Author Topic: Giro d’Italia 2020 (Read 19776 times)

Ruthie · « **on:** 03 October, 2020, 03:15:06 pm »

Felt quite smug when I discovered you could have arch it for free on S4C.

Slightly less smug when I realized the commentary is in Welsh and there’s no subtitles. No idea what’s going on whatsoever. Seems to be a TT with a slippery section of new tarmac.

Are there any free alternatives? This essay won’t procrastinate itself y’know.

orienteer · « **Reply #1 on:** 03 October, 2020, 03:24:08 pm »

No free access, Eurosport is the only other channel I believe.

So like F1 these days, I don't see it

eckagain · « **Reply #2 on:** 03 October, 2020, 03:33:43 pm »

Aye, saw that S4C were showing it. Do you know the Welsh for Jumbo Visma? And why is Geraint Thomas mentioned so often?

Pingu · « **Reply #3 on:** 03 October, 2020, 03:54:50 pm »

Highlights are on Quest.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #4 on:** 03 October, 2020, 07:51:54 pm »

Miguel Angel Lopez does it again. The guy's a disaster area!

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #5 on:** 03 October, 2020, 08:02:44 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 03 October, 2020, 07:51:54 pm

Miguel Angel Lopez does it again. The guy's a disaster area!

What the hell happened there? It looked very odd.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #6 on:** 03 October, 2020, 08:07:02 pm »

Quote from: Pingu on 03 October, 2020, 03:54:50 pm

Highlights are on Quest.

That is Ch114 on our Freeview box but YMMV

RichForrest · « **Reply #7 on:** 03 October, 2020, 08:12:20 pm »

Quote from: Mrs Pingu on 03 October, 2020, 08:02:44 pm

Quote from: rogerzilla on 03 October, 2020, 07:51:54 pm
Miguel Angel Lopez does it again. The guy's a disaster area!

What the hell happened there? It looked very odd.

Watching it earlier it looked like he was moving from his tribars to go round the corner, his front wheel hit a bump and with only 1 hand lightly on his bars it caused him to lose balance and throw him into the barriers.

rob · « **Reply #8 on:** 03 October, 2020, 08:18:58 pm »

Reports of gusty conditions. Some commentators blaming disc wheels but that’s pretty unlikely. Probably a few people choosing front wheels with surface areas a bit too big.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #9 on:** 03 October, 2020, 08:35:34 pm »

Quote from: Pingu on 03 October, 2020, 03:54:50 pm

Highlights are on Quest.

It's not the same without *** & Super D

rogerzilla · « **Reply #10 on:** 03 October, 2020, 08:53:25 pm »

Wiggins looks like a US white supremacist now.

Pingu · « **Reply #11 on:** 03 October, 2020, 09:13:34 pm »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 03 October, 2020, 08:35:34 pm

Quote from: Pingu on 03 October, 2020, 03:54:50 pm
Highlights are on Quest.

It's not the same without *** & Super D

No. No it is not.

DuncanM · « **Reply #12 on:** 04 October, 2020, 09:36:01 am »

Victor Campagnaerts had a massive whinge about the course. Said it had oil on it and was dangerous, and he didn't feel he could get on the aerobars on the straight!
He crashed, so you could argue it's sour grapes, but he is a serious time trialist, so at least the last bit should be taken into consideration.

giropaul · « **Reply #13 on:** 04 October, 2020, 12:07:18 pm »

Geraint said that he had been advised to change his front wheel because of the wind, but in the end just left things as they were and “ went for it”.
There were a lot of twigs and leaves blowing around.

fd3 · « **Reply #14 on:** 04 October, 2020, 03:43:23 pm »

Oil on the course for the TT in the Giro (and the Vuelta) is tradition. Not sure why anyone would complain about it, it's the same every year.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #15 on:** 04 October, 2020, 08:27:54 pm »

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Pingu · « **Reply #16 on:** 04 October, 2020, 08:30:59 pm »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 04 October, 2020, 08:27:54 pm

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That's MOAR like it, TD Gendt

You got my hopes up there.

fimm · « **Reply #17 on:** 05 October, 2020, 12:08:08 pm »

The commentators on Eurosport had an unfortunate massive attack of the commentator's curse during the TT:

A: Victor Campagnaerts was complaining about the course
B: He did crash
A: He's the only person to have crashed
B: So far - let's hope it stays that way
Together: OH! NO! (Lopez crashes)

(not exact dialogue)

Rohan Dennis was having issues with the wind as well - I think he might have been unlucky and got a particularly windy moment.

fimm · « **Reply #18 on:** 05 October, 2020, 12:10:21 pm »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 04 October, 2020, 08:27:54 pm

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That's MOAR like it, TD Gendt

I wish to complain. Every time they mentioned Thomas de Gendt on the highlights, I heard "and his hipsta beard" in my head.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #19 on:** 05 October, 2020, 04:06:45 pm »

Thomas de Gendt doesn’t have a hipsta beard, though. Simon Geschke is the One True Hipster in the pro ranks and never mind that arriviste Geoffrey Soupe.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #20 on:** 05 October, 2020, 04:13:47 pm »

Aren't we getting a lolspeak thread for the Giro?

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #21 on:** 05 October, 2020, 04:23:20 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 05 October, 2020, 04:13:47 pm

Aren't we getting a lolspeak thread for the Giro?

Only highlights on FTA TV and none of the Usual Suspects in the colemantary box. That'd be a “No”, then.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #22 on:** 05 October, 2020, 07:28:36 pm »

Jim Ratcliffe appears to have spunked a lot of money up the wall for not much this year. Hopefully his made-in-France wankpanzer will be just as successful.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #23 on:** 05 October, 2020, 07:41:26 pm »

Spoiler.

Some footage of that crash. Looks quite hard
https://twitter.com/salxber/status/1313114965620994051?s=19

rogerzilla · « **Reply #24 on:** 05 October, 2020, 07:45:00 pm »

Ah, the bottle mine. Dirty.