2013 Giro d'Italia, Stage19: Ponte Di Legno - Val Martello/Martelltal 160 kms

[lemoogle]

Poor betancur, he won't have a chance to earn back his white jersey.

 

[dirkvijf]

Is anybody really surprised? Time for that c*nt to leave cycling for good, 4 years too late that is.....

 

[webvan]

When was the last time a GT stage was cancelled?! Other than the Casartelli stage in 95 and the 98 "testing protest" I can't remember any from the top of my head. The conditions can't have been worse in the 1988 Giro? But a good decision, it's a bike race, not a freak show.

 

[Cimber]

Poor betancur, he won't have a chance to earn back his white jersey.

He will. They will have some kind of a stage tomorrow and so far it seems that the cold and shortened stages hav e suited him much better than Majka. Betancur will still win it

 

[Carl0880]

Poor betancur, he won't have a chance to earn back his white jersey.

Actually the person hurt the most by this would be Scarponi. Uran can get to 2nd with a time bonus and a couple of seconds, Scarponi needs a minute to get on the podium, so he needs all the steep uphill km he could get, as it currently appears Cadel condition is going down.

As Cadel said after yesterday, the worse position to be in a Grand Tour is 4th.

 

[jens_attacks]

danilooooo ! and he didn't even get a stage god damn it
hopefully it was a trade and santa will got away at least

and again no worlds just like mendrisio.....

what are the alternatives for tomorrow's stage?

 

[classicomano]

hopefully it was a trade and santa will got away at least

wat....

 

[The Hitch]

Sad news, but the cynic in me says the stage would have gone ahead if Nibbles was down in second by 15 seconds.

There is no one who benefits from this more than cuddles. Everyone in the top 10 was looking at his performance yesterday and thinking they can get a place. The way he bled in that time trial he could have been out the back by the time the peloton was reduced to 20 riders today.But with the stages cancelled he ends up with a giro podium and the full set on his palmares.

 

[Cimber]

There is no one who benefits from this more than cuddles. Everyone in the top 10 was looking at his performance yesterday and thinking they can get a place. The way he bled in that time trial he could have been out the back by the time the peloton was reduced to 20 riders today.But with the stages cancelled he ends up with a giro podium and the full set on his palmares.

Agree, he could very well have lose his podium if today's and tomorrow's stages were completed with the original route.

 

[burning]

Giro 2012 had unpredictability because no one (apart from Cunego) did nothing in 19 days so everything was so close until the end

There were 4 minutes of action in this stage
I'm pretty sure that airstream dislikes 2010 Giro as he said 2007 Tour was one of the worst edition of all time as he just wants to troll people

 

[jens_attacks]

wat....

well that's how things work in general. like schwazer and rebellin at beijing and so on

danilo should have seen it from the beginning that he will be thrown away to the garbage by uci and the giro officials. no protection sucks

let's hope the rest of the peloton will be ok lol

riccardo riccò ‏@riccardo_ricco 22 May
@killerdiluca sulle tre cime dagliela secca come nel 2007!!!! Venivi su come una moto!!!! Daniloooooooo

tweet the other day from riccardo. damn i should have seen this coming lol
vai killeeeeer!

 

[Pulpstar]

Winners from the cancellation:

Big winner: Evans - No Doubt he'd have been shelled today on either of the proposed courses by the other GC men.

Majka - The white jersey was going to go to the wire, but he has a better chance to defend it now methinks

Losers:

Lampre - both Niemic and Scarponi much less chance for podium

Uran - Good chance for 2nd

Teejay Van Garderen - With Evans dropped & extra fatigued from today his chances of leadership or co-leadership of TdF would be alot higher.

Betancur - Smaller chance for white jersey.

Unaffected:

Nibali - Wins no matter what happens in the third week.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Is there any reason why tomorrow's stage would be any more likely to go ahead than today (unless the weather improves significantly) ?

 

[il_cobra]

Vai killer!!

 

[theyoungest]

well that's how things work in general. like schwazer and rebellin at beijing and so on

danilo should have seen it from the beginning that he will be thrown away to the garbage by uci and the giro officials. no protection sucks

let's hope the rest of the peloton will be ok lol

riccardo riccò ‏@riccardo_ricco 22 May
@killerdiluca sulle tre cime dagliela secca come nel 2007!!!! Venivi su come una moto!!!! Daniloooooooo

tweet the other day from riccardo. damn i should have seen this coming lol
vai killeeeeer!

Lol, that tweet is brilliant. These guys live in some separate universe.

 

[Linkinito]

When was the last time a GT stage was cancelled?! Other than the Casartelli stage in 95 and the 98 "testing protest" I can't remember any from the top of my head. The conditions can't have been worse in the 1988 Giro? But a good decision, it's a bike race, not a freak show.

Those stages weren't cancelled, they were neutralized. Like after Weylandt's death in 2011. They were ridden fully but no attacks, no results.

 

[Pulpstar]

Lol, that tweet is brilliant. These guys live in some separate universe.

Can someone translate better than "@ killerdiluca on the three peaks give it to him as dry as in 2007!! You came on like a motorcycle!! Daniloooooooo" ?

 

[Cimber]

Steven Kruijswijk‏@s_kruijswijk10m
Tried to catch The Killer in yesterday's TT, but he was far out of sight. Luckily somebody else caught him! #NoSense #UCI #GoodWork

 

[Inquitus]

Winners from the cancellation:

Big winner: Evans - No Doubt he'd have been shelled today on either of the proposed courses by the other GC men.

Majka - The white jersey was going to go to the wire, but he has a better chance to defend it now methinks

Losers:

Lampre - both Niemic and Scarponi much less chance for podium

Uran - Good chance for 2nd

Teejay Van Garderen - With Evans dropped & extra fatigued from today his chances of leadership or co-leadership of TdF would be alot higher.

Betancur - Smaller chance for white jersey.

Unaffected:

Nibali - Wins no matter what happens in the third week.

Cav is a big winner too.

 

[burning]

Winners from the cancellation:

Big winner: Evans - No Doubt he'd have been shelled today on either of the proposed courses by the other GC men.

Majka - The white jersey was going to go to the wire, but he has a better chance to defend it now methinks

Losers:

Lampre - both Niemic and Scarponi much less chance for podium

Uran - Good chance for 2nd

Teejay Van Garderen - With Evans dropped & extra fatigued from today his chances of leadership or co-leadership of TdF would be alot higher.

Betancur - Smaller chance for white jersey.

Unaffected:

Nibali - Wins no matter what happens in the third week.

You forgot Cav, he must be partying as he wont have to climb anymore

 

[jens_attacks]

uci good work bwahahahahahhhahahahahahahaha

 

[goggalor]

Winners from the cancellation:

Big winner: Evans - No Doubt he'd have been shelled today on either of the proposed courses by the other GC men.

Majka - The white jersey was going to go to the wire, but he has a better chance to defend it now methinks

Losers:

Lampre - both Niemic and Scarponi much less chance for podium

Uran - Good chance for 2nd

Teejay Van Garderen - With Evans dropped & extra fatigued from today his chances of leadership or co-leadership of TdF would be alot higher.

Betancur - Smaller chance for white jersey.

Unaffected:

Nibali - Wins no matter what happens in the third week.

Another big winner is Cavendish. Nibali, Evans and Betancur also lose a chance to take the red jersey, though I don't think they care too much.

 

[Pulpstar]

Pirazzi a winner, Visconti a loser - He could have possibly had a pop at getting KoM if the original plan was there ?

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Any rumours on how they will go about tomorrow?
Weather could be even worse. Major bummer.

 

[Pulpstar]

They should do like the Tennis and delay the stages !