Giro 2023 Route.With Spoilers !

[Dogtrousers]

Everyone seen this? Cav says: That's sprintin'

View: https://twitter.com/AstanaQazTeam/status/1656356583725580288

 

[T4tomo]

I don't have a clue whose fault it was.

Dainese's - he got relegated for it.

and the dog to blame for earlier, he's truly back in the dog house.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Not just cyclists came a cropper yesterday

View: https://twitter.com/eduardochozas/status/1656372659947466783

 

[T4tomo]

Not just cyclists came a cropper yesterday

View: https://twitter.com/eduardochozas/status/1656372659947466783

ouch that looked nasty, particularly for poor camera man on the back. was he OK does anyone know?

 

[rich p]

Heartbreak for the breakaway.
Don't know if they stopped in the last 400m or were they exhausted

 

[Adam4868]

Heartbreak for the breakaway.
Don't know if they stopped in the last 400m or were they exhausted

Watched the end of that on my phone at work..
Not sure what happened but from the camera angle looked like they just gave up with 200 m to go !

 

[rich p]

Watched the end of that on my phone at work..
Not sure what happened but from the camera angle looked like they just gave up with 200 m to go !

Breakaway said that de Marchi stopped as he would have been outsprinted so Clarke did likewise!
Shame

 

[Adam4868]

Anyway enough of that sprinting malarkey looking at tomorrow's stage the Giro officially starts 😁

 

[Adam4868]

Come on Rogla that's fighting talk !

Remco Evenepoel: "I think that Primoz Roglic is nervous, he know he's 44 seconds behind. Also Jumbo-Visma ride in a nervous way in the peloton but that's their style. I think for the moment, I'm the strongest."

 

[Cathryn]

Breakaway said that de Marchi stopped as he would have been outsprinted so Clarke did likewise!
Shame

But now they'll never know. And one of them could have got the win. I'm annoyed at them.

 

[Jameshow]

Subscribed to gcn+ only to find the highlights are on discovery+
Madness have cancel gcn after a month now!!

 

[Adam4868]

Subscribed to gcn+ only to find the highlights are on discovery+
Madness have cancel gcn after a month now!!

There's a whole thread somewhere on why GCN is the work of the devil 🙄
Stick with it,it's worth the money ten times over if you're into watching cycling at you're convenience that is.

 

[Adam4868]

But now they'll never know. And one of them could have got the win. I'm annoyed at them.

A sort of modern day romance story....

Alessandro De Marchi: "I wanted to win so I played a game with Clarke, I knew he was faster than me. I refused to pull which I never did in my career."
@SimoClarke who said he had nothing against De Marchi "... indeed, I have to thank him because we will not have gone all the way without him...".
And their hugs as Pedersen crossed the finish line say more than any words.

 

[Cathryn]

A sort of modern day romance story....

Alessandro De Marchi: "I wanted to win so I played a game with Clarke, I knew he was faster than me. I refused to pull which I never did in my career."
@SimoClarke who said he had nothing against De Marchi "... indeed, I have to thank him because we will not have gone all the way without him...".
And their hugs as Pedersen crossed the finish line say more than any words.

Is coming second in a Grand Tour REALLY not worth fighting for? Is it not better than NOTHING????

I get that first is clearly preferable (!) but for those who haven't won a lot (or for a while), SURELY second on a grand tour is worth fighting for? De Marchi hasn't won ever (according to PCS) and hasn't podiumed since 2021. Okay, he wants to win, don't we all...but now he has NOTHING and a colleague he clearly quite likes has got nothing either. And a chap who wins a lot got another win.

I find his attitude disappointing.*

* Again, clearly not a pro-cyclist and don't understand the nuances. But still...

 

[McNobber]

A sort of modern day romance story....

Alessandro De Marchi: "I wanted to win so I played a game with Clarke, I knew he was faster than me. I refused to pull which I never did in my career."
@SimoClarke who said he had nothing against De Marchi "... indeed, I have to thank him because we will not have gone all the way without him...".
And their hugs as Pedersen crossed the finish line say more than any words.

A pair of fannies