only for those watching on TV/net. For people who are on the road or at the finish, riders, Support staff, race organisation, moto riders it would be miserableGigs_98 said:
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From the live ticker:
"News coming in from our reporters at the Giro d'Italia. The times for the peloton will be taken at the first passage of the line. There will also be no bonus seconds taken on the line. That means the GC riders won't have to fight it out on that last lap."
So now you just know that a GC contender is going to have a mechanical with 10 km to go and not get back on the peloton until after they pass the line with 8 km to go
"News coming in from our reporters at the Giro d'Italia. The times for the peloton will be taken at the first passage of the line. There will also be no bonus seconds taken on the line. That means the GC riders won't have to fight it out on that last lap."
So now you just know that a GC contender is going to have a mechanical with 10 km to go and not get back on the peloton until after they pass the line with 8 km to go
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I find it pretty ridiculous to make such a technically difficult finish but to take the time for the gc 8 kilometers before the finish seems like a strange decision to me too. This is a cycling race after all and I don't want to see riders who try to win this race and then drop from the peloton on purpose.
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Re:
Hard to look past him. Though now I know he's not sticking around for a shout at the points I kinda want Ewan to take it.
J/K, Cardoso to win, Vino style.
EDIT: Actually scratch that, Vino himself outta nowhere for the win.
TourOfSardinia said:
Hard to look past him. Though now I know he's not sticking around for a shout at the points I kinda want Ewan to take it.
J/K, Cardoso to win, Vino style.
EDIT: Actually scratch that, Vino himself outta nowhere for the win.
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Not at all. He gets up to speed very very quickly after that hairpin, as always, but he doesn't have the top end speed. Greipel was so much faster once he got going, the swerve didn't change the result.
He wouldn't have. When he got in the wind he hit the metaphorical wall. Zero chance.
Cance > TheRest said:
Not at all. He gets up to speed very very quickly after that hairpin, as always, but he doesn't have the top end speed. Greipel was so much faster once he got going, the swerve didn't change the result.
Climbing said:
He wouldn't have. When he got in the wind he hit the metaphorical wall. Zero chance.
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Ewan wanted a leadout to the last second. Greipel's too savvy for that though, just kept his movement and Ewan chose to pass him on the wrong side. Figure Ewan would have had it if he'd swerved left (Greipel would risk a DSQ by following such a move then).
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