Giro 2022.....SPOILERS.

[T4tomo]

Well played Cav - not bad for an old dog! Seemed to take forever that sprint and had a lot to do after being dropped off so far to the line, chapeau bruv

I was certainly screaming at the TV for a long while. Awesome sprint but also clever, both in the team getting themselves position with 1km to go and Cav's canny positioning - Gaviria effectively blocked up one side on the short route round that last kink, meaning anyone else had to go the long route and round Demare as well.

Good analysis from "headbanger" Renshaw here...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwW3jByYqtE

 

[Mike_P]

Lopez abandoned

 

[Grant Fondo]

Lopez abandoned

Just seen that .... hip problem? Shame, great rider.

 

[roadrash]

@Mike_P missed that , only just put telly on, any idea why hes abandoned

 

[roadrash]

just seen @Grant Fondo post above then heard on tv

 

[BurningLegs]

Tuned in afterwards but have seen replays of at least two crashes. I think they also referred to a third in commentary.

Narrow roads creating pinch points and I think one crash caused by a moto?!

Simon Yates has been back to the Dr's car for some treatment on his knee, so really hoping that doesn't effect his race!

 

[roadrash]

I thought lopez was going down on that last bend before the line

 

[Sittingduck]

lol(pez), unlucky but almost stacked it - pink jersey all the same!

 

[Adam4868]

Lenny 😁
First win of the Giro...

 

[Adam4868]

GC time differences of the favourites after today's stage.
Think we can safely say Tom Dumoulin is out of the running,looked tired today.
Yates
Kelderman +0:13
Bilbao +0:18
Almeida +0:18
Porte +0:22
Bardet +0:24
Carapaz +0:24
Landa +0:33
Arensman +0:33
Hindley +0:34
Carthy +0:38
Valverde +0:41
Ciccone +0:50
Buchmann +0:57
Sosa +1:23

 

[Cathryn]

I felt really sad for Dumoulin. He looked really dejected in the interview after the stage.

 

[rich p]

I'm going for Lopez even though the twat let me down by bailing in the Vuelta!

Will I never learn!!!

 

[Shadow]

Will I never learn!!!

A nice flat, apart from the lump in the middle, stage today for your sprinter to forget about your climbers!

 

[matticus]

I was certainly screaming at the TV for a long while. Awesome sprint but also clever, both in the team getting themselves position with 1km to go and Cav's canny positioning - Gaviria effectively blocked up one side on the short route round that last kink, meaning anyone else had to go the long route and round Demare as well.

Good analysis from "headbanger" Renshaw here...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwW3jByYqtE

Did you see the GCN analysis yesterday (blythe and Mcewan?). They made the interesting point that Caleb rode a lot faster than Cav in the last 400m! But he started waaaaaay back, finished a couple of metres behind Cav. Result - a Cav win

 

[Dogtrousers]

The real drama is going on in the race-within-a-reace for "Best De Gendt" as Thomas and Aimé battle it out on Twitter


View: https://twitter.com/DeGendtThomas/status/1524068429048782848