Giro d'Italia 2015 *spoilers*

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Aru files lawsuit(s) against Henderson
https://translate.google.com/transl...famazione-carera-napoleone-110876738207.shtml

Cheating twat.

 

[HF2300]

What I do find odd is the proportion of Astana riders who seem to have little difficulty keeping up compared to other teams, and perhaps 37 year olds romping off uphill to bag stage wins without difficulty?

This is the point though.

Oh, absolutely. It was really a rhetorical question - that, as you say, is the point.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Here's Astana's next great hope watching Tom Jelte Slagter go past; tipped to win a mountain stage at next year's race

 

[Crackle]

Aru files lawsuit(s) against Henderson
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/giroditalia/18-05-2015/aru-henderson-tweet-querela-diffamazione-carera-napoleone-110876738207.shtml

Cheating twat.

Yes, where have we seen that before....

In the meantime, tomorrow looks like a good day for my pick of the sprinters, Mezgec. He is at the race isn't he. I mean I'm sure someone mentioned him.

 

[robertob]

I quite like Porte's motorhome - looks quite spacious and cosy actually: http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/raci...e-richie-portes-giro-ditalia-motorhome-172385

 

[JBGooner]

I wonder if all those Astana riders busted during the winter were just makeweights to experiment the correct dosages on

 

[Roscoe]

Astana certainly raising eyebrows. Surely they wouldn't be so stupid?

 

[BrumJim]

Jeremy Clarke syndrome. They've misbehaved and got away with it. Now believe they are impervious to all criticism and allegations, and can do what they want with impunity.

 

[tug benson]

Batman looked a bit camp

 

[tug benson]

Porte with problems in the last 4K...Getting paced back by the sky train

 

[tug benson]

Porte 30 seconds back from the Peloton

 

[robertob]

Breakaway wins it, you kidding me?! Sprinter teams messed up badly.... but great to see that courage pays off from time to time. Porte must have lost close to 35s or something?

 

[biking_fox]

If this is his 'bad day' of the tour, he'll count himself lucky to have got away with a 30s loss. But somehow I doubt it.

What happened in the peleton? This was supposed to be a sprinter's day - they had the break at 4' all day and could have reeled them in anytime they wanted to up until the last k. Someone wasn't watching? Or everyone was waiting for someone else to go?

 

[The Couch]

If anybody put money on Boem today, he just won a ton of money

 

[BrumJim]

Is this the day that justifies the breakaway group at all road races for decades to come?