Giro d'Italia 2013, 4th-26th May - [Spoilers]

[thom]

Chapeau Nibali - his first win of the Giro. He certainly seemed untouchable as a bike rider in the shitty conditions right the way through. Was he ever really put under pressure ?
Cav now has 43 Grand Tour wins, joint 4'th with Alfredo Binda and has the full set of grand tour points jerseys. He has an abundance of hunger and a dedicated team worthy of his talents. Matching up against Sagan in the tour is a fantastic prospect.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Let's not forget Betancur and Majka either - it was a great battle for the white jersey well won by Betancur, and great to see both the Colombians and the Poles doing well.

 

[Scoosh]

Just got back home - Chapeau Cav - he's quite a class act, isn't he ?

He has a wonderful knack of getting in the right place - irrespective of his own lead-out train - and leaving the rest for dead when the burners go on !

When ALL the top sprinters come together in the Tour ... [ribs hands with glee}

 

[Scoosh]

Let's not forget Betancur and Majka either - it was a great battle for the white jersey well won by Betancur, and great to see both the Colombians and the Poles doing well.

2 Poles in the top 10 ...

 

[smutchin]

So Cav becomes the fifth rider to achieve the triple crown of Grand Tour points jerseys but only the second after Merckx to have also been World Champion.

(Though Jalabert was World TT Champion, of course.)

 

[Strathlubnaig]

Really good effort from Cavendish, hanging in for the entire difficult tour, he did well on the hilly bits too.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

Happy for Cav. It's impossible not to like him. Character by the bucket load.

He's nearly as quick as me too.

 

[thom]

Here's a nice story about Adam Hansen's lone stage victory by Herbie Sykes, linked to from inrng.
The bit at the end about Tiralongo is particularly funny...

 

[Strathlubnaig]

Happy for Cav. It's impossible not to like him. Character by the bucket load.

He's nearly as quick as me too.

He is not quite so good on the hills as you Pedro.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

He is not quite so good on the hills as you Pedro.

I look better going up the hills anyway.

 

[smutchin]

After the Giro, Colombia is now the top ranked nation in the UCI WorldTour. Yay!

 

[Chris Norton]

Brilliant giro. Nibs was supreme and I think once Wiggins had gone only Evens looked like getting anywhere near. BUT Cadel is giving away a few years to NIbs and the young hungry dogs and once the weather turned to shoot then he may not quite have had it in him. He was very good though and showed real class.

Uran was looking good too and considering he would have been there for wiggins he may have got a touch closer in the end.
Young riders was a superb scrap. and then Cav pops up manages to ride the whole bloody affair and wins the points.

Bring on Le Tour!

 

[400bhp]

I might swap allegiances to Columbia - looking good for the next 10 years.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

I might swap allegiances to Columbia - looking good for the next 10 years.

But what after 10 years? What then?

 

[400bhp]

But what after 10 years? What then?

I'm sure I'll find another country

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