Giro d'Italia 2016 ***spoilers***

[Berk on a Bike]

Seeing reports that Katusha have withdrawn Alexey Tsatevich following his blatant drafting during Sunday's TT. Race commissaires had already fined him and given him a hefty time penalty. Katusha felt it wasn't harsh enough and pulled him.

And @Marmion beat me to it

 

[Dogtrousers]

A 6min 48s time penalty to be exact. I wonder how they came up with such a precise figure.

 

[rich p]

Seems like an odd response from Team Evil Mark 2

 

[ColinJ]

Seems like an odd response from Team Evil Mark 2

Not if they are trying to convince us that they are NOT Team Evil Mark 2 ... I'm not falling for it!

I saw that rider wheelsucking but didn't realise that he had been doing it for more than just a few seconds.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Seems like an odd response from Team Evil Mark 2

Trying to curry favour with UCI methinks, and he's a convenient sacrifice

 

[400bhp]

Not if they are trying to convince us that they are NOT Team Evil Mark 2 ... I'm not falling for it!

I saw that rider wheelsucking but didn't realise that he had been doing it for more than just a few seconds.

It was utterly outrageous. Must have gone on for 15 minutes. Nobend

 

[ColinJ]

It was utterly outrageous. Must have gone on for 15 minutes. Nobend

Surely he had a radio? If the team management were really that concerned about it they could have ordered him to drop back!

 

[400bhp]

Maybe his radio wasn't working or he wasn't listening. Maybe he didn't have a radio.

Maybe the team weren't watching the same footage.

That's all speculation. The rider knew what he was doing. It's up to him to stop it.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Is it not up to the commissaires?

 

[ColinJ]

Maybe his radio wasn't working or he wasn't listening. Maybe he didn't have a radio.

Maybe the team weren't watching the same footage.

That's all speculation. The rider knew what he was doing. It's up to him to stop it.

Yes, it was his responsibility and it is obvious that he was cheating.

I'm just making the point that it is ridiculous for the team management to act so appalled afterwards when they had the power to stop it at the time. Even if there was not a working radio, there definitely would have been a team car following with spare bikes/wheels etc. Somebody could have leaned out of the window of the car and screamed at him to drop back, or else!

 

[400bhp]

Yes, it was his responsibility and it is obvious that he was cheating.

I'm just making the point that it is ridiculous for the team management to act so appalled afterwards when they had the power to stop it at the time. Even if there was not a working radio, there definitely would have been a team car following with spare bikes/wheels etc. Somebody could have leaned out of the window of the car and screamed at him to drop back, or else!

No actually. The chap he was drafting had his car in front. At one point there was three of them.

 

[Stonechat]

Apologies if someone already mentioned it, but there's footage online of Landa totally overcooking a bend, being caught by a spectator, stayed upright, and carried straight on

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Apologies if someone already mentioned it, but there's footage online of Landa totally overcooking a bend, being caught by a spectator, stayed upright, and carried straight on

 

[ColinJ]

Why DO people hold their phones/cameras that way! Do they have their computer screens and TVs turned through 90 degrees ...?

 

[mjr]

Why DO people hold their phones/cameras that way! Do they have their computer screens and TVs turned through 90 degrees ...?

Most phones are slightly easier to operate that way up, it's the same way up that most pieces of paper are and most people are taller than they are wide. I don't understand people who take pictures/videos of people and leave loads of uninteresting frame on both sides. I'm OK with computer screens being landscape-y because I have two documents open side-by-side most of the time.