Giro d'Italia 2017 **spoilers**

[User33236]

Listening in on Eurosport team over breakfast as they were discussing their plans for the day Bardiani were being frequently brought up.

 

[User33236]

Odd to see triple jumper Jonathan Edwards head up a cycling broadcast team

 

[mjr]

http://www.velonews.com/2017/05/pod...ef-chris-cosentino-makes-frites-merckx_437192 speculates that a GC contender will take pink on stage 4 up Mount Etna, then give it away to a breakaway. That means some punchers trying to lose about five minutes in stages 1-4 so they will be allowed into the break on stage 5.

Eurosport EPG wrong, showing giro now when it's actually dull dull moto circuit racing.

 

[User33236]

Locals heading out with banners

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Bardiani start the Giro

 

[User33236]

One Bardiani ruder in the breakaway with 5 others.

 

[smutchin]

Shameless.

 

[rich p]

Whoopeeeee!!! It's Robbie Hatch not that farking self-gratification artist Kirby

 

[User33236]

Peloton all together at just over 6 mins.

 

[Crackle]

Not surprised Bardiani started. The Giro organisers pushed out a rather a bland statement yesterday which amounted to nothing much.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Well timed effort by Benedetti to take the KOM points

 

[SWSteve]

so, the 15 day ban - what happened to that?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I hope the pointless data is not a too regular feature on Eurosport coverage

 

[roadrash]

I can live with the data, I think I may have removed my ears using a cheese grater had that nob head Kirby been commentating

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I just heard Brian Smith mention "small sweet buns" and thought he was speaking about @rich p