2014 Giro d'Italia, Stage 15: Valdengo-Plan Di Montecampione (225 km)

[Arredondo]

does anyone in Neri-Sottoli have an actual chance of winning this?

Based on how Rabottini rode yesterday: hell no.

Well if he's on his best form, i would say hell no too.

 

[jens_attacks]

Agree with blue jersey
nice from neri to race. Vai rambottini!
The climb will take around 55 minutes.long and tough as hell

 

[Red Rick]

Scinto is mad that they missed the break and he's now punishing them Savio style.

I hate it when that happens, it's completely pointless, the break gets reeled in after 5kms of climbing and than we can watch another 10km of the favourites watching each other and enjoying the landscape

 

[wirral]

Rabottini is not going to be able to compete for the victory even if he goes early on the climb.

 

[pattycake88]

God, whenever Evans has a chance at a GT, the ubertrolls come out in full force.

So Evans, who's friends with dopers, ridden with dopers, ridden for doped teams, worked with doped doctors, praised dopers and never once spoke out against them, even continuted to praise Lance after Lance got stripped wheelsucks as some political protest against doping?

I'm sorry to our intelligent Australian posters, but some may, after reading this forum, come out with a unfairly negative view of the overall intelligence of the Australian population due to some of the **** that get's spewed here in that country's name.

Reminds me of 2010

If any person is 'ubertrolling', it is you. You are essentially accusing Evans of doping without the slightest bit of evidence.

friends with dopers, ridden with dopers, ridden for doped teams

cyclists can be clean even whilst riding on teams with doped riders. Evidence for this: when teams throw cyclists out when they are caught doping.

worked with doped doctors, praised dopers and never once spoke out against them

'so one meeting with ferrari means 'working with doped doctors'
furthermore, he doesn't know exactly who dopes in the peloton, so of course he has praised dopers (unknowingly) before.
and it is not in his personality to cause controversy by accusing certain people of doping. evans isn't that outgoing.

Finally, you are completely twisting my words. I never said that wheelsucking was a 'political protest against doping'. I believe Evans is clean. I see no problem with this viewpoint. He has the highest (or second highest?) VO2 max of an australian athlete at the AIS. In fact, it is higher than armstrong's, and evans couldn't even follow him! The point is, the only way he could keep up with dopers (with less physical capabilities) is to wheelsuck. I don't see how this argument is, 'ubertrolling'. If you think that 'ubertrolling' is 'thinking that Evans is clean', then you are the one who is ubertrolling.

 

[jens_attacks]

They will enteri in t?he mountain like mercatone uno
both teams yellow
/the only common thing lol

 

[Eshnar]

REMAINDER:
I told you guys to drop the doping talk.

 

[Red Rick]

If any person is 'ubertrolling', it is you. You are essentially accusing Evans of doping without the slightest bit of evidence.


cyclists can be clean even whilst riding on teams with doped riders. Evidence for this: when teams throw cyclists out when they are caught doping.


'so one meeting with ferrari means 'working with doped doctors'
furthermore, he doesn't know exactly who dopes in the peloton, so of course he has praised dopers (unknowingly) before.
and it is not in his personality to cause controversy by accusing certain people of doping. evans isn't that outgoing.

Finally, you are completely twisting my words. I never said that wheelsucking was a 'political protest against doping'. I believe Evans is clean. I see no problem with this viewpoint. He has the highest (or second highest?) VO2 max of an australian athlete at the AIS. In fact, it is higher than armstrong's, and evans couldn't even follow him! The point is, the only way he could keep up with dopers (with less physical capabilities) is to wheelsuck. I don't see how this argument is, 'ubertrolling'. If you think that 'ubertrolling' is 'thinking that Evans is clean', then you are the one who is ubertrolling.

Clinic is -----> that way, GTFO, i dislike Evans cause his presence hase never made a race more exciting

 

[Ruby United]

If any person is 'ubertrolling', it is you. You are essentially accusing Evans of doping without the slightest bit of evidence.


cyclists can be clean even whilst riding on teams with doped riders. Evidence for this: when teams throw cyclists out when they are caught doping.


'so one meeting with ferrari means 'working with doped doctors'
furthermore, he doesn't know exactly who dopes in the peloton, so of course he has praised dopers (unknowingly) before.
and it is not in his personality to cause controversy by accusing certain people of doping. evans isn't that outgoing.

Finally, you are completely twisting my words. I never said that wheelsucking was a 'political protest against doping'. I believe Evans is clean. I see no problem with this viewpoint. He has the highest (or second highest?) VO2 max of an australian athlete at the AIS. In fact, it is higher than armstrong's, and evans couldn't even follow him! The point is, the only way he could keep up with dopers (with less physical capabilities) is to wheelsuck. I don't see how this argument is, 'ubertrolling'. If you think that 'ubertrolling' is 'thinking that Evans is clean', then you are the one who is ubertrolling.

A) there's not supposed to be doping discussions here
B) don't mess with the hitch so early on in ur cyclingnews career

 

[Red Rick]

REMAINDER:
I told you guys to drop the doping talk.

sorry about giving you additional work

 

[Carols]

They will enteri in t?he mountain like mercatone uno
both teams yellow
/the only common thing lol

Spoken for truth.

But I do love Rabbotini

 

[Red Rick]

They should've put wind tunnels on the side of the road to give us crosswinds to make this stage less boring

 

[manafana]

lol, a 4 hour massage is on the cards.

with hepburn and tuft two riders I wouldn't have down to finish its highly like he does end up on his own.

 

[mastermind]

They should've put wind tunnels on the side of the road to give us crosswinds to make this stage less boring

lol, what did happened March 16th, 2014? Contador attack?

 

[Rollthedice]

They should've put wind tunnels on the side of the road to give us crosswinds to make this stage less boring

The stage is in fact about to begin.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Just tuned in. 1km to the climb. Perfect

Did anything happen that I should know? Crashes, injuries?

 

[pattycake88]

Apologies, I was not trying to bring doping into it.

EDITED BY MOD: Bring it here
http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=18929

 

[Arredondo]

That picture of Pantani on the side of the road is hilarious

I thought one second it was Uran

 

[Red Rick]

It's started, meanwhile they're showing images of Pantani's victory in Oropa, someone ****ed some **** up

 

[mastermind]

Just tuned in. 1km to the climb. Perfect

Did anything happen that I should know? Crashes, injuries?

not really as far as i know, escape and gap being closed by Neri, to quate cyclingnews brilliance: 'The gap is down to 3'24 and it's dropping, just like Scinto's popularity in the break.'

 

[meat puppet]

Apologies, I was not trying to bring doping into it. the hitch was the one who accused evans of doping.
All I will say is this. (is this within the realms of this subsection of the forum? if not, delete) I believe evans is clean. His VO2 max is strong evidence for that. his wheelsucking was not a political protest, but rather, he was at the limits of his physical capabilities when other people have been 'boosted artificially'. therefore the only thing he could do to follow dopers was to wheelsuck. i don't see a problem with that.

agreed, this thread needs more wonderlance.

 

[Red Rick]

lol, what did happened March 16th, 2014? Contador attack?

He obliterated the peleton on Passo Lanciano, indeed

 

[scholar]

....

You know, there's somewhere else where you can discuss this to your heart's content.

 

[melkemugg]

Omg, they almost brought the break back before the climb.

 

[GuyIncognito]

not really as far as i know, escape and gap being closed by Neri, to quate cyclingnews brilliance: 'The gap is down to 3'24 and it's dropping, just like Scinto's popularity in the break.'

Thanks mate