2013 Giro d'Italia, stage 18: Mori - La Polsa 20.6k

[TourOfSardinia]

Capecchi beats Cummings

 

[Pulpstar]

Visconti looking smooth - does this stage award KoM points btw ?

 

[l.Harm]

Pirazzi started too late?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

what is cataldo's time?

 

[Netserk]

Visconti looking smooth - does this stage award KoM points btw ?

Yes the climb is a 2nd cat, so it's 9,5,3,2,1.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

what is cataldo's time?

32:23.. 32:24.. 32:25..

 

[webvan]

Ok, will try the iPhone app again, wasn't launching the other day so I deleted it.

Still not launching on my iPhone 4S, weird...

 

[SafeBet]

Pirazzi started too late?

Yep. At least 4 minutes late. Was told the wrong starting time by his team.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

edit:

never mind, post I responded too was deleted

 

[Tinman]

Useless poorly informed discussion on Eurosport regarding road bike or time trial bike frames for a mountain time trial.

When you go uphill at 25 km average, aerodynamics only play a minor role. Seat position (back), open hip angle, and bike weight are far more critical than aerodynamics. And a bull horn bar will give same upper body/hip angles as standard drop road bar, but only very slightly more aero. Where possible above 30km/h you'd be on the aero bars anyhow, not the drops or bull horns.

So best uphill bike frame would combine backward seat position ( ie flat seat post angle) and low frame weight ( ie usually road bike frame). And of course aero bar extensions.

If the mechanic can be bothered putting bull horns on the road bike frame that would be better than road bars, but would require recabling, so usually not done for the one brief ride.

Gear changes either via the usual combined brake/gear shifters. Or, via a re-cabling, at the ends of the aero bar extensions. Hardly worth the hassle of re-cabling at a low average speed of 25km/h.

So standard road bike with a simple aero bar extension on the road drops the best solution overall.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

pauwels showing how you can completely blow up on the 2nd part. duque even overtook him back

 

[Carols]

Yep. At least 4 minutes late. Was told the wrong starting time by his team.

Holy crap is he good enough to make cut and keep his jersey?

 

[Pulpstar]

Pirazzi just passed someone, the kid looked shocked !

 

[thehog]

Useless poorly informed discussion on Eurosport regarding road bike or time trial bike frames for a mountain time trial.

When you go uphill at 25 km average, aerodynamics only play a minor role. Seat position (back), open hip angle, and bike weight are far more critical than aerodynamics. And a bull horn bar will give same upper body/hip angles as standard drop road bar, but only very slightly more aero. Where possible above 30km/h you'd be on the aero bars anyhow, not the drops or bull horns.

So best uphill bike frame would combine backward seat position ( ie flat seat post angle) and low frame weight ( ie usually road bike frame). And of course aero bar extensions.

If the mechanic can be bothered putting bull horns on the road bike frame that would be better than road bars, but would require recabling, so usually not done for the one brief ride.

Gear changes either via the usual combined brake/gear shifters. Or, via a re-cabling, at the ends of the aero bar extensions. Hardly worth the hassle of re-cabling at a low average speed of 25km/h.

So standard road bike with a simple aero bar extension on the road drops the best solution overall.

Completely agree with all that you stated.

 

[Pulpstar]

Holy crap is he good enough to make cut and keep his jersey?

I've taken a punt that he can't on Betfair... No idea if its a good bet or not but laid him at 1.1 for KoM anyway.

 

[Cyivel]

So Cataldo was 43s up at first check point

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Cataldo going to crush

 

[Tinman]

Completely agree with all that you stated.

As I am routinely criticizing the crap commentating every day in this Giro and on Eurosport cycling my wife keeps asking why as an average hobby cyclist I know so much better.

God I love her.

Sadly it's really not that hard.

But I'm not telling her that.

 

[Cyivel]

Cataldo finishes 45s up on Capecchi

 

[SafeBet]

Cataldo 46.10. Good for a top5?
He lost some seconds to capecchi in the second part.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

What will Gesink ride? 48.50?

 

[whittashau]

Would have been interesting to see where Cataldo would have been overall without getting sick. I get the feeling that it might have been very close to the leaders

 

[Netserk]

What does Cataldo say to rai?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Would have been interesting to see where Cataldo would have been overall without getting sick. I get the feeling that it might have been very close to the leaders

then that feeling is wrong

 

[SafeBet]

Cataldo going to crush

Clement could be better.