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

[woohoo]

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

Agreed but Michelle Cound doesn't help him (IMHO).

 

[smutchin]

Nibbles down!
Edit: just a flat tyre, apparently, not a crash as the commentators were suggesting. And he's back in the peloton now.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

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

Do we know whether they've cycled into somewhere where it was already raining or whether it's just started to rain? From the map, it looks like it could be a hilly area that gets a fair amount of rain from off the coast.

EDIT: Oh well, it looks dry again! Though not at the finish....

 

[dragon72]

Il á 22 ans, merci

What's that accent doing on the "a"?

 

[smutchin]

What's that accent doing on the "a"?

Sophisticated and continental, innit.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Go Duque!

 

[Dayvo]

What's that accent doing on the "a"?

It's French à la Brightonish.

 

[Strathlubnaig]

allez Sylvain !!

 

[smutchin]

Sylvain Georges apparently has previous for winning on a big climb with a solo attack...

 

[Strathlubnaig]

Sylvain Georges apparently has previous for winning on a big climb with a solo attack...

his lead is disappearing like sand through an egg timer now.

 

[smutchin]

Siutsou doing what Siutsou does. He's a machine!

 

[smutchin]

his lead is disappearing like sand through an egg timer now.

Aye. I guess he wasn't being pursued by the Team Sky Mountain Express that time.

 

[smutchin]

Chalapud joins Diluca in the attack! Vamos!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

And Sylvain cracks...

 

[Strathlubnaig]

...are we at the 'end game' yet ????