Giro d'Italia 2015 *spoilers*

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Porte confirms his knee and hip from yesterdays crash were bothering him and is contemplating quitting

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/raci...lia-after-massively-disappointing-week-173370

If he's "contemplating" then it's either a done deal or he's got someone hired one of his aussie mates to take out the rest of the peloton

 

[iLB]

Porte out and Kwiatkowski in for sky come the end of the season.

Porte off to join his mates at Orica.

 

[400bhp]

Might this be the last time RP gets a shot at a "grandy"?

Jut checked to confirm but his best Grande Tour was his first in 2010 - 7th. The only time he was in the top 10.

He clearly isn't a 3 week rider. Well, he is just not good enough to win a GT, unless he concentrated on the Vuelta and nothing else.

 

[Crackle]

Porte out and Kwiatkowski in for sky come the end of the season.

Porte off to join his mates at Orica.

And Kiriyienka to become part of S.P.E.C.T.R.E

 

[400bhp]

. LLS FFS

But he is a good TT'er., so I don't see it as a great surprise, given none of the big hitting TT'ers are in it.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

But he is a good TT'er., so I don't see it as a great surprise, given none of the big hitting TT'ers are in it.

You and @Crackle are now both nominated as "Optimist of the Year"



...which also includes automatic entry to "FFS wake up and get real" award

 

[smutchin]

But he is a good TT'er., so I don't see it as a great surprise, given none of the big hitting TT'ers are in it.

He was dropped by his team in 2013 for hanging around with unscrupulous doctors, then spent last season languishing in the lower leagues until his old mate Vino took pity on him and found a place for him in the world's dodgiest cycling team since the posties.

I'm not sure it's cause for celebration if he's still as good as he was a few years ago.

 

[rich p]

It's a futile speculation to wonder argue whether this Giro is clean, or a particular rider is dirty, unless some realistic dirt is found out, but the history of the sport, and the way this race has panned out makes this GIRO stink as far as I'm concerned.

 

[roadrash]

I can smell the stink from the giro , all the way over in wigan, no- one will convince me this is a clean race.

 

[smutchin]

I'm still not totally convinced by the evidence of the racing, but on balance of probabilities, the slightly fishy aroma coming from the race is unlikely to be because someone left an out of date jar of Shippams on the Astana team bus.

 

[Dayvo]

Can't see RP getting another chance

Yeah, he'll be back with another dodgy team; Summer Nobbers or Summer Shite or something like that.

They might even make an appearance at this year's TdeF.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Current situation in the race, 2 known dopers in small lead group of 3

 

[iLB]

Current situation in the race, 2 known dopers in small lead group of 3

Zak and?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Zak and?

Visconti.

And I see they have now been joined by a 3rd doper, Paulinho.

 

[iLB]

Tweets suggesting that Astana will rip it apart on the penultimate climb,