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Giro d'Italia 2013, 4th-26th May - [Spoilers]
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aces_up1504
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Why dont the riders have numbers as per most every sport to help with ID of the riders?
lukesdad
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They do have numbers
Radchenister
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Back to the plot, today is interesting, I read somewhere it's not a big day in GC terms?
The media are busy digging at Sir Brad over his 'girl' comment; Radio 2 have reported the 2 minutes as 'not good news' - it's a grey day in the UK so we are all prone to a bit of whinging about it
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The weather in the Dolomites might hold up until past the race time. The hill climb is not as nasty as yesterday's but the descent is described as potentially spectacular.
What happens with the Sky strategy will be interesting, another attack from the Colombian aiming to claw some time back or will energy start being conserved?
Presume the aim will be to keep it a neutral day for Wiggo perhaps?
What do people think?
The media are busy digging at Sir Brad over his 'girl' comment; Radio 2 have reported the 2 minutes as 'not good news' - it's a grey day in the UK so we are all prone to a bit of whinging about it
. The weather in the Dolomites might hold up until past the race time. The hill climb is not as nasty as yesterday's but the descent is described as potentially spectacular.
What happens with the Sky strategy will be interesting, another attack from the Colombian aiming to claw some time back or will energy start being conserved?
Presume the aim will be to keep it a neutral day for Wiggo perhaps?
What do people think?
Flying_Monkey
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And what's more, in Sky's case, they have their names on the side of their jerseys. Plus Uran has the most spectacular mullett and looks nothing like Wiggins... apart from that, I totally understand the mistake.
I was shouting at the screen they got it wrong so often. It seemed quite clear to me that Wiggins was 'hiding' further back (with Henao) and leaving the super-domestiques to drive it for Uran. Where it went wrong, I think, is that Henao was probably supposed to be shepherding Wiggins, which he was for the first part of the last climb, but for once he didn't seem to have his climbing legs on and couldn't keep up, leaving Wiggins on his own as Uran made the planned attack, and Sky didn't have a back-up supporter for Wiggins. That's just the way I saw it though...
Radchenister
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http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news...th-wiggins-and-uran-at-the-giro-d-italia.html
Poker faces all round. .
Poker faces all round.
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Flying_Monkey
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http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news...th-wiggins-and-uran-at-the-giro-d-italia.html
Poker faces all round.
This is exactly what Wiggins said before about the TdF. Don't see why it should be different for the Giro.
Radchenister
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smutchin
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Here's the Strava segment of today's final climb. I have a funny feeling Signore De Stefano is going to lose his KOM...
http://app.strava.com/segments/1249637
http://app.strava.com/segments/1249637
aces_up1504
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well in that case no excuse of them to get the names wrong or not be able to find out who is who.
Showing my lack of watching Cycling on TV
The numbers aren't always easy to read so the commentators need to be able to recognise riders as well by their style, physique and appearance or jizz as we birders say.well in that case no excuse of them to get the names wrong or not be able to find out who is who.
Showing my lack of watching Cycling on TV
I am not sure. That time is the equivalent of doing three Box Hills in a row in a 6 minute time roughly. That's not bad TBH, and throw in the fact that not many of the pro peloton upload to Strava - he might just hang in there...
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thom
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If Brad had spent more time at FdJ learning how to handle the cold & wet, he wouldn't be in this position :
