dragon72
Guru
- Location
- Mexico City
Just how many "bad days" is Porte going to suffer in this Giro?
Giro d'Italia 2015 *spoilers*
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OP
OP
Pro Tour Punditry
Guru
Never mind, he's got a nice caravan to go back to
biking_fox
Guru
- Location
- Manchester
CN reporting Aru in pink! Not just Porte's bad day.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Contador didn't lose much time though - he'll easily take it back with interest in the TT.
Hont
Guru
- Location
- Bromsgrove
He was not on his own bike when he crossed the line, so the transducer info will have been wrong. I'm sure they'll correct it later.
There looked to be splits in the peloton, so Contador might have lost less than first thought.
OP
OP
Pro Tour Punditry
Guru
Did Simon Clarke hand over his bike to Dirty Bertie?
Bobby Mhor
Guru
- Location
- Behind You
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Am I making this up? I have a vague memory of the TdF and Bertie being caught in/behind a crash outside the 3km limit, chasing back, and his rival (Schleck?) also crashing but inside the 3km limit, and Bertie finishing ahead of him but also losing time to him. IIRC Lots of head scratching about the rules then. Or perhaps I'm making it all up.
OP
OP
Pro Tour Punditry
Guru
Flying_Monkey
Recyclist
- Location
- Odawa
Porte is out of this now, and it's at least partly bad road tactics by Sky - how many times do we hear the commentators going on about the need to the team leaders to be up at the front so that they don't get caught behind crashes or miss breaks? Contador almost made as bad a mistake, but actually this is going to benefit him. He didn't want to be in pink, and now he can 'relax' (in relative terms!) as Aru an Astana work out what to do and whether and how they can defend this tiny lead.
HF2300
Insanity Prawn Boy
Well, the crash was pretty close to the front, and I guess at that stage you've got the choice of be a little down and risk a crash, or be right up the front, get tangled with the sprint leadouts and risk a crash. Having said that, I only half paid attention to Giro Extra but did I hear correctly that Porte was stuck without someone to donate a bike again?
simo105
Senior Member
It looked that way and im sure one of the sky riders just carried on without helping!
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
It looked to me like Porte actually avoided the initial crash but was taken out by an Astana rider as he negotiated his way round the fallen bodies. Not at all suspicious, eh?
