2018 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1: Jerusalem - Jerusalem ITT 9.7 K

[Climbing]

Well the course suits Dumo perfectly, if he's in top shape.
Let's see.

 

[UselessToo]

Goncalves really close

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Goncalves at 10 seconds? Yeah, this aint over folks.

 

[Jungle Cycle]

Well maybe Dennis time isn't enough..!?..

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

Adam Hansen's 20th GT in a row...
Looks like Dennis time is beatable.

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Re: 2018 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1: Jerusalem - Jerusalem ITT 9

Doing the recon prerace, is there any reason to push it on the approach to bends/corners like Froome did (crash), putting you at risk of making a mistake like he did? I would assume recons are to check out the route for any dodgy areas that could potentially become dangerous, giving you a heads up for the race itself. Looking at that video, if he knows he's gonna come off, could he not just keep straight wheels and slow down more gently and restricting the damage that could happen? Split decision I know, but surely he can see a sharpish bend appearing and slow down. Its a recon not actual race.

 

[glassmoon]

so MAL crashed during recon ride too? tf?

 

[Suck_Out]

Re:

so MAL crashed during recon ride too? tf?

yes, he did

 

[Red Rick]

Re: 2018 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1: Jerusalem - Jerusalem ITT 9

Doing the recon prerace, is there any reason to push it on the approach to bends/corners like Froome did (crash), putting you at risk of making a mistake like he did? I would assume recons are to check out the route for any dodgy areas that could potentially become dangerous, giving you a heads up for the race itself. Looking at that video, if he knows he's gonna come off, could he not just keep straight wheels and slow down more gently and restricting the damage that could happen? Split decision I know, but surely he can see a sharpish bend appearing and slow down. Its a recon not actual race.

Not really. I don't think Froome thought he was pushing it and was just very surprised by the narrow end of the corner and then breaked a little too drastically leading to his front wheel disappearing from under him

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

Yes.., GT competition is starting just now!

30 sec behind Dennis, I think.

 

[Rollthedice]

Allez Tibo!

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Dumoulin will beat Dennis, I think.

 

[Red Rick]

Pinot 15s down at the first intermediate.

 

[Rollthedice]

Re:

Pinot 15s down at the first intermediate.

Not looking good.

 

[Salvarani]

It is one thing crashing during a race, get on the bike again and finish the race. Because normally you will get adrenalin and the stiffness dont come until after. Totally different thing crashing and then having to wait 4-5 hours... those crashes gonna hurt more now. I would be very surprised if they both dont lose some time on their rivals.

 

[wirral]

"Froome corner" appears to tighten up. They are the worst corners and easy to come a cropper if you are trying to test out how fast you can go round it. I think it is about 1.5 km to go.

 

[Jagartrott]

Chrono seems quite hard, not for the pure power guys (e.g. sprinter types) - who you expect to do better on a short course. Perhaps the climbers will be able to limit their losses.

 

[Red Rick]

Pinot gonna lose 40-45s I think?

Edit, only 31s.

Decent time by Tibopino I think. Will win Giro, rest might as well go home. Whadayathink Tonton?

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

Re:

Yes.., GT competition is starting just now!

30 sec behind Dennis, I think.

Almost as I said.

 

[Laplaz]

Pinot not too bad

 

[Climbing]

Re: Re:

Pinot 15s down at the first intermediate.

Not looking good.

I think it's good.

 

[Salvarani]

Pinot solid.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Not too shabby from Pinot.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Pinot good enough I’d say.

Let’s see what the favorites bring.

 

[Robert5091]

Froome to do an impersonation of "The Mummy"