Giro 2018 "contains spoilers"

[Bollo]

Yates needs the bonus.

 

[Bollo]

This is torture!

 

[Beebo]

Can’t see Froome holding for the win.

Well I was wrong. Well done Froome

 

[Crackle]

Ace stuff

 

[Bollo]

I make that 30+6? for the bonus gap to dumoulin? I nearly snapped the Ipad!

 

[smutchin]

Well done, Froomey, that was a great ride. Would have been really harsh if Yates had caught him.

Dumoulin did much better than expected. Pinot did much worse - he's slipped back behind Pozzovivo on GC again.

 

[Crackle]

No one suffers like Aru

 

[Bollo]

No one suffers like Aru

Anyone having to watch Aru dies a little inside as well.

 

[Crackle]

Anyone see the bloke with the stuffed dog pursuing froomedawg? He got a swift kick from the commissaire.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Fabulous racing. Wanted Yates to catch Froome all the way but, credit to Froome, he pulled away at the finish.

 

[smutchin]

Anyone see the bloke with the stuffed dog pursuing froomedawg? He got a swift kick from the commissaire.

My favourite bit was Froome shoving the T-Rex off the road - shame he didn't go tumbling down the mountainside.

 

[smutchin]

Froome leaps up to 5th on GC. If he puts in a good TT, he's on course for a podium finish.

 

[Crackle]

Froome leaps up to 5th on GC. If he puts in a good TT, he's on course for a podium finish.

I think that's the best he can hope for, which would be an achievement in itself

 

[Bollo]

That was a high tension stage but it wouldn't call it a great racing spectacle. I think the problem was that the test was so tough that nearly everyone, including Yates, was more or less riding on their power meters. Apart from Froome, there weren't any sequences of attack and counter-attack that make the best mountains. If Sky are responsible for animating a stage then you know the end-times are near. Maybe missing a Bertie or Nibbles?

 

[roadrash]

Great win and confidence boost for groom. Dumpmoulin did well there I thought he would lose more than that . I was willing Pinot on to finish in front of dumoulin just for the PTP points