Minimum distances for stages are stipulated under UCI rules.webbie146 said:I really dunno why the last stage has to be almost 200k? 100K is enough already, gonna be a bunch sprint anyways.
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Minimum distances for stages are stipulated under UCI rules.webbie146 said:I really dunno why the last stage has to be almost 200k? 100K is enough already, gonna be a bunch sprint anyways.
Pulpstar said:Nibali won the pink yesterday, Uran a deserved 2nd and Betancur got the deserved white jersey.
Today Cav gets back the red, so all the jerseys will have their rightful place in the race. King of Mountains is always a bit of an odd one since its never really won by the best climber
wirral said:Minimum distances for stages are stipulated under UCI rules.
I think it is an average. I could look it up but I am sort of busy. Maybe the Giro needs to keep up their average stage length or get paid for how many tv advertising breaks they can get into one stage or how many town councils they can tap up for cash by putting the race through their town.Libertine Seguros said:This is still way more than the minimum, no? Vuelta and Tour have had sub-100k stages as closers of late, Giro even had the 83km stage to Blockhaus in 2009. Also, the Giro has managed to obtain the special dispensation from the UCI for an extended stage of over 240km (UCI must give dispensation for a road stage over 240km or a time trial over 60km), so you'd have to think that the UCI would happily counteract that with a shorter stage.
Libertine Seguros said:This is still way more than the minimum, no? Vuelta and Tour have had sub-100k stages as closers of late, Giro even had the 83km stage to Blockhaus in 2009. Also, the Giro has managed to obtain the special dispensation from the UCI for an extended stage of over 240km (UCI must give dispensation for a road stage over 240km or a time trial over 60km), so you'd have to think that the UCI would happily counteract that with a shorter stage.
This will make my day!Roderick said:As much as I like Cav, it would be amazing to see Ferrari closes him in and take the victory. Just to see the reaction of Cav
FellOff said:I'd like to see Cav beaten in the intermediates, get blown down by a blizzard, puncture on sabotage tacks, knocked off by Ferrari, knocked over by crazy tifosi, knocked over by a loose dog, and then win.
wirral said:What were Visconti and Movistar up to? Working on behalf of Vini Fantini's Andriato to take away intermediate sprint points?
Ah, Most Combative Rider Classification.
The Hitch said:Did hewiit come back from 5-0?
They are trying to save their giro.
wirral said:I think it is an average. I could look it up but I am sort of busy. Maybe the Giro needs to keep up their average stage length or get paid for how many tv advertising breaks they can get into one stage or how many town councils they can tap up for cash by putting the race through their town.
hfer07 said:Garzelli being interviewed while riding- what a show!!
Swiss Tony said:Daniel Lloyd-Great, Carlton Kirby-Utter C@ck