2016 Giro d'Italia, Stage 19: Pinerolo - Risoul (162 km MTF)

[dgodave]

Wow. Nice chateau to distract me from the insanity of bike racing downhill.!

 

[damian13ster]

Kruijswijk got allies. He will win this Giro. Nibali for the stage

 

[webvan]

30 seconds, and now 10...WTF ?!

So will Moviestar keep on pushing? Doesn't have to as VV is going for his usual podium spot.

Ah no he caught the Jungels group, Etixx to drive that group. What just happened to SK, sharp pain? Might not make it till the end of today :-(

 

[GuyIncognito]

Toldya they'd all get back together on the descent

 

[SeriousSam]

Are these time checks right? Valverde is 10s behind Nibali?

 

[TomLPC]

What the hells going on with the gps

 

[Kwibus]

Is Kruijswijk really this close? God I hope so...

 

[hrotha]

Lol at the GPS.

Anyway, I'm afraid of Kruijswijk actually being hurt.

 

[RattaKuningas]

Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia, Stage 19: Pinerolo - Risoul (162 km

I don't get people saying 'bad bike handlers.' These are top, top professionals. Of course their bike handling skills are good. Some are better than others, obviously, but compared to us on these boards, no comparison. The conditions, the pressure, the tiredness, the technical descent, visibility...These guys are all going all out, fighting for top spots on the GC. There was always gonna be a chance for some crashes, unfortunate as it is, but simply saying 'bike handling skills need improvement,' is rubbish.

It is probably something that is very hard to improve once rider has reached certain level. But some riders like Nibali simply are better than most of the peleton.

 

[CheckMyPecs]

GPS cannot be trusted.

 

[perico]

Re:

Kruijswijk got allies. He will win this Giro. Nibali for the stage

Gonna lol (not at you) if Chavez schools him on this climb.

 

[goggalor]

And then eurosport cuts to commercial just as we could have gotten a real time check...

 

[MikeTichondrius]

The Giro GPS truly is a thing of beauty. ATM it tells me SK is the best descender in the modern peloton taking heaps of time off Vincenzo.

 

[johnymax]

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Steven catching Valverde, cmon!

I thought it's the Valverde group, but it's another group.

 

[woodburn]

No idea why Jungels is riding.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Look like all the groups are coming back together, however the final climb could be very interesting!

 

[Kwibus]

I think Steven is hurt. Not looking good.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia, Stage 19: Pinerolo - Risoul (162 km

I don't get people saying 'bad bike handlers.' These are top, top professionals. Of course their bike handling skills are good. Some are better than others, obviously, but compared to us on these boards, no comparison. The conditions, the pressure, the tiredness, the technical descent, visibility...These guys are all going all out, fighting for top spots on the GC. There was always gonna be a chance for some crashes, unfortunate as it is, but simply saying 'bike handling skills need improvement,' is rubbish.

I agree that almost any pro is great at handling the bike compared to amateurs. Kruijwijk is quite average compared to guys like Nibali, Amador and Valverde. That's the reason Kruijswijk crashed and Nibali didn't.

 

[Miburo]

Not that bad actually for kruiswijk but when piti group catches nibali, it'll be really bad for him. And he doesn't look good

 

[luckyboy]

We need those TDF transponders at every GT. This is garbage

 

[CheckMyPecs]

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No idea why Jungels is riding.

To protect his own position on GC.

 

[Red Rick]

Could you train bike handling by riding a motor bike on a circuit?

 

[GuyIncognito]

Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia, Stage 19: Pinerolo - Risoul (162 km

I don't get people saying 'bad bike handlers.' These are top, top professionals. Of course their bike handling skills are good. Some are better than others, obviously, but compared to us on these boards, no comparison. The conditions, the pressure, the tiredness, the technical descent, visibility...These guys are all going all out, fighting for top spots on the GC. There was always gonna be a chance for some crashes, unfortunate as it is, but simply saying 'bike handling skills need improvement,' is rubbish.

It is probably something that is very hard to improve once rider has reached certain level. But some riders like Nibali simply are better than most of the peleton.

I don't agree Nibali is one of the best descenders, he just takes a lot of risks. And as seen in 2014-2015 crashes a lot as well. He's brave, not skilled

 

[hfer07]

Zakarin out ?

 

[togo95]

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And then eurosport cuts to commercial just as we could have gotten a real time check...

tbh, this is about the best time to place an ad break since the action started.