2013 Giro d'Italia, Stage 6: Mola Di Bari - Margherita Di Savoia

[cycladianpirate]

Aah! The perennial whining about flat stages! Doesn't time fly? Can't believe its July already.....

 

[Eshnar]

Aah! The perennial whining about flat stages! Doesn't time fly? Can't believe its July already.....

Nah, July will be unbearable

 

[phanatic]

It is plain impossible to love every aspect of something. Especially something that changes overtime.

You're touching a profound bank holiday truth.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Aussies Bobridge and Wurf in the breakaway. 2'15 now.

Some bonus seconds available for the peleton then.

 

[l.Harm]

Indeed. Now almost 6,5 minute. Break of the day it is.

 

[manafana]

Should have stuck a cat 1 in middle of this to please some. This is a day were GC men can at least relax for one day, theirs a point to a stage like this, while not as enjoyable its designed to be a day for sprinters.

 

[dhawk97]

Any updates or....?

 

[The Hitch]

While I certainly don't love flat stages and won't watch it theres nothing wrong with having one in the middle of the week like this. Gives the sprinters something to ride for and the others a day off.

Especially since this giro doesn't have a lot of them.

 

[King of the Mountains]

I don't understand the hate for sprinter stages. Sprinter stages are so much more exciting than mountain stages. They require better team coordination, better tactics, better bike handling, more rider skill, more daring and so much more exciting. I would love to see a tour with 17 sprint stages, 1 prologue, 1 TTT, 1 classic stage and 1 mountain stage. It would be so much more exciting than the made for the ADHD masses TV events we see now.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

It's all good, whining about people whining. forum life.

 

[Viking]

Ah, a midweek sprint stage. I admit to both loving and hating these. They're pretty boring and predictable up until the last few k. But they're really the only stages where multiple teams truly work to get their guy the stage win, and that's pretty cool. It's just too bad Cav' is so dominant, because we all expect him to win this one.

 

[manafana]

real sound of cannondale to set a pace for the sprint from so far out, Wurf in break should be giving it a facepalm.

 

[l.Harm]

Cav back to his usual crying.

 

[Escarabajo]

While I certainly don't love flat stages and won't watch it theres nothing wrong with having one in the middle of the week like this. Gives the sprinters something to ride for and the others a day off.

Especially since this giro doesn't have a lot of them.

+1. Spot on.

Forgot to add that in some instances depending on how fast they ride it, it wears down the climbers. These flat stages is what haunted the tiny Colombians in the 80's. We used to hate them for that reason.

 

[Morbius]

Three Liquigas riders trapped the wrong side of a central reservation right through the feed station, and probably for a long way afterwards

Kelly saying the rest of the peloton will be laughing at them, and they may have to climb over hte barrier

 

[dhawk97]

Cav back to his usual crying.

What's he said?

 

[gerundium]

sporza commentators not realizing the guys on the other side are tourists and not racers? it was an old school liquigas shirt one was wearing...

 

[Boardslide]

What's he said?

Nothing just chatting with Viviani after intermediate sprint, being very latin using his hands

 

[l.Harm]

Angry on Nizzolo he was sprinting for TV (intermediate sprint)

 

[SafeBet]

sporza commentators not realizing the guys on the other side are tourists and not racers? it was an old school liquigas shirt one was wearing...

even italian commentators didn't realize it at first.

 

[Linkeballer]

Today I did 96 k. Including: Bemelenberg, Kruisberg, Eyserbos (x2), Keutenberg (x2), Vaalserberg (x2) and in the end the Cauberg.
Seriously, i'm dead.
Don't I deserve an win à la Ekimov today?

 

[wwabbit]

Lol Paolini, playing his helmet while looking at the camera

 

[spalco]

Huge crowds of people.

I guess those lazy Italians don't think the stage sucks as much as the wise posters of cyclingnews, eh?

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Today I did 96 k. Including: Bemelenberg, Kruisberg, Eyserbos (x2), Keutenberg (x2), Vaalserberg (x2) and in the end the Cauberg.
Seriously, i'm dead.
Don't I deserve an win à la Ekimov today?

today I woke up and had some leftover pizza... what do I deserve?

 

[saneguy]

The Italian countryside looks more than interesting than this stage so far...