Giro d'Italia 2026 spoilers

[Gweeds]

The race organisers really don't help themselves sometimes. Luckily everyone stays up after yesterday.

Spoiler

Milan missing a few watts this year, and a second stage for Magnier

 

[mididoctors]

Milan too early I guess

 

[ColinJ]

Quite a boring stage except for the final km...

I was interested in the Bulgarian history lesson though!

No problem with the sound today, but I had lots of picture break-up. It turned out that for some reason I was only getting a 0.5 Mb/s connection from Perth instead of the usual 30+. I switched to a server in Adelaide and that fixed the problem.

 

[matticus]

just showed the pave at the finish , some serious gaps and cracks , who the feck thought that is a good idea for a sprint finish

Made for great visuals, with Milan's wheel skipping about!

 

[misforturob]

PSA: the Giro is live on YouTube if you're in the right country 🤥

World feed with Ned and Jacopo Guarnieri on comms

 

[Pblakeney]

PSA: the Giro is live on YouTube if you're in the right country 🤥

World feed with Ned and Jacopo Guarnieri on comms

Would only be helpful if you said which country.

 

[mididoctors]

Would only be helpful if you said which country.

I tried Italy couldn't find it ...found the YouTube channel

 

[misforturob]

Would only be helpful if you said which country.

Morocco works for me!

 

[Dogtrousers]

I saw a discussion on Instagram about whether Yates should have been allowed to continue, esp as he continued with a damaged helmet and it turned out he was concussed after all.

TBH I didn't watch all that closely as I was busy at the time, so I don't really have much opinion.

 

[T4tomo]

The problem with cycling & concussion is that unless you finish the stage you cant start the next one, so there is the temptation for the DS to say "well see if you can get to the finish and we can assess you properly in the morning..."

 

[Pblakeney]

The problem with cycling & concussion is that unless you finish the stage you cant start the next one, so there is the temptation for the DS to say "well see if you can get to the finish and we can assess you properly in the morning..."

Isn't the logical solution that the doctor does an on-site assessment any time there is an obvious head collision? I'm basing this on the rider being out of the stage and GC contention in any case to time losses are irrelevant. Maybe an exclusion for the time cut-off limited to the time roadside.

 

[T4tomo]

logical solutions and the UCI are pretty much mutually exclusive though

 

[Dogtrousers]

I think Yates did have a roadside concussion assessment and passed it.

He didn't look fit to continue to me. But what do I know?.

 

[Pblakeney]

I think Yates did have a roadside concussion assessment and passed it.

He didn't look fit to continue to me. But what do I know?.

In which case a sensible protocol was adhered to. Adrenaline does strange things to the body and mind though.
Not sure what else they can do other than pull all riders involved in a crash which seems sub-optimal.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Would only be helpful if you said which country.

Help would be appreciated as I am in Spain atm.