themosquitoking
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- Spain
That was hecking amazing. Kudos to Quintana he blew that to bits.
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qigong chimp
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And Dave Gorman exceeded all expectations in holding on for second.
Strathlubnaig
Guru
- Location
- Alberta
Cracking stage all in, watched after coming off shift, kudos to all the riders. Seemed to me Quintana and Co made most of their time up on the longfinal climb, not the descent, so the moans are just that.
Would be weird if he doesn't
Yeah, I am actually blown away how well he is climbing (he probably wasn't that good uphill when he won it)
LarryDuff
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- Hillsborough Co Down
http://www.bmcracingteam.com/index....]=2741&cHash=0e35615b1790f9abfa6f1ed8ccf1f9a1
BMC not happy about yesterday.
BMC not happy about yesterday.
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cisamcgu
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- Merseyside-ish
SFQR - small flange quick release - I remember this from the first wheels I ever bought.
I've got the feeling the race organisation is going to face a law suit about this
(probably pushed most by OPQS, but most likely there'll be enough teams interested to join in)
LarryDuff
Guru
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- Hillsborough Co Down
It will be everyone v Quintana from now on.
zophiel
Veteran
- Location
- Glasonbury
did he not attack on the upslope and not downhill?
was a bit different when bmc attacked after the crashes a few days ago to get slimy toad evans into the pink.
was a bit different when bmc attacked after the crashes a few days ago to get slimy toad evans into the pink.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Yikes! I watched the second half but I think it is worth me firing up Eurosport Player and watching the first half now.
It's a shame that this controversy is going to overshadow such a great stage.
It's a shame that this controversy is going to overshadow such a great stage.
roadrash
cycle chatterer
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- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
Interesting response from the giro director,
.THE RESPONSE The Director of the Giro, Mauro Vegni replied as follows: "I'm sorry there was a misunderstanding. But we never talked about suspending the stage" To protect the riders, in conditions of poor visibility, we decided to deploy safety bikes to indicate the best trajectory.”
taken from here
http://www.gazzetta.it/Giroditalia/2014/en/28-05-2014/polemichetappa16-80777079737.shtml
A lot of people not happy
.THE RESPONSE The Director of the Giro, Mauro Vegni replied as follows: "I'm sorry there was a misunderstanding. But we never talked about suspending the stage" To protect the riders, in conditions of poor visibility, we decided to deploy safety bikes to indicate the best trajectory.”
taken from here
http://www.gazzetta.it/Giroditalia/2014/en/28-05-2014/polemichetappa16-80777079737.shtml
A lot of people not happy
The most annoying this is that this was shaping up to be a very tight run contest - with Uran in the lead and several better climbers within shooting distance to possibly snatch it from him by the last stage.
Now, as long as Quintana doesn't fall off his bike at the wrong time or there is no spectacular attack on a flat stage, it's pretty much over with the best Climber considerably in the lead.
Quintana, Rolland and Hesjedal must have known they were being cheeky, but the blame is with the DS of their respective teams, who certainly would have known, and of course the organisers. The riders shouldn't be penalised, as no rules were broken and any attempt to "fix" the time standings will just muck things up further - however they were certainly taking advantage of the situation and to say that they were oblivious to it is BS considering the time the stretched out over the descent alone (which was over 2 minutes before the climb began, not the 1 minute being stated by Movistar). Quintana really, really needs to put several minutes into the others now to prove that he is the strongest rider in the race.
This Giro was boring as sin, then started to shape up to be one of the most exciting grand tours in a while as we hung onto the edge of our seats seeing whether the climbers could peg back Uran, and now that suspense has been snatched away from us. I'm certainly not going out of my way to watch the remaining stages.
And I still think the most impressive thing about yesterday was Ben Swift!!!
Now, as long as Quintana doesn't fall off his bike at the wrong time or there is no spectacular attack on a flat stage, it's pretty much over with the best Climber considerably in the lead.
Quintana, Rolland and Hesjedal must have known they were being cheeky, but the blame is with the DS of their respective teams, who certainly would have known, and of course the organisers. The riders shouldn't be penalised, as no rules were broken and any attempt to "fix" the time standings will just muck things up further - however they were certainly taking advantage of the situation and to say that they were oblivious to it is BS considering the time the stretched out over the descent alone (which was over 2 minutes before the climb began, not the 1 minute being stated by Movistar). Quintana really, really needs to put several minutes into the others now to prove that he is the strongest rider in the race.
This Giro was boring as sin, then started to shape up to be one of the most exciting grand tours in a while as we hung onto the edge of our seats seeing whether the climbers could peg back Uran, and now that suspense has been snatched away from us. I'm certainly not going out of my way to watch the remaining stages.
And I still think the most impressive thing about yesterday was Ben Swift!!!
