2014 Giro d'Italia, Stage 4: Giovinazzo - Bari (112 Km)

[max_powers]

another rest day

 

[the sceptic]

just because someone is scared doesnt mean the entire peloton have to listen. Someone should just attack ffs.

 

[Lupi33]

It's the same as in the Tour a few years back. Cancellara said people should stop racing because of crashes (read: because the Schlecks crashed) and even though some people protested, the part of the peloton that wanted a neutralized stage immediately takes the moral high ground, basically implicitly or explicitly pointing to people that do want to race as anti-social *******s.

Quite similar to how a lot of society works nowadays.

I remember that, but Cancellara at least has some standing in the peloton

 

[Butterhead]

The jury decided there are no bonus seconds the entire stage, not at the finish line either, but the race is on....

I think this must be one of top 3 dumbest stages in memory.

 

[Arredondo]

All of you want to see a real race. That means you would like to see 3 riders who go in a useluss attack, and got swallowed up with 5 k to go.

Well, what a race...

 

[King Boonen]

I could keep up with this on my mountain bike.

 

[Arnout]

I remember that, but Cancellara at least has some standing in the peloton

That does mean nothing when he was clearly in a position of conflicted interests. He took the moral high ground, but only because it was in his interest. I hate people like that. Hate hate hate them. Cancellara has just about redeemed himself by his riding since then but I can still get really worked up about that stage.

 

[dicanio_michael]

This race has become ridiculous, and Orica is ridiculous.
The condition is even better than Milan San Remo

 

[oliveira]

I understand the organization just menace riders, claiming they will get Zomegnan to design next 5 years Giro. This would include a full week in the Alps just after a transfer from UAE. Giro in February, ofc.

 

[Captain Serious]

Ha, ****a!

 

[Eyeballs Out]

intermediate "sprint" coming up

 

[Captain Serious]

they just said on Aus tv that the GC times will stop with one lap to go

/??True?

 

[therhodeo]

Is this stage really any more or less boring than it was going to be anyway?

 

[search]

they just said on Aus tv they reckon the GC times will stop with one lap to go

/??True?

yeh, that was announced at the start already

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Hatch is clueless

 

[therhodeo]

I would love it if the GC guys had a go at attacking before their "finish line".

 

[Butterhead]

That does mean nothing when he was clearly in a position of conflicted interests. He took the moral high ground, but only because it was in his interest. I hate people like that. Hate hate hate them. Cancellara has just about redeemed himself by his riding since then but I can still get really worked up about that stage.

So you mean he read the race to perfection and took advantage of the situation to neutralize the stage so his captains could recover and didnt lose time, and knew he could get away with it course of the position he knew he had in the peloton?

I would call that rather smart and clever, and so is professional sport, you take advantage of every possibility that surfaces, if you want gentlemen agreements watch dart instead.

 

[Captain Serious]

yeh, that was announced at the start already

oh, ooops.

 

[forkboy84]

Well, if any stage was going to be neutralised I guess this is the best one for it, seeing as it's a totally pointless stage and unnecessarily dangerous one at that.

Still, it is a bit disrespectful for the fans who've turned out to see some racing in Bari.

 

[miketrout27]

Did swift sprint at the intermediate sprint?

 

[BigMac]

This is hilarious.

Dropping from a neutralized peloton.

 

[Lupi33]

i'd call it smart too, but regardless of the conflict of interest he's still Fabian Cancellara

which gets back to my original statement of surprise that the peloton would listen to Orica, particularly this Orica B team

 

[max_powers]

Well, if any stage was going to be neutralised I guess this is the best one for it, seeing as it's a totally pointless stage and unnecessarily dangerous one at that.

Still, it is a bit disrespectful for the fans who've turned out to see some racing in Bari.

Yes this type of stage is quite out of Character for a "Grand Tour".
Those Peeps can get back to their jobs

 

[Arnout]

So you mean he read the race to perfection and took advantage of the situation to neutralize the stage so his captains could recover and didnt lose time, and knew he could get away with it course of the position he knew he had in the peloton?

I would call that rather smart and clever, and so is professional sport, you take advantage of every possibility that surfaces, if you want gentlemen agreements watch dart instead.

Sure from his point of view it was smart. I'm perfectly entitled to be annoyed by it though.

It's like Senna vs Prost. Was it smart by Senna to crash into Prost to win the world title? Of course it was. Doesn't mean I like moves like that.

 

[Lupi33]

Sure from his point of view it was smart. I'm perfectly entitled to be annoyed by it though.

It's like Senna vs Prost. Was it smart by Senna to crash into Prost to win the world title? Of course it was. Doesn't mean I like moves like that.

that non sequitur is not really a fair comparison