Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Ben O'C - F'd around ... and found out. A few stages ago.
Giro d'Italia 2024 ***SPOILERS***
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Ben O'C - F'd around ... and found out. A few stages ago.
Painful for the Nairoman...
... If only he knew of something he could take to dull the pain... 😊
Mr Celine
Discordian
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- Waxing my moustache
Changed again, snowing on the Umbrail. To start at 14:00 from Spondining.
It's pishing down where we intended cycling to the finish from, think we'll just walk instead.
T4tomo
Legendary Member
the remaining sprinters will be pleased they dont have to get over the Umbrail. We now have a short stage with a summit finish, which can often get very explosive. Whilst the umbrail had potential to shake the GC up a bit, it was probably too early in the stage for anyone to go bananas on it anyway
T4tomo
Legendary Member
Is that a conflict, I sense Arensman / Ineos was making sure he has a chance to take White off Tiberi. Sticking with G probably wouldn't have got G up any quicker, its not like there weren't other wheels to follow
Mr Celine
Discordian
- Location
- Waxing my moustache
Eventually donned our foul weather gear and sauntered up to the base of the final climb, where there was a *free* chairlift to the summit. After a leisurely coffee in a warm and dry hotel walked down to the 300m sign and watched the race from there.
Highlight was Rui Oliviera zigzagging up a 10% gradient with his rear mech stuck on the 11 tooth sprocket.
Adam4868
Guru
If Arensman has the freedom to go for the white maybe G loses his podium spot ? Arensman has looked quality as this race as gone on.
T4tomo
Legendary Member
Eventually donned our foul weather gear and sauntered up to the base of the final climb, where there was a *free* chairlift to the summit. After a leisurely coffee in a warm and dry hotel walked down to the 300m sign and watched the race from there.
Highlight was Rui Oliviera zigzagging up a 10% gradient with his rear mech stuck on the 11 tooth sprocket.
How is the weather this morning?
I bet the chairlift was pleasant in that weather, it looked like a classic Italian uncovered one!
Mr Celine
Discordian
- Location
- Waxing my moustache
Good enough for a 27 mile loop over the Furkelpass, now recovering and watching the giro on TV.
The chairlift was better than walking and it wasn't raining hard at that point. All the other passengers were holding umbrellas.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Pog's margin over 2nd is now 7:42.
And 7:42 was exactly Eddy Merckx's winning margin in 1973. It's the 18th biggest margin in the Giro.
His next target will be the 17th biggest margin which is 8:18 (Gino Bartali, 1937)
And 7:42 was exactly Eddy Merckx's winning margin in 1973. It's the 18th biggest margin in the Giro.
His next target will be the 17th biggest margin which is 8:18 (Gino Bartali, 1937)
TomDW
Well-Known Member
Great win yeah. His first as a Pro !
I can't help think that putting on those awful pink helmets everyday is a motivation killer.
Pog has no competition really. Last year's TdF him & his team were expending so much energy trying to outsmart Vingegaard. In this tour they have to outsmart no one.
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