2015 Giro d'Italia, stage 2: Albenga – Genova 177 kms

[sappho96]

Hi all I am new to this site and wanted to discuss today's stage. Was anybody else disappointed that Tinkoff didn't wait up after the big crashes?

 

[Mozart92]

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Hi all I am new to this site and wanted to discuss today's stage. Was anybody else disappointed that Tinkoff didn't wait up after the big crashes?

No mercy for the weak!

Jokes aside, I think that an excess of fair play would ruin the show. Can't wait everytime. Crashes are part of the non predictable and interesting side of the game.

 

[rhubroma]

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Hi all I am new to this site and wanted to discuss today's stage. Was anybody else disappointed that Tinkoff didn't wait up after the big crashes?

You have to contextualize the situation. Tinkoff was at the front pulling, because it was close enough to the finish that it was prudent to keep Contador out of trouble, to precisely avoid crashes like the one that brought down Pozzo.

Toward the end of a spirinters' stage the pace is too high to think about what's going on at the back, who falls, etcetera, apart from the fact that crashes are part of the game and nobody is required to wait for anybody, nor would they in the last 50 k of today's stage.

It's different later on in the race in the high mountains when a contender goes down, which, depending on the cause, may see his rivals wait. But in Pozzo's case on a stage like today's, he's got the bad habit of being too far back in certain moments like these, so if he goes down he's effed, but really has nobody to blame than his own bad position. Notice how Tinkoff, Astana and Sky were all at the front. Pozzo wasn't and unfortunately he paid for it.

 

[IndianCyclist]

That courtesy is only reserved for the Pink Jersey or the top contender. and only maybe

 

[Escarabajo]

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Hofland needs a Degenkolb kind of sprint little uphill. He can't win flat sprints against these riders

Gosh, but he was very close. Impressive as well.

 

[Escarabajo]

betancur finished in first 25 I think and pretty much says f*** you to pozzovivo

I didn't read it that way. Maybe he has a free card in this Giro.

 

[markene2]

betancur finished in first 25 I think and pretty much says f*** you to pozzovivo

I didn't read it that way. Maybe he has a free card in this Giro.

He is AG2R's joker in the race.

 

[HelloDolly]

betancur finished in first 25 I think and pretty much says f*** you to pozzovivo

I didn't read it that way. Maybe he has a free card in this Giro.

Ag2R have said Betencur is 'a protected rider until out of the GC' - whenever that will be ??

 

[Kokoso]

betancur finished in first 25 I think and pretty much says f*** you to pozzovivo

I didn't read it that way. Maybe he has a free card in this Giro.

He is AG2R's joker in the race.

Or AG2R joke in the race.

 

[Eshnar]

Dunno if it has been mentioned already, but according to this article (and a couple of riders) the mass crash was caused by a spectator
http://www.cicloweb.it/news/2015/05...tagliato-la-strada-al-gruppo-facendo-cadere-d

 

[Jagartrott]

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Dunno if it has been mentioned already, but according to this article (and a couple of riders) the mass crash was caused by a spectator
http://www.cicloweb.it/news/2015/05...tagliato-la-strada-al-gruppo-facendo-cadere-d

That's insane.
I hope they catch the guy and let him pay a serious fine and compensation to guys like Serry.

 

[el_angliru]

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Dunno if it has been mentioned already, but according to this article (and a couple of riders) the mass crash was caused by a spectator
http://www.cicloweb.it/news/2015/05...tagliato-la-strada-al-gruppo-facendo-cadere-d

Video of the incident:
http://sporten.tv2.dk/cykling/cyklinggiro/2015-05-11-giro-styrt-opklaret-se-vanvittig-tilskuer-cykle-ind-i-feltet

 

[Flamin]

Wtf damn son of a ***

 

[Velolover2]

The guy who did it should be jailed.

Almost looks like it was done intentionally.

 

[King Boonen]

Completely and utterly stupid, I can't actually believe what I just saw!

 

[Highlander]

I usually just say crashes are part of races and I don't have any problem with the fact that those who go down lose time. However, in this situation, I would have preferred to see the organizers take this video into account and adjust the times since it was quite clear that the crash was no fault of the riders, but instead due to a spectator who thought that it would be fun to ride with the peloton. I don't think that this is any different than a few years ago at the Tour when foreign objects were thrown on the road and the organizers neutralized the stage because of the number of flats.

 

[RedheadDane]

What a *** idiot!

"Oh! There are barriers up, and the peloton is going by at full speed. I'll just ride right onto the route!"

 

[goggalor]

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I usually just say crashes are part of races and I don't have any problem with the fact that those who go down lose time. However, in this situation, I would have preferred to see the organizers take this video into account and adjust the times since it was quite clear that the crash was no fault of the riders, but instead due to a spectator who thought that it would be fun to ride with the peloton. I don't think that this is any different than a few years ago at the Tour when foreign objects were thrown on the road and the organizers neutralized the stage because of the number of flats.

Seriously. Give Pozzo his 69" back!