Giro 2021. (with spoilers )

[Adam4868]

If it's damp it'll be carnage loke Cuddly Cadel years ago

I remember when Bardet came 2nd at Strade....it'd be rude not to at 25/1 😁

 

[roadrash]

Stage 11 tommorow looks class ! Same roads as Strade Bianchi.

Looking forward to it

 

[Milzy]

I remember when Bardet came 2nd at Strade....it'd be rude not to at 25/1 😁

Still terrible odds really. People don’t realise Bernie trained on a lot of gravel roads back home as a youngster. He’s just as comfortable as the CX guys on there with more W/kg.

 

[Adam4868]

Still terrible odds really. People don’t realise Bernie trained on a lot of gravel roads back home as a youngster. He’s just as comfortable as the CX guys on there with more W/kg.

He might have and he's a rider ive allways liked.But when's the last time you saw him win ? As for terrible odds...25/1 is pretty good for me,I'm not greedy

 

[Cathryn]

I am really struggling with the Clean-Shaven P Sagan :-(

ME TOO!!

 

[Domus]

Rain is forecast.

There will be mud. 😱

 

[Ridgeway]

Rain is forecast.

There will be mud. 😱

yeah but at least it will be white

jeeps even the mud in Italy has style

 

[Domus]

I did two walking holidays in Tuscany, the white surface turns a very sticky pale brown when wet and sticks like glue to walking shoes. Horrible stuff. The highlight each evening was finding a good stick to clean the shoes. My lovely Saucony’s looked like diver’s boots. 😱

 

[matticus]

I did two walking holidays in Tuscany, the white surface turns a very sticky pale brown when wet and sticks like glue to walking shoes. Horrible stuff. The highlight each evening was finding a good stick to clean the shoes. My lovely Saucony’s looked like diver’s boots. 😱

This is sounding great

 

[Ridgeway]

Sounds like it will be a day for the CX boys, where's Pidcock when you need him....

 

[Adam4868]

It's a day for someone GC to take some time.Ill stick with Bernal for the win.

 

[Shadow]

It's a day for someone GC to take some time.Ill stick with Bernal for the win.

Bernal may well take the win, he is certainly the favourite. However, I would prefer someone else for sheer entertainment value.

I think its unlikely any GC guys to take serious time, they will surely be marking each other, so only splits of seconds are likely? Big time gaps will come on saturday and then we'll have a much clearer picture of who is serious GC contender (eg Bernal and who else?) as opposed to a pretender (Yates, Evenpoel?).

In spite of all that, am looking forward to a couple of hours of welsh tv this pm!

 

[Adam4868]

Bernal may well take the win, he is certainly the favourite. However, I would prefer someone else for sheer entertainment value.

I think its unlikely any GC guys to take serious time, they will surely be marking each other, so only splits of seconds are likely? Big time gaps will come on saturday and then we'll have a much clearer picture of who is serious GC contender (eg Bernal and who else?) as opposed to a pretender (Yates, Evenpoel?).

In spite of all that, am looking forward to a couple of hours of welsh tv this pm!

I'd say Bernal needs at least a minute and half going into the final TT so everything counts ! Nobody expected him to drop everybody on Monday....I'm just trying to be positive

 

[mjr]

yeah but at least it will be white

jeeps even the mud in Italy has style

As homage, I rode crushed limestone roads twice this week. Waterbeach to Cambridge, and through Bawsey Country Park. Yes, it makes a mess of the bike!

 

[Adam4868]

As homage, I rode crushed limestone roads twice this week. Waterbeach to Cambridge, and through Bawsey Country Park. Yes, it makes a mess of the bike!

I had a pizza and 3/4 bottle of red wine last night instead....