AndyRM
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They sounded more concerned about his hip on 5Live Extra.
Giro d'Italia 2013, 4th-26th May - [Spoilers]
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They sounded more concerned about his hip on 5Live Extra.
ColinJ
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Either way - he doesn't exactly have a lot of fat on his body to break a fall, does he!
Team Sky website says no injuries
Nervous breakdown?
Anyway, get back to your revision, slacker.
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Well I missed this all live but when I said it could be carnage earlier and for Nibali to have a go in the last 25km, I didn't expect anything like this.
Fair play to Nibali for taking the initiative and for Ryder and Cadel for being with it. Great bike racing by those prepared to front up. Wiggins just didn't have enough on the short sharp climbs.
Surely his day is done with this one - he'll need a lot of heart to front up in tomorrow's TT.
It will be interesting to see how long Cadel Evans stays in contention and what SKY try to get out of the rest of the race.
Fair play to Nibali for taking the initiative and for Ryder and Cadel for being with it. Great bike racing by those prepared to front up. Wiggins just didn't have enough on the short sharp climbs.
Surely his day is done with this one - he'll need a lot of heart to front up in tomorrow's TT.
It will be interesting to see how long Cadel Evans stays in contention and what SKY try to get out of the rest of the race.
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It looked like he was with Nibali when he went down (coverage was a bit crap to tell)?
Peeps are writing him off way too early.
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Not so sure he was still there but not certain to be honest. I thought Nibali had already moved ahead of the Pink Jersey, where Wiggins was at that point.It looked like he was with Nibali when he went down (coverage was a bit crap to tell)?
Peeps are writing him off way too early.
You have to admit, he's up against it more than ever. As FM pointed out, Wiggins was supposed to be striding ahead in the TT tomorrow, not clawing back time.
We shall really see the form of all the contenders tomorrow - there will be no hiding place.
This race looks like being a real stonker again.
Tomorrow's stage is very similar to the one last year that went into Fano that Cav won. It's just that everyone thought it was an ultra dull stage where nowt happened. The main hill called San Bartolo was actually in that 'flat' stage, it's just the pelaton romped over it whilst David Harmon was busy telling stories about the time Marco Pantani and Rossi stopped off in a bloke's cafe in a village on top of the hill called Fiorenzuola. They were helicopter shots. I suspect the time trial will be more interesting as the motorbike cameras can follow showing much more of the course. It's a really nice stage, I wanted to go and watch it in person this year.
Anyone that rode the giro in 2012 will be familiar with the course.
The hill is easier going south as they are doing it, the big, big bends right at the end of san bartolo are really wide, but I would imagine a pro might get upto 55-60mph for bursts on those sections. After Pesaro to make it more 'technical' they have diverted the route away from the two main roads (one of which was used to ramp up a sprint). This is a slight slog, then flattish and then the climb upto Saltara.
My opinion on the TT having rode the course is that Wiggins wouldn't have as big an advantage as you expect, even though it's not like the mountain TT. It's not overly technical, but it's not as flat as it looks and there are a few difficult bends and follow throughs.
Apart from the appalling grammar.Can't argue with that
Evans will be dropped like a stone on the first mountain top finish!
I'll, today's Guardian article, recommend, to the house and in particular, Marin.Apart from the appalling grammar.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/09/grammar-rules-everyone-know?INTCMP=SRCH
Can't argue with that
I can't wait to see what it looks like on tv. You're all going to tell me it looks really boring now
, but it should be better than last year. One of the things about the helicopter shots was it doesn't necessarily show the valleys that well, just the vegetation. I like San Bartolo going south and I don't even like descending!After Pesaro there's a cycle path that goes along the beach for a bit. If they had wanted a slightly impractical and daft crowd pleaser they could have routed a TT along this for a bit and had gigantic crowds. I think it would also have looked funny seeing someone more or less TTing along a beach.
deptfordmarmoset
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Or apart from the different dialect...Apart from the appalling grammar.
