2015 Giro Stage 14: Treviso – Valdobbiadene 59.4 kms ITT

[Glocknerkoenig]

ugh. whinging by everyone but Porte, Libertine. didnt involve himself once in the controversy. can't see yet a single instance in which he's himself been less than professional or otherwise. bizarre really: no wonder the pros and others involved in the industry view this place as bit of a joke.

 

[murali]

Konig 1:44 down on kiri,

i hope konig is made the team leader now

 

[ILovecycling]

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Hitch finding exactly the right quote in 5 books there

Really?

(I dont read in original)
edit: good time by Konig, hopfuly he has form for mountainous terrain too

 

[MotorRouleur]

The Ryder-can't-TT trolls have been self-silenced. Not too late to delete your posts.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Porte is turning into 1980s Rominger. Unbeatable in 1 week, nowhere in 3.
Oh no wait, Rominger won classics too.

 

[Red Rick]

Belgian commentators being wayy too happy with JVDB tt'ing, hopefully they'll return to planet earth after JVDB drops like a stone tomorrow

 

[Asero831]

if JVDB manages to take 2nd, then it just goes to show the quality of GC riders lined up at the Giro

Froomie, Nibali, Quintana, Valverde, Pinot, Peraud, Van Garderen and Mollema are cleary better than him.

 

[Bushman]

König great, great time!

 

[Happy dude]

This time trial is making the last week boring. Glad your all happy

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Re:

ugh. whinging by everyone but Porte, Libertine. didnt involve himself once in the controversy. can't see yet a single instance in which he's himself been less than professional or otherwise. bizarre really: no wonder the pros and others involved in the industry view this place as bit of a joke.

Just because he didn't open his mouth that much about this incident doesn't mean people can't have different interpretations to yours of his attitudes, words and behaviours at other times, and it also doesn't mean that it isn't irritating having to argue all the points against many blinkered fans who want the rules bent in favour of their favourite. Are you saying you've never felt a bit of antipathy towards somebody because of the behaviour of their fans, such as you don't actually dislike the person but want the fans to shut up?

Also: Richie exemplifies Sky's style of racing. He's mighty talented, but so was Levi Leipheimer. He's not exciting, so fans don't enjoy watching him race. Like Gerrans, races that he wins tend to exemplify less interesting GC races, so people dislike that and don't want to see that template succeed, because the more it succeeds, the more people will copy it, and the more boring GC races we will see.

 

[infeXio]

Aru bonking? wtf

Contador 3 minutes up on Aru

 

[Asero831]

Amador now in virtual 2nd place

 

[rm7]

Aru blown up !!!!!

3'12 after Contador at 30 KM now.

 

[Red Rick]

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Aru bonking? wtf

GPS bonking more likely

 

[The Hitch]

Re:

ugh. whinging by everyone but Porte, Libertine. didnt involve himself once in the controversy. can't see yet a single instance in which he's himself been less than professional or otherwise. bizarre really: no wonder the pros and others involved in the industry view this place as bit of a joke.

Oh, Hi Martin.

 

[PremierAndrew]

Wtf... Aru is giving Porte a chance to get 2nd...

 

[mrhender]

Aru already 3 minutes behind Contador...

 

[No_Balls]

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Aru 3:12

 

[Bushman]

Contador SMASHING it!

 

[Jelantik]

Looks like DB getting a hefty refund for returning Porte's private RV a lot sooner...

 

[Rollthedice]

Aru, more than 3 minutes down?

 

[T-Nielsen]

Kiri with joy on his face. Nice to see some emotion

 

[CyclingEnthusiast]

Kiriyenka better start worrying

 

[Kokoso]

Kreuziger not in great form. Probably didn't train TT for a long time.

 

[goggalor]

Aru 3 minutes down, wow. Very nice 2nd intermediate time by Bert.