kiddy Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Marcel Kittel retires! https://www.marcelkittel.de/en 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Giro starts in Bologna today. Roglic starts a big favourite, on current form. But I'm going to go for Simon Yates to make good on last year's mistake of doing likewise & losing form at the end of the third week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 On 10/05/2019 at 08:48, kiddy said: Marcel Kittel retires! https://www.marcelkittel.de/en He's just taking a break from the sport. From the statement that you linked to - "I would like to ride and race again in the future and I have to work out a plan to be able to reach this goal." Pretty clear to me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Brutal climb at the end of the Prologue/1st Stage TT. Some Japanese boy struggling to finish the 1st Stage. Lost 4 and a half minutes in 8km. Whoops. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Brutal climb at the end of the Prologue/1st Stage TT. Some Japanese boy struggling to finish the 1st Stage. [emoji38] Lost 4 and a half minutes in 8km. Whoops.Aye, that was a killer of a climb, just watching the highlights show on Quest just now. Roglic takes the stage and the pink jersey, Simon Yates second. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 (edited) Viviani DQ'd in stage 3 (strayed off line in sprint), overtakes Ackerman with 100m to go & edge out Gaviria (now winner) & Demare. Crash 5Km from the finish, caught out majority of Ineos riders. Teo Geoghan Hart involved & lost 1.30 in GC due to it. Sivakov avoided it, though he was 30 down on his team mate after Stage 1. Not sure if Carapaz was caught out too, he punctured with 9 to go & had only just made it back onto the peleton. Edited May 13, 2019 by kiddy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Major crash 5km from the finish. Roglic avoids it & finishes in a small group seconds behind winner Carapaz. Yates drops 16 secs to the Maglia Rosa. Looks as though Dumoulin's Giro is over, looks pretty banged up & loses 4 mins. GC top 10RoglicYates @35 secsNibali @39Lopez @44Ullisi @44Majka @49Mollema @55Caruso @56Jungels @1.02Formolo @1.06 Looked like Ineos rider 167? (Puccio) touched wheels, whilst looking back the way in the peleton, causing the crash. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Tour of Britain starting in Glasgow this year.https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/17637208.glasgow-set-to-host-opening-stage-of-tour-of-britain-cycling-race/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 2 hours ago, peasy23 said: Tour of Britain starting in Glasgow this year.https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/17637208.glasgow-set-to-host-opening-stage-of-tour-of-britain-cycling-race/ & heading straight out of Scotland, again. Mind you, they didn't even come up here last year! No wonder nobody's interested in it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnash Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 9 hours ago, kiddy said: & heading straight out of Scotland, again. Mind you, they didn't even come up here last year! No wonder nobody's interested in it. It's a 1 week event, so 1 day in Scotland seems fair enough. It would be good if they went further north sometimes, but I suspect the Highlands are out for logistical reasons. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 It's a 1 week event, so 1 day in Scotland seems fair enough. It would be good if they went further north sometimes, but I suspect the Highlands are out for logistical reasons.Always thought a tour of Scotland just before the Giro or Tour would be a good event - doing the climbs up to our ski resorts etc aren't going to be as tough as those in the Romandie or whatever but it would be good to get some climbing in the legs and there would be some good opportunities for scenic sprint finishes along the Royal Mile, down to the Glen Gates in Dunfermline, outside the V&A in Dundee, etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Always thought a tour of Scotland just before the Giro or Tour would be a good event - doing the climbs up to our ski resorts etc aren't going to be as tough as those in the Romandie or whatever but it would be good to get some climbing in the legs and there would be some good opportunities for scenic sprint finishes along the Royal Mile, down to the Glen Gates in Dunfermline, outside the V&A in Dundee, etc. Like this?https://womenstourofscotland.com/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Like this?https://womenstourofscotland.com/Nice! That would make for a decent race actually - nice scenery and interesting start/end points. I hadn't seen that before I suggested my parcours btw. Another couple of stages with an uphill finish thrown in somewhere (Glenshee, Caringorm funicular?) would make for quite a good test for the pro teams I reckon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 (edited) Today in the Giro. Dumoulin climbs off bike within minutes. Katusha's Danny Navarro's in intensive care in Rome, following yesterday's crash. 3 broken ribs, punctured lung & broken collarbone. Landa attempts an apology, for calling Yates a "retard", on twitter & it's pishing rain. Also, breaking news on an Austro/German doping investigation, Operation Aderlass, results in Durasek, UAE being suspended from the Tour of California & Koren Bahrain Merida being bumped from the Giro. Also talks of historical instances involving Petachi & Garzelli. Edited May 15, 2019 by kiddy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 How long do they have to clear the Stelvio? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 & the Gavia too 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Giro gone up a gear or two the past two days. Still feel it's roglic to lose especially with the final stage time trial. He'd have to have a Yatesesque blow up before then you'd imagine if the others were to stand a chance 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnash Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Yesterday's stage finally got rid of the 'placeholders' from GC. But the surprise was that it was Carapaz, not Roglic that went into pink with a superb breakaway. Yates got a few seconds back as well. The last part of the stage was very strange with the Roglic / Nibali group unwilling to chase down Carapaz and Yates. I assumed none of them wanted to do the work for the others, but maybe they just didn't have the legs? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Yesterday's stage finally got rid of the 'placeholders' from GC. But the surprise was that it was Carapaz, not Roglic that went into pink with a superb breakaway. Yates got a few seconds back as well. The last part of the stage was very strange with the Roglic / Nibali group unwilling to chase down Carapaz and Yates. I assumed none of them wanted to do the work for the others, but maybe they just didn't have the legs?It did come after a tough stage the previous day and several long stages. This has been one of those times Movistar having 2 leaders has worked to their advantage. Roglic in a great position though, being so close but with a big team being in control of the peloton. Why is Landa wearing the number 1 by the way? I assumed Ineos would get that since they are the team of the previous winner or failing that Dumoulim since he was the winner before that and 2nd last time out. It's not as if Movistar are first alphabetically either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Yesterday's stage finally got rid of the 'placeholders' from GC. But the surprise was that it was Carapaz, not Roglic that went into pink with a superb breakaway. Yates got a few seconds back as well. The last part of the stage was very strange with the Roglic / Nibali group unwilling to chase down Carapaz and Yates. I assumed none of them wanted to do the work for the others, but maybe they just didn't have the legs?I wonder if roglic and nibali could end up shooting themselves in the foot here. Nibali has already criticised Roglic "negative" riding more than once in this giro. If a big hitter or two was to ride away from them when they didn't have any domestiques left I don't think nibali would be willing to chase for roglic 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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