2014 Giro D'Italia, stage 2: Belfast › Belfast 219 km

[SafeBet]

Swift wasnt even in top 10, and people voted for him. lolol.

He was 7th according to RAI.

 

[BigMac]

Matthews takes the maglia rosa.

 

[Jspear]

1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano
2 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ.fr
3 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek Factory Racing
4 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale
5 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida
6 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
7 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky
8 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica Greenedge
9 Davide Appollonio (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
10 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin Sharp

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Keldermerckx gains 3 seconds!

Giro win in sight

 

[Arnout]

You're wrong.

They don't? What a backward country

 

[miketrout27]

Btw, are there any stages that will probably end up with reduced bunch sprints?

 

[ILovecycling]

I'm sure Italian teams have no idea what tactics mean.

Fixed that for you

 

[argyllflyer]

Swift wasnt even in top 10, and people voted for him. lolol.

Didn't vote for him but that doesn't stop him being 7th.

 

[happytramp]

Kittel is ridiculously better than any of the other sprinters anywhere.

Fixed that

 

[l.Harm]

- whoops little late

 

[BigMac]

Fixed that

Cavendish is still better.

 

[winkybiker]

Pfff ridiculously easy.

To be fair he still had to avoid Farrar crashing him out. That's not always easy.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Cavendish is still better.

Forever living in denial must be tough lol

 

[classicomano]

Cavendish is still better.

How do you figure?

 

[happytramp]

Cavendish is still better.

The king is dead, long live the king.

 

[SafeBet]

They don't? What a backward country

We have Subway

On topic, Viviani really needs perfect conditions to challenge Kittel. And it probably wouldn't be enough anyway.

 

[Fzotrlool]

Swift got 50 votes on a day like this? Fake profiles overload? :confused

Kittel was a class above the others.

 

[kingjr]

Cavendish is still better.

Better overall rider or faster sprinter?

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Swift got 50 votes on a day like this? Fake profiles overload? :confused

Kittel was a class above the others.

My thought aswell. Swift is SWIFT as semi-sprinter. He's nowhere near a top 5 dedicated sprinter in this Giro.

 

[BigMac]

Better overall rider or faster sprinter?

Faster sprinter.

 

[kingjr]

Faster sprinter.

When was the last time he beat Kittel in a sprint?

 

[Fzotrlool]

My thought aswell. Swift is SWIFT as semi-sprinter. He's nowhere near a top 5 dedicated sprinter in this Giro.

He should certainly not get more votes than pure sprinters as Viviani and Bouhanni on a stage like this.

 

[miketrout27]

Swift is only an average sprinter, he won the stage in Paris Vasco where the real opponent he faced was Valverde lol.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Dissapointed with Viviani today. He took that last bend far too tightly and lost all momentum. Nizzolo was impressive. One to watch maybe?

Note to self. Only bet on Viviani on a straight finish.

 

[Arredondo]

Swift is only an average sprinter, he won the stage in Paris Vasco where the real opponent he faced was Valverde lol.

Swift is a allround sprinter, who is at his best on a difficult terrain. He isn't a complete sprinter. So it's quite useluss to downgrade his performance there in PV. Because it was really impressive what he did there.

Better point out his strong points, instead of his weak ones.