali/Fuglsang have fallen out of love !
Bit of a unspoken but could Almeida actually win this ?

 

[Adam4868]

I don't think so, but it looks increasingly likely that weather will affect the GC race in the third week. Already snowy and well below freezing on Stelvio. I can't imagine it will feature unless the weather takes quite a change. That's a pity for the high mountain specialists like Nibs and Kelderman

-10 and sunny ! Nothing a jacket and some legwarmers can't sort out.Maybe the thought of cancelled mountain stages will make them race harder in the second week ? Hopefully we will get the full Giro though.

 

[Mike_P]

Looks like today was a good rest day if that wind speed was country wide

 

[rich p]

-10 and sunny ! Nothing a jacket and some legwarmers can't sort out.Maybe the thought of cancelled mountain stages will make them race harder in the second week ? Hopefully we will get the full Giro though.
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[rich p]

I read somewhere that Almeida, Mads Pedersen, Casper Pedersen, Mikel Bjerg, Ruben Guerreiro and Tao G-H all have the same agent.
A bloody good weekend for them!