Author Topic: Giro d’Italia 2023 (Read 15203 times)

rafletcher · « **Reply #50 on:** 15 May, 2023, 02:49:52 pm »

Quote from: Nuncio on 15 May, 2023, 02:42:44 pm

Quote from: rafletcher on 15 May, 2023, 12:35:35 pm
Tosatto might just be exercise induced asthma.
Unlikely, given that he sits in a car all day.

of course

andyoxon · « **Reply #51 on:** 15 May, 2023, 05:54:40 pm »

The Tao - Geraint dynamic will be interesting...

TimC · « **Reply #52 on:** 16 May, 2023, 01:04:47 pm »

Quote from: andyoxon on 15 May, 2023, 05:54:40 pm

The Tao - Geraint dynamic will be interesting...

They've been in this position before, and seem quite happy to work for whoever is feeling/doing best. I don't anticipate any Wiggins/Froome style antipathy.

andyoxon · « **Reply #53 on:** 16 May, 2023, 01:18:07 pm »

Given the weather, it could be Giro d'UK today...

quixoticgeek · « **Reply #54 on:** 16 May, 2023, 03:09:47 pm »

How many crashes ?!?!?!

J

finch · « **Reply #55 on:** 16 May, 2023, 03:18:44 pm »

Wouldn’t like to have a bike and rider clatter into me because I wasn’t looking , bet that guy’s in the dog house

quixoticgeek · « **Reply #56 on:** 16 May, 2023, 03:20:31 pm »

Quote from: finch on 16 May, 2023, 03:18:44 pm

Wouldn’t like to have a bike and rider clatter into me because I wasn’t looking , bet that guy’s in the dog house

Who was it ?

Will he get sent home ?

J

finch · « **Reply #57 on:** 16 May, 2023, 03:29:24 pm »

Team guy grabbing a new bike for an Arkea ? Rider ( don’t know who ) that was down , stepped out past the team car and Bettiol ( EF ) smacked right into him , was NOT a happy bunny

quixoticgeek · « **Reply #58 on:** 16 May, 2023, 08:09:01 pm »

Team sky have 4 riders in the top 10. That's gotta be a fun discussion on the team bus...

J

Tim Hall · « **Reply #59 on:** 16 May, 2023, 08:43:03 pm »

Quote from: quixoticgeek on 16 May, 2023, 08:09:01 pm

Team sky have 4 riders in the top 10. That's gotta be a fun discussion on the team bus...

J

Ineos Grenadiers presumably, rather than Team Sky.

Phil Hears A Who · « **Reply #60 on:** 16 May, 2023, 09:41:30 pm »

Quote from: quixoticgeek on 16 May, 2023, 03:20:31 pm

Quote from: finch on 16 May, 2023, 03:18:44 pm
Wouldn’t like to have a bike and rider clatter into me because I wasn’t looking , bet that guy’s in the dog house

Who was it ?

Will he get sent home ?

J

Someone from the race organisers. Perhaps a less acrimonious outcome than if it had been another team's soigneur taking out Barguil, but I'd imagine that bloke has got a one way ticket to the shit list with his boss.

drgannet · « **Reply #61 on:** 17 May, 2023, 12:10:56 pm »

Jens Voigt was excellent on the motorbike yesterday. Hope GCN involve him a lot more in future.

andyoxon · « **Reply #62 on:** 17 May, 2023, 02:42:35 pm »

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down, & out.

quixoticgeek · « **Reply #63 on:** 17 May, 2023, 02:42:45 pm »

You're gonna wanna watch the highlights today...

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J

finch · « **Reply #64 on:** 17 May, 2023, 02:48:51 pm »

Dramastic

JonBuoy · « **Reply #65 on:** 17 May, 2023, 04:40:30 pm »

Quote from: andyoxon on 15 May, 2023, 05:54:40 pm

The Tao - Geraint dynamic will be interesting...

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rafletcher · « **Reply #66 on:** 17 May, 2023, 09:16:54 pm »

Hopefully late enough not to matter - TGH has a fractured hip requiring surgery $:-\$

Sergeant Pluck · « **Reply #67 on:** 17 May, 2023, 09:52:22 pm »

That’s terrible. Potentially career-ending for him.

TimC · « **Reply #68 on:** 18 May, 2023, 12:54:23 am »

Quote from: Sergeant Pluck on 17 May, 2023, 09:52:22 pm

That’s terrible. Potentially career-ending for him.

Let's not write him off just yet - many have recovered from injuries just as serious. It's a great shame, of course, but it was an accident that really was one of those things. I'm quite sure that if he can be back, he will. Bernal and Froome are likely to be able to give him much advice.

In the meantime, great to see Cav right up there in the fight for the win. I'm aware that Astana have said that if he wins a stage in the Giro, they'll take him to the Tour. But they don't have a realistic GC contender, and Cav is likely their best chance at a stage win. They'd be foolish not to take him, especially given his motivation for that stage win!

rafletcher · « **Reply #69 on:** 18 May, 2023, 08:14:17 am »

Quote from: TimC on 18 May, 2023, 12:54:23 am

Quote from: Sergeant Pluck on 17 May, 2023, 09:52:22 pm
That’s terrible. Potentially career-ending for him.

Let's not write him off just yet - many have recovered from injuries just as serious.

Equally Beloki was never the same again. Bernal has yet to show how well he's recovered, but TGH has youth on his side - and "fracture" covers a multitude of possibilities.

andyoxon · « **Reply #70 on:** 18 May, 2023, 09:03:42 pm »

DMAX TV highlights started with 4km to go...

rafletcher · « **Reply #71 on:** 18 May, 2023, 09:16:16 pm »

Quote from: andyoxon on 18 May, 2023, 09:03:42 pm

DMAX TV highlights started with 4km to go...

Not true, at least the ones I saw.

andyoxon · « **Reply #72 on:** 18 May, 2023, 10:13:19 pm »

Yeah, you're right 'partially recorded' - last 30 mins... May not seek out the first half, though.

IanDG · « **Reply #73 on:** 18 May, 2023, 10:19:06 pm »

Quote from: quixoticgeek on 16 May, 2023, 08:09:01 pm

Team sky have 4 riders in the top 10. That's gotta be a fun discussion on the team bus...

J

Who are team Sky?

Hot Flatus · « **Reply #74 on:** 18 May, 2023, 10:37:35 pm »

Quote from: rafletcher on 18 May, 2023, 08:14:17 am

Quote from: TimC on 18 May, 2023, 12:54:23 am
Quote from: Sergeant Pluck on 17 May, 2023, 09:52:22 pm
That’s terrible. Potentially career-ending for him.

Let's not write him off just yet - many have recovered from injuries just as serious.

Equally Beloki was never the same again. Bernal has yet to show how well he's recovered, but TGH has youth on his side - and "fracture" covers a multitude of possibilities.

3 years after his crash he got caught up in the Fuentes Operation Puerto scandal.