Giro d'Italia 2013, 4th-26th May - [Spoilers]

[Noodley]

Today's stage profile looks like it could lend itself to some attacking near the end

 

[rich p]

I think Cobo is now well on the radar of the testing bodies and may not enjoy quite the same privacy to prepare himself...

So the jury's out on the first Brit to win a GT
Wiggins in the 2009 TdF?
Froome in the 2011 Vuelta?
or Boardman, way back when the rest were all juiced?
Just being mischievous BTW.

 

[Noodley]

I thought he'd retired years ago

In my mind he 'won' the 2006 Giro - 6th behind 5 dopers.

 

[smutchin]

Cavendish only lost 8m30...seems a good sign to me that he will be able to perhaps even nick one of the "flat" (but-in-real-life-not-so-flat) stages. Ferrari, Goss and Bouhanni all ended much more behind

BBC version: Disaster for Cavendish as his Giro hopes end in dismal failure!

 

[smutchin]

Today's stage profile looks like it could lend itself to some attacking near the end

15km final climb! Not an especially steep one but could make things very interesting. Hope to see something from Pozzovivo and Betancur today (they're both in my fantasy team).

Towards the end of yesterday's stage, the commentator mentioned that Hesjedal was isolated, with no team-mates for support, but looking at the results, Danielson was in the lead group that crossed the line 16 seconds behind Paolini, so that's clearly bobbins.

 

[Radchenister]

BBC version: Disaster for Cavendish as his Giro hopes end in dismal failure!

Time to adjust his boost valve ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boost_controller ) !

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Time to adjust his boost valve ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boost_controller ) !

Looking at that link, I note that a boost controller affects the mechanical wastegate activator. In my day, a wastegate activator was just a simple kick up the backside.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

So the jury's out on the first Brit to win a GT
Wiggins in the 2009 TdF?
Froome in the 2011 Vuelta?
or Boardman, way back when the rest were all juiced?
Just being mischievous BTW.

I've noted my suspicions of Froome before. (But I'm still not sure whether it's just because his mannerisms annoy me...)

 

[Radchenister]

 

[The Couch]

Looking at that link, I note that a boost controller affects the mechanical wastegate activator. In my day, a wastegate activator was just a simple kick up the backside.

Yeah... but with OPQ it's Cav who is giving the kicks up the backsides.

 

[Rob3rt]

I've noted my suspicions of Froome before. (But I'm still not sure whether it's just because his mannerisms annoy me...)

Almost everything about him annoys me, but then again, he is paid to race bikes, not to seek my approval

 

[triangles]

BBC version: Disaster for Cavendish as his Giro hopes end in dismal failure!

https://twitter.com/ukcyclingexpert is pretty good for this sort of thing

 

[Noodley]

2 FDJ riders in today's break - Francis Mourey, better known as a cyclo-crosser; and Johan Le Bon, who I didn't know much about at all until I read this: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Le_Bon Sounds promising!!

 

[rich p]

2 FDJ riders in today's break - Francis Mourey, better known as a cyclo-crosser; and Johan Le Bon, who I didn't know much about at all until I read this: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Le_Bon Sounds promising!!

Il á 22 ans, merci

 

[smutchin]

Looks like the weather has turned nasty. Could make things interesting in the closing stages.