I enjoyed the Giro and though not a classic would give it 7.5 / 10.
Could have been a 9 without the Stelvio farce.
Could have been a 9 without the Stelvio farce.
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roundabout said:When the better climber recoups all the losses from the better TT rider in 1 stage, all the other MTFs become superfluous.
The Zoncolan non-race today was the direct consequence of Vegni and co's idiocy on the Stelvio stage.
Hell, make it the whole race from that point on.
UlleGigo said:Exactly mate. It's hilarious. As though Quintana owes it to a few peons on this forum to put minutes into people everyday. Or that the challengers owe everyone equally to attack until they either get away or die on the side of the road trying.
It's the same after almost every race. Now they'll stand around congratulating each other on recognising that this Giro was in fact the worst ever and they said it would be back in 2010 because they know so much about cycling and how much it sucks.
I for one really enjoyed the race like I enjoy every race.
PirazziAttacksVino said:It's not about putting minutes into the others everyday. I didn't expect him to attack on Rif. Panarotta for instance. But today he could have gone for a win on Zoncolan. He was by far the strongest climber, it would have been the easiest chance of winning on Zoncolan he could have got.
It's all about mentality. The mentality of a champion. You can't become a legend just by being the strongest imo. What I'm saying is, Nibali winning on Tre Cime di Lavaredo in the Maglia Rosa is something that will go down in the history of the Giro forever. Contador attacking, pulling Tiralongo to the line and letting him win will go down in the history of the Giro forever. Quintana sitting on Uran's wheel and outsprinting him for a minor place in the stage isn't something that we will remember 15 years from now.
Libertine Seguros said:The thing I find weirdest on the whole 'rating the Giri against one another' thing was that I was one of the people *defending* this edition as having been a good one (rather than talking about how much it sucked and we said so since 2010 as your rather sarcastic adjoin put it), and people are going overboard complaining because of one disappointing stage where expectations were perhaps too high from previous editions. I've enjoyed the Giro.
murali said:just heard that evans bridged the gap in the descent.
Arredondo said:I doubt Contador was the best climber that year. He got dropped easily on Bola del Mundo, and partly profited from a strange stage and (rumoured) sickness from Purito
luckyboy said:Was this Giro a good one? I can think of four good stages - Weening's win and then Oropa, Vittorio Veneto and Panarotta.
Martelltal was interesting, but a total mess, and the first two weeks were terrible. Even a bunch of the sprint stages were ruined by crashes. And the Irish stages were very disappointingly designed.
It will be better than the anaemic Tour (as ever) though for sure.
Arredondo said:I quite liked the Tour last year. And i found the editions of 2010 and 2011 were entertaining. Why all the hate on the Tour?
Arredondo said:I quite liked the Tour last year. And i found the editions of 2010 and 2011 were entertaining. Why all the hate on the Tour?
Arredondo said:I quite liked the Tour last year. And i found the editions of 2010 and 2011 were entertaining. Why all the hate on the Tour?
luckyboy said:Yeah what Lupi and Arnout said.
Tour is always worse than the Giro and in recent years I have found the Vuelta has been more entertaining than either.
The 2010 Tour was decent, but the 2011 Tour was a one week race.Arredondo said:I quite liked the Tour last year. And i found the editions of 2010 and 2011 were entertaining. Why all the hate on the Tour?
The Vuelta has gone for the youtube-cycling approach, however. The stage designs are frustrating for anybody expecting a big epic stage, since it's almost always all about the final climb, however given that the Vuelta typically only broadcasts the last 90 minutes or so of the stage there's less dead time when we're watching the péloton on a group ride. Generally however, with only a couple of exceptions, the last few Vueltas have seen GC action only within the last half an hour or so of the stage; few stages where minutes are won and lost means they can do more of that sort of finish, and have more stages where we get a few exciting minutes that are relevant to the action, rather than attempted epic stages and days-off-on-the-bike.luckyboy said:Yeah what Lupi and Arnout said.
Tour is always worse than the Giro and in recent years I have found the Vuelta has been more entertaining than either.
Libertine Seguros said:The 2010 Tour was decent, but the 2011 Tour was a one week race.
A very good one week race, but a one week race nonetheless.
Glocknerkoenig said:I was reasonably entertained by this Giro.
Sad to see Evans really out the back on a number of stages. Hope he takes it in his stride and perhaps tries to pick up a few single weekers / classics next year before taking a well deserved rest or going to GE as a mentor role.
Quintana just too strong, definitely a worthy winner, although all the new up and comers were exciting and Uran definitely also coming of age. Good to see Rolland living up to his promise.
I wonder if a real age of colombians is upon us. Every day it seemed like colombians in the GC and colombians in the break. Will be interesting to see how they stack up against Froome / contadorable (that just autocorrected, and I think I'll leave it).
I think the last week was a bit over the top.. perhaps it wasn't so interesting once the first two spots were clearly decided, but there wasn't much for the non 50kg climbers or strategy, just a power to weight and recover fest. I guess that's what makes the Giro also great, but to me the zoncolan was a bit superfluous.
Servus from Kitzland.
Mellow Velo said:The mighty Zoncolan, after a handful of visits, I'm beginning to find mighty tedious.
Attacking on those gradients is about as possible of riding away from the Sky tour train, except it's all played out in slow motion.
As for growing crowds of idiots that gather on these and other slopes for their fancy dress parties, I despair.
Surely, not a true cycling fans amongst them.
Lampre man: If at first you make a huge cock of yourself, do it again.